I'm pretty sure they learn that if they look at us we'll try to fix their problems for them. I think the whole "training" thing goes both ways with dogs and hum

I'm pretty sure they learn that if they look at us we'll try to fix their problems for them. I think the whole "training" thing goes both ways with dogs and humans. My dog has trained me to let her back into the house when she makes a noise outside the back door, it's the only place she makes this particular noise and she started doing that by herself.