Did you point with your fingers or just talked. I didn't do anything as overt as finger pointing, but I do know from plenty of reading on animal training that

Did you point with your fingers or just talked. I didn't do anything as overt as finger pointing, but I do know from plenty of reading on animal training that they're very perceptive to non-verbal cues that you may not even be aware you are doing (ala https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans).