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My dog constantly surprises me and he's only 3.5 years old. The first year I had him as a puppy, he could smell/hear (?) his best neighborhood buddy walking mu

My dog constantly surprises me and he's only 3.5 years old. The first year I had him as a puppy, he could smell/hear (?) his best neighborhood buddy walking multiple buildings away from our apartment while the windows were closed. He'd run to the door and start crying and as soon as we got outside he knew the right path. And his friend hadn't even walked by our building yet, so it's not like there was a trail to sniff other than whatever may have been carried by breeze. Dogs are incredibly smart.

gitaarik 2y ago
There's also this experiment with dogs where they observed dogs getting up, walking to the front door, and waiting for their owner to come back home from work, as soon as the owner started heading home from the office. They somehow know, like they're telephatically connected.
- poikroequ 2y ago
  I know the experiment you're referring to. It's been a long time since I've seen it, no idea how to find it now, but you're definitely misremembering some details. Dogs do have a sense of time, but in that experiment, it actually had to do with scent. As their owner was away, their scent would gradually dissipate throughout the day. At a certain point, the scent was weak enough that the dog knew it was about time for their owner to be home. In the experiment, then they did everything they could to remove their owners scent from their home. The dog's owner came home at the usual time, but the dog wasn't expecting it this time because they had removed the owner's scent earlier, so the dog was clearly surprised and confused. Dogs have a very strong sense of smell which we humans often fail to appreciate. It's not like dogs can smell their owner coming home from miles away, that's a little preposterous. But they can use their sense of smell in other ways, which are not so obvious to us, such as to maintain a sense of time.
  - gitaarik 2y ago
    Aha, interesting, I looked up some info about it and it seems that in another experiment the dogs also reacted when the owner went home at irregular times. Quite interesting: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/animal-powers/a-dog-that-seems-to-know-when-his-owner-is-coming-home-videotaped-experiments-and-observations https://www.sheldrake.org/research/animal-powers/a-dog-that-...
    - gitaarik 2y ago
      Actually, here are both the experiments side-by-side: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5wAm2c01w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5wAm2c01w - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftr9yY-YuYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftr9yY-YuYU
      - poikroequ 2y ago
        The second video is the one I recall, though it seems I'm the one misremembering details. As for that first video, honestly it feels phony/staged, like all that fake miraculous crap that was common on TV 10-20 years ago.
        gitaarik 2y ago
        There's a lot of people that have similar experiences though. You can check the comments on that video. Also the parent comment that started this discussion is an example.

gitaarik 2y ago

There's also this experiment with dogs where they observed dogs getting up, walking to the front door, and waiting for their owner to come back home from work, as soon as the owner started heading home from the office. They somehow know, like they're telephatically connected.

poikroequ 2y ago
I know the experiment you're referring to. It's been a long time since I've seen it, no idea how to find it now, but you're definitely misremembering some details. Dogs do have a sense of time, but in that experiment, it actually had to do with scent. As their owner was away, their scent would gradually dissipate throughout the day. At a certain point, the scent was weak enough that the dog knew it was about time for their owner to be home. In the experiment, then they did everything they could to remove their owners scent from their home. The dog's owner came home at the usual time, but the dog wasn't expecting it this time because they had removed the owner's scent earlier, so the dog was clearly surprised and confused. Dogs have a very strong sense of smell which we humans often fail to appreciate. It's not like dogs can smell their owner coming home from miles away, that's a little preposterous. But they can use their sense of smell in other ways, which are not so obvious to us, such as to maintain a sense of time.
- gitaarik 2y ago
  Aha, interesting, I looked up some info about it and it seems that in another experiment the dogs also reacted when the owner went home at irregular times. Quite interesting: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/animal-powers/a-dog-that-seems-to-know-when-his-owner-is-coming-home-videotaped-experiments-and-observations https://www.sheldrake.org/research/animal-powers/a-dog-that-...
  - gitaarik 2y ago
    Actually, here are both the experiments side-by-side: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5wAm2c01w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5wAm2c01w - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftr9yY-YuYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftr9yY-YuYU
    - poikroequ 2y ago
      The second video is the one I recall, though it seems I'm the one misremembering details. As for that first video, honestly it feels phony/staged, like all that fake miraculous crap that was common on TV 10-20 years ago.
      - gitaarik 2y ago
        There's a lot of people that have similar experiences though. You can check the comments on that video. Also the parent comment that started this discussion is an example.