> The dog meanwhile has no ability to understand the weedwacker Nah, I’m pretty sure that most medium or larger dogs get that the noise means danger - even if

> The dog meanwhile has no ability to understand the weedwacker Nah, I’m pretty sure that most medium or larger dogs get that the noise means danger - even if they can’t give a TED talk on how the mechanism would work that would hurt them. Dogs are similarly interested in / aware of potential energy (things falling from heights or sliding off of angles) - if they’ve seen it enough times for their level.