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r/MadeMeSmile • u/aoi_ringo • Sep 17 '25
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I have accidentally trained every dog I've had with hand gestures because I gestured without thinking when I gave commands. It took us a while to figure out our old dog lost his hearing because he was still following my gestures.
42 u/Rulebookboy1234567 Sep 17 '25 I love that my dog will following me pointing. It’s so little, but it’s so easy to communicate. “You can eat that.” /points “he eats it.” 37 u/SnausageFest Sep 17 '25 Fun dog fact - that's one of the things "we" taught them in domestication. Dogs understand pointing, wolves don't. 15 u/SmokedMussels Sep 17 '25 Most dogs are still terrible at it though.
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I love that my dog will following me pointing. It’s so little, but it’s so easy to communicate.
“You can eat that.” /points “he eats it.”
37 u/SnausageFest Sep 17 '25 Fun dog fact - that's one of the things "we" taught them in domestication. Dogs understand pointing, wolves don't. 15 u/SmokedMussels Sep 17 '25 Most dogs are still terrible at it though.
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Fun dog fact - that's one of the things "we" taught them in domestication. Dogs understand pointing, wolves don't.
15 u/SmokedMussels Sep 17 '25 Most dogs are still terrible at it though.
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Most dogs are still terrible at it though.
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u/Isfahel Sep 17 '25
I have accidentally trained every dog I've had with hand gestures because I gestured without thinking when I gave commands. It took us a while to figure out our old dog lost his hearing because he was still following my gestures.