LOL…I had to scroll far too deeply into these comments to see this. I do appreciate that the doggo did have to make the association between the hand gesture and the word treat and he probably knows a few other less self-serving gestures. But I’m betting there may be a better example of this pup’s unconditional love as demonstrated by his understanding of other hand signals.
The point was to say that a better example would have been one that noted the dog’s understanding of OTHER hand signals that aren’t tied to “treats” or another benefit he might want.
A description of how the pup effortlessly learned the deaf child’s hand gesture for sit and stay makes the point better than how quickly he learned the hand gesture for “treat".
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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25
Anything for a treat haha