• NONE@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    67
    ·
    2 months ago

    I love the detail of the frase “Walk Time” as the Dog eyelashes, pretty clever and funny.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    42
    ·
    2 months ago

    It’s so weird when people say dogs don’t know time.

    My dog gets a Dentistix at 6am and 3pm, and that motherfucker knows when it’s time.

    If he ever gets one a little earlier than normal, I have to deal with weeks of him insisting the time change was permanent and he doesn’t have to wait. But if I stick to the schedule, so does he.

    The crazy part is how fast he adapts to daylight savings time.

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      2 months ago

      My beagle gets excited for hers early if I happen to be home, I suspect my wife gives them to our dogs much earlier than I typically do, because she is very consistent with when she starts begging.

      • Mac@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 months ago

        My dad has this issue. I’ve asked him: why not set an alarm so the dogs know that when it goes off it’s time?

        • Wogi@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          2 months ago

          Generally their alarm is me coming home at the end of the day. Most Saturday nights I go out with some friends and my wife gives them their dental bone. Sunday nights are the nights they think it’s much sooner than typical.

    • spittingimage@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      2 months ago

      My cat, too. I feed him every day at 5:45 and that little butthole knows when 4:45 rolls around and it’s time to start bugging me.

    • FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      My doodles know 8 am is when they get their morning potty and food then it’s back to bed until 9 (assuming I don’t have work)

      One of them is very smart but they both have an excellent sense of time. Way better than me, tbf tho my sense of time is horrible so that’s a low baseline

  • Toneswirly@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    2 months ago

    I read somewhere that dogs tell time by smell. They know what the house smells like at 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm etc. So by linking a certain smell with a certain pattern ie. their master coming home…there you have it.

  • Fester@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    2 months ago

    climate change

    It’s been a while since I’ve been able to walk my dog at 4:00 pm in the summer. Sorry pup, gotta wait till twilight so your paws don’t melt on the pavement.

    • GiantChickDicks
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      It’s a Gentle Leader. It doesn’t function like a muzzle, because it doesn’t inhibit a dog from biting. It’s basically a harness that attaches at the head. You can read more about them here: How to use the gentle leader

      • ikidd@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        What’s preventing a dog from backing out of that and slipping it off the snout?

        Edit: oh, it has a neck collar, it just doesn’t slip down past the jaw with the snout collar holding it up, more like a halter.

        I guess, seems more like marketing than actually more useful.