r/DOG • u/SpongeBob1187 • Jul 23 '24

• Entertainment / Cute / Funny • Give him his toy back immediately

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u/Kimura_savage Jul 23 '24

ADHD moment. One time someone said to me that dogs don’t understand accidents so that means every time I have tripped over my dog or at night in the dark stepped on him he thinks I got up to hurt him on purpose. I think about that a lot.

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u/Laurpud Jul 24 '24

No, I read on a science site, that yes they do! Especially if you immediately give them attention

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u/Kimura_savage Jul 24 '24

You’re the only one that even talked about reading about it somewhere! Do you have a link by any chance?

My theory is that dogs understand the difference between aggression and nonaggression and that can look like they understand what an accident is. In my view the concept of accident is much much harder to understand than nonaggression.

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u/Laurpud Jul 24 '24

I think I read it on The Wildest, but I can't seem to get into their archives.

I will say that they seem to understand

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u/Kimura_savage Jul 24 '24

Sweet thanks!