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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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FuyuhikoDate feddit.org FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-06
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I would not call it really wholesome, but damn it was funny and a laugh I needed today.

Thank you!

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VibeSurgeon piefed.social VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-15
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

I believe we've managed to breed dogs to the point where they understand pointing as a directional signal, right?

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AnchoriteMagus lemmy.world AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-28
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I believe we've managed to breed dogs to the point where they understand pointing as a directional signal, right?

Some do, some don't. I've had dogs all my life, and I've never been able to get a dog to understand pointing that doesn't innately get it. Some dogs are just........dumb.

Don't get me wrong, they're all beautiful good boys who don't need to be smart to be perfect dogs........but yeah. Some dogs are dumb.

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
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Yeah i try to "throw" my finger towards the ball. Sometimes it works. The other 99.9% of the time it doesn't.

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warm kbin.earth warm@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-03-03
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

I believe we've managed to breed dogs to the point where they understand pointing as a directional signal, right?

Yea my dog quickly picked up on it. If a dog doesnt learn itself, then you could easily train it into them.

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ruuster13 lemmy.zip ruuster13@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-09
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Some do, some don't. I've had dogs all my life, and I've never been able to get a dog to understand pointing that doesn't innately get it. Some dogs are just........dumb. Don't get me wrong, they're all beautiful good boys who don't need to be smart to be perfect dogs........but yeah. Some dogs are dumb.

Are they dumb for not understanding? Or are we dumb for thinking they should?

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