Inn that my dog will "forgive" me ?

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So, has this ever happened to you?:
If I accidentally bump into my dog or anyting, I immediately start trying to apologize to the poor thing, like, you know, saying I'm sorry and petting him wherever I think it might be sore...
and he reacts all happy and cheerful, it kind of feels as if he's all "oh, come on, you big silly human, it wasn't that bad".
Do your pets do that?

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    8 years ago

    I think dogs are very good at picking up tone and body language of someone they know well, I used to tread on my dogs tail farly often ( I'm clumbsy and she followed me around ) there'd always be a little yelp followed by a happy wiggle of the tail and attempted face licks as I'd apologise

    She was quite the body language expert, she did something I've never know another dog to do apart from in YouTube clips, if we ever got home and she'd done something she knew was bad she'd greet us enthusiastically and attempt to smile.

    Only time she ever smiled like that is if we'd been on holiday and were picking her up from a friends after or if she'd eaten something she shouldn't have, I remember one time we got home after she'd got the roast beef joint off the kitchen side, she has a toothy grin from ear to ear as she greeted us wagging her tail

    I should stop now or I won't at all because I fucking loved that dog

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    • ReginaFalange
      8 years ago

      My yorkie did the guilty smile too!

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  • ilikeslothmemes
    8 years ago

    Whenever I accidentally hurt my dog it starts licking me and thinks it sorry, but its actually my fault!

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  • BigScaryRooster
    8 years ago

    Yeah my dog does this too except he'll use it as an opportunity to grab his leash and go for a walk even if I already walked him that day.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    8 years ago

    i dunno whatall happened to him fore I gots myall dawg but it werent good and he still takes it out on me

    hes never forgave me for adoptin him but he does tolerate me and we gots a understandin now

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  • Lisababymj
    8 years ago

    All the time

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  • honny
    8 years ago

    It's normal to want to avoid hurting someone we love. Just so you understand that the dog doesn't understand the event the same way you do. If he acts happy with you, he's "forgiven" you. The time to worry is if he begins to show fear behavior, or begins to hide from you. It doesn't sound like you have to worry about that, though.

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  • sillygirl77
    8 years ago

    Dogs don't hold onto things... they just let it go. I can learn a lot from my dog. She's small and gets under our feet and we've stepped on the poor thing and she'll cry out in the moment the second after she's happy again.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    Their capacity for forgiveness and unconditional love is what makes dogs such great companions, but I sometimes find my dog's total dependency on me a bit irksome She's a rescue dog and although much closer to sane than when I first got her 4 1/2 years go, she is still quite needy, gets scared when I'm stressed and behaves quite strangely until I calm down.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Poor thing! Sounds like her previous owner beat her. :(
      Maybe "stressed out owner" is a signal for her.
      You'll cure her with time and lots of love.

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      • Ellenna
        8 years ago

        She was certainly badly treated and I'm fairly certain beaten too from the way she used to react to me picking up a piece of firewood, but she learned to trust me enough to chase sticks. I think she was also tormented by small kids, as she's still afraid of them and will snap, so I have a muzzle for her if I have her in the local shops or where there are kids: it looks very sinister but stops her biting a child.

        It's actually very good for me to know when my stress is affecting her, because I can them calm myself down, give her some pats and we both unstress. We saved each other, I reckon: she was a mess when I got her and so was I after being raped, so we've been very good for each other.

        The most annoying thing is that I can't even do very mild "road rage" like mutter to someone to hurry up or she starts barking, ditto if I toot my horn at another driver or a friend I see on the road but that's a small price to pay for the sanity she brings into my life.

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  • Freedom_
    8 years ago

    My sister had a dog that would take advantage of the situation. He'd give the saddest sadface ever and mope over to a corner, lay down and continue giving sad eyes. When he got the attention he wanted he'd start wagging his little nub (he was a pit, previous owners cut his tail off).

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  • Tommythecat.
    8 years ago

    Do they talk? No

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