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Do you think your dog loves you?

Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:54 am
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
33471 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:54 am
Leave your front door open for an hour and find out....



ETA: I'm ripping off some comedian from the 1990's who's name I can't remember. This was his joke aimed at people who had pets (furbabies today) but not kids...
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 8:02 am
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49883 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:55 am to
I could leave my front door open and he will go out and sniff around but then he MIGHT stay on the porch but more than likely will be back inside within 15 min
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83627 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:56 am to
Yes my dumb dogs are dumb enough to mindlessly love me
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
36037 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:57 am to
I had a dog who used to escape the back yard to run around the front door and wait to get back inside.
Posted by GravelLotinCanada
Anywhere, Anytime
Member since Dec 2019
373 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:58 am to
Nice try Mr. Burglar. I live in Baton Rouge and this would be very foolish for me to do. But I can assure you my dog does love me.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35016 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:03 am to
I have a dog I found who has to be touching me at all times. If I open a car door she tries to jump in. But, given the opportunity, she’ll bolt into the woods and chase shite for hours. Then just comes back and hangs in the yard. I would just let her roam but I’ve gotten calls from quite far away when she decided to play with some goats and pigs.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
23256 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:04 am to
My dog wants to run out because she is usually under our control 24/7. I've had to run her down a half dozen times before she gets to the road and deals with something she's never known from outside a moving car. A moving vehicle.

I have a new pup. We are concentrating on training her for recall.
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 10:30 am
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
16033 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:06 am to
quote:


Leave your front door open for an hour and find out....


I walk my dogs every morning. My neighborhood is a 1 mile loop. My old lab (RIP) would make the loop without me in about 15 minutes if I didn't go with him. You could use him as a timer he was so consistent with it. On nice winter days he would be left out and wouldn't budge off of the front steps until I got home from work in the evening.

My current lab doesn't go far but typically goes bark at the neighbor's cats for 10 minutes and then comes home.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
137445 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:06 am to
Yes, they love their owners. Ever seen one abandoned? It destroys their souls to lose their human.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
33471 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Ever seen one abandoned? It destroys their souls to lose their human.


Unfortunately, I have.

Charlotte NC. Semi-sketchy part of town. Car stops. Door opens. Dog out. Car takes off. The look on the pups face and watching it chase after the car when it was speeding away was heartbreaking.
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
36037 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:11 am to
quote:

This was his joke aimed at people who had pets (furbabies today) but not kids...


To be fair, my toddlers would also make a run for it if the door were left open.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120882 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:14 am to
If I go into the front yard and let my dogs out they will run around, but keep me in sight. If I go in, one of them will follow me, the other one will run around.. I have to ignore her.. then she will come running back.

They got it made at home they are not going anywhere.
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
5304 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:14 am to
quote:

Do you think your dog loves you?


Just around feedin' time...
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
24163 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:16 am to
I don’t think dogs emote so love? No. Recognize this as home and me as the feeder? Yes.

I can leave both doors open as long as I want and my dogs don’t leave. They may go outside and lay in the grass in the sun, but they don’t leave.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
32030 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:16 am to
My dog would step outside assuming we were going on a walk. When I didn’t follow, he would come right back inside.

I could never close another door and never put him on a leash for the rest of his life (he’s 4) and he wouldn’t get more than fifty feet away from me unless forced to.
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23956 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:18 am to
Whenever my dog “escapes” she just runs and lays by the back or front door.

My mother left her out there a half hour once!
Posted by kaleidoscoping
Washington state
Member since Feb 2021
441 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:18 am to
My cat sure does.
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
20693 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:18 am to
We have empirically verified that dogs have the forebrain to form meaningful, relational bonds with humans. They’re social creatures. But their version of “love” is different than what a human might understand.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
16748 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:19 am to
Sally loves me... but yeah, she'd probably go on a walkabout if I left the door open.

Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
32030 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:20 am to
quote:

I don’t think dogs emote so love? No. Recognize this as home and me as the feeder? Yes.

You need smarter dogs
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