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What do dogs think when you leave for the day?

Ernestina Bernier
Ernestina Bernier
2025-07-03 21:58:24
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Dogs, not understanding the concept of work, often spend hours wondering where their owners have gone and when they will return. Dogs are social animals, so they may feel sad when their favourite person is gone. When you leave for work, they might be sad at first, but then they’ll do dog stuff, like sleeping, chewing toys, or listening for sounds while you’re gone. Thankfully, dogs spend much of their alone time sleeping, which helps pass the hours until you return. According to Stanley Coren, professor emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, dogs likely dream about their favourite activities, and their beloved owners might often feature in these dreams. Dr Deirdre Barrett, a clinical and evolutionary psychologist at Harvard Medical School, supports Coren's findings by suggesting that dogs frequently dream about their daily experiences, implying that they probably dream about their owners too. They think about their owners. They reflect or dream about their day. When you leave after spending a good part of the day with your canine friend, they will remain reminiscing about the eventful day you've had together. Dogs miss their owners because they associate them with positive experiences.
Jamel VonRueden
Jamel VonRueden
2025-06-22 20:54:02
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Dogs know when you’re leaving. It may be the tinkling of car keys, picking up a purse or a cell phone, but there is always one dead giveaway that their human is getting ready to leave the house. They think about why and where you are going, and when you will return. Dogs miss us. They know the difference between us being gone for 15 minutes to run an errand versus three hours away. Dogs wonder why they can’t go with you. If you take your dog along on many outings, they may wonder why they are not going too. They may shove their nose into the door opening, only to feel disappointment when you say, “No.” Their thoughts may be disbelief, and they jump to a window to catch a clue as to why they are not in the car, too.
Willy Crona
Willy Crona
2025-06-13 15:21:02
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Dogs perceive time through changes in their body, observation, and smell. Though they may not know “5 p.m.,” or “dinner,” they may know exactly what time it is by the feeling of their empty stomach. Dogs can understand time as the continuous sequence of events marked by changes in their bodies and in the environment. They can’t understand time by devices like clocks, but they can perceive morning as a change from dark to light. When you are home, your scent is strongest, after you leave and over the course of your day, your scent begins to weaken, at a certain point, you arrive home, your dog can use the level of your scent to predict your return home. Dogs can experience time passing, however, they don’t know how many specific hours, days, or weeks have gone by. They can sense the passage of time through many mechanisms while you are gone. Because dogs tend to focus on the current moment, it could be a case of you either being there or not. Some dogs seem just as excited to see us after a short departure as with a longer departure, but when studied, more greeting behaviors were observed upon the owner’s return from an absence greater than two hours. Dogs have a higher metabolism than humans, and thus experience time more slowly, our 60 minutes translates to about 75 minutes for them.