Your shoes carry more information about you than they look capable of holding.
They spend hours in close contact with your body, collect odor from skin and sweat, travel through different environments, and often return to the same place near a doorway, bed, or chair.…
Yes, some dogs genuinely look to their owners before eating, and it isn’t just a quirky habit. For a portion of dogs, that glance is a real information-gathering move.…
Your dog may have a perfectly good bed, a patch of sunlight, and an entire couch available to him. None of that matters once you stand up. You walk from the office to the kitchen.…
There is something unusually quiet about a dog placing his head on you. He walks over while you are sitting on the couch, lowers his chin across your thigh, and stops.…
A dog doesn’t have to touch you to choose you. He can settle on the floor beside your chair, leave several inches between his body and your feet, and stay there while better-padded beds sit unused across the room.…
Some dogs can identify the best seat in the house in the fifteen seconds it takes you to get a glass of water. Conveniently, it’s the one you just left.…
A dog sitting on your lap isn’t claiming ownership of you. The position can look possessive because the dog is literally occupying your body, but location alone doesn’t tell you whether she’s trying to control anything.…
Your dog did something today that made you stop and wonder. Maybe they followed you into the bathroom again. Then they started pacing for no obvious reason or dropped a toy at your feet for the fourth time in an hour.…
Your dog looks at you, glances toward the leash hanging by the door, then looks back. A moment later, he paws your leg.
Which part was the message?
The useful answer may be the whole sequence.…
Some dogs seem to organize their day around a person. You stand up, and they stand up. You walk into the kitchen, and footsteps follow a few seconds later.…