Can dog's tell time?
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one of my cats wakes me up in the middle of the night 'just to talk' ... typical female! I'm not kidding ... she wakes me up and meows at me for no other reason than she can ... I have checked the food dish, water dish, litter box, out the windows for strange cats, dogs, racoons, neighbours ... have tried to let her out ... played with her ... and its all about her simply wanting to talk.BOBST said:I find if I sleep in (even on weekends and holiday's) my puppies will wake me up! They just get me up and then go back to sleep!! they don't want out or fed they just want me up
get used to it. going on 10 years with this pussy and she still has issues.
I think dogs can indeed sense time...
my ex boyfriend worked four different shifts on a pattern (7 days on, four off, four on, two off, etc) My dog used to go sit at the front door a few minutes before he was due home. If he was held up for some reason, the dog would start pacing up and down the hall, periodically running to the window to check the driveway. The dog knew his schedule better than I did.
my ex boyfriend worked four different shifts on a pattern (7 days on, four off, four on, two off, etc) My dog used to go sit at the front door a few minutes before he was due home. If he was held up for some reason, the dog would start pacing up and down the hall, periodically running to the window to check the driveway. The dog knew his schedule better than I did.
Many eons ago, when I was a teenager, we had a mutt that would go sit on the back landing exactly five minutes before my father was due home from work. Monday to Friday, like clockwork. On the weekend, however, he never bothered, even if my father happened not to be home at 5:15 (his arrival time from work). I took that to mean he could not only tell time but understood the difference between my father being at his job as opposed to simply being out grocery shopping, catching a ball game, whatever.
A Dog That Seems To Know When His Owner is Coming Home: Videotaped Experiments and Observations
Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Journal of the Scientific Exploratrion 14, 233-255 (2000)
Abstract: Many dog owners claim that their animals know when a member of the household is about to come home, showing their anticipation by waiting at a door or window. We have investigated such a dog, called Jaytee, in more than 100 videotaped experiments. His owner, Pam Smart (PS) traveled at least 7 km away from home while the place where the dog usually waited for her was filmed continuously. The time-coded videotapes were scored "blind". In experiments in which PS returned at randomly-selected times, Jaytee was at the window 4 per cent of the time during the main period of her absence and 55 percent of the time when she was returning (p<0.0001). Jaytee showed a similar pattern of behavior in experiments conducted independently by Wiseman, Smith & Milton (1998). When PS returned at non-routine times of her own choosing, Jaytee also spent very significantly more time at the window when she was on her way home. His anticipatory behaviour usually began shortly before she set off. Jaytee also anticipated PS's return when he was left at PS's sister's house or alone in PS's flat. In control experiments, when PS was not returning, Jaytee did not wait at the window more and more as time went on. Possible explanations for Jaytee's behavior are discussed. We conclude that the dog's anticipation may have depended on a telepathic influence from his owner.
http://www.sheldrake.org/articles/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ww=on&id=40&view_records=1
Also
http://www.workingdogweb.com/Sheldrake.htm
Dogs may not be able to tell time but they sure know something-look who goes to work everyday.
Rupert Sheldrake and Pamela Smart
Journal of the Scientific Exploratrion 14, 233-255 (2000)
Abstract: Many dog owners claim that their animals know when a member of the household is about to come home, showing their anticipation by waiting at a door or window. We have investigated such a dog, called Jaytee, in more than 100 videotaped experiments. His owner, Pam Smart (PS) traveled at least 7 km away from home while the place where the dog usually waited for her was filmed continuously. The time-coded videotapes were scored "blind". In experiments in which PS returned at randomly-selected times, Jaytee was at the window 4 per cent of the time during the main period of her absence and 55 percent of the time when she was returning (p<0.0001). Jaytee showed a similar pattern of behavior in experiments conducted independently by Wiseman, Smith & Milton (1998). When PS returned at non-routine times of her own choosing, Jaytee also spent very significantly more time at the window when she was on her way home. His anticipatory behaviour usually began shortly before she set off. Jaytee also anticipated PS's return when he was left at PS's sister's house or alone in PS's flat. In control experiments, when PS was not returning, Jaytee did not wait at the window more and more as time went on. Possible explanations for Jaytee's behavior are discussed. We conclude that the dog's anticipation may have depended on a telepathic influence from his owner.
http://www.sheldrake.org/articles/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ww=on&id=40&view_records=1
Also
http://www.workingdogweb.com/Sheldrake.htm
Dogs may not be able to tell time but they sure know something-look who goes to work everyday.
I also had the same problem until I started taking the little bastardo to bed with me and when he starts to wake me up I put my arm around him and he now just crawls into me instead!
What I cant figure out is how could there not be enough space for a 200lb man and a 15lb dog on a king size bed!
What I cant figure out is how could there not be enough space for a 200lb man and a 15lb dog on a king size bed!
RE: dogs and cats...
Appartment cats tend to sleep most of the day when you are out. And they are primarily naucturnal. They get active at night. I think it's instinct. I don't think they really understand a concept of time.
Dogs can't really tell time, but they are easily conditioned to your schedule and habits. Specially if you are the Alpha. Dogs take naps and occasionally go into a deep REM sleep. That's when they twitch and make funny sounds while they are sleeping. But they don't usually do this for more than twenty or thirty minutes.
Dogs can anticipate you're departure and arrival. That's your fault. You condition them, they don't actually tell time. They pick up on your body language and the sounds you make when you decide to do something...like getting food, going outside, getting up in the morning, going to bed at night, etc, etc...
I used to have a dog that wore a wrist watch. He could tell time. He would wake me up in the morning for work and keep my appointments in order for me. And he was never, ever late for dinner. I'll miss him.
On the other hand I used to have a cat, and I never bought her a watch. She was disorganized, late for meals, kept funny hours, slept all day and was up all night. I could never depend on her to wake me up for work on time and my life was chaotic and disorganized just like hers. She was trouble, but I loved her.
Later,
bobsled.
Appartment cats tend to sleep most of the day when you are out. And they are primarily naucturnal. They get active at night. I think it's instinct. I don't think they really understand a concept of time.
Dogs can't really tell time, but they are easily conditioned to your schedule and habits. Specially if you are the Alpha. Dogs take naps and occasionally go into a deep REM sleep. That's when they twitch and make funny sounds while they are sleeping. But they don't usually do this for more than twenty or thirty minutes.
Dogs can anticipate you're departure and arrival. That's your fault. You condition them, they don't actually tell time. They pick up on your body language and the sounds you make when you decide to do something...like getting food, going outside, getting up in the morning, going to bed at night, etc, etc...
I used to have a dog that wore a wrist watch. He could tell time. He would wake me up in the morning for work and keep my appointments in order for me. And he was never, ever late for dinner. I'll miss him.
On the other hand I used to have a cat, and I never bought her a watch. She was disorganized, late for meals, kept funny hours, slept all day and was up all night. I could never depend on her to wake me up for work on time and my life was chaotic and disorganized just like hers. She was trouble, but I loved her.
Later,
bobsled.
