Thu 20 Sep 2007
Dog language vs. people language (OR: Lost in translation…)
Posted by Cara under general , the dogs , picturesI know that people think it’s real, real cute when dogs make faces like this:
But the thing is, when you spend all day with the dogs, and the dog in question is making that face because there was a miscommunication, and she thought that when you very clearly said in a very loud voice, “Get the HELL out of here I am trying to work,” what you meant was, “Do you want to go swimming?!” and therefore proceeded to cock her head and then prance around from foot to foot like an overweight ballerina, and then twirl around in circle, followed by a flagrant display of French kissing with the Labradoodle just because of the sheer joy of the potential situation, and, of course, the grand finale of grabbing a stuffed dog toy and throwing it into the air before breaking into a chorus of high-pitched, excited whining, well then, actually, it’s really not that cute at all.

September 20th, 2007 at 10:30 am
i feel your pain cara (but it sure does still LOOK cute!)
September 20th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Funny, the only thing I noticed in the picture is that you don’t have outlet covers. That’s what having a toddler will do to you.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:37 am
We call this the “play dumb” face. The dogs know exactly what we’re asking. It’s the first phase of “I’m going to figure this out” action. Then, with our dogs, comes, “Fine, I don’t need you.”
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