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Originally Posted by natesmom14  Okay, I see what you are saying and that makes total sense. I agree that she has learned to base it on our reaction- I am not trying to give her human reasoning and conscience as I agree with what you are saying about that. I was trying to argue the point that they DO remember from past experience rather than just base their "slinking around" on their human's change in demeanor when that human spots what has been done- as I wasn't even able to know that ANYTHING was amiss until I saw her slinking around through the window (referring to the wording in the above quote). |
Yes, dogs have memory, or they would not be trainable, they would not remember us, or have the ability to build the social bonds that they do..
In instances like you describe, it is very much as spidey has very eloquently stated; this is an association response.
And I also concur with spidey; They do not, however, possess the emotional morals or social ethics that we do, otherwise they'd be pushing their food bowl to us and asking us if we'd like to share.