Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Something Cute

As I pulled into our apartment complex today, post-call, my husband was walking our dog nearby. After a moment, J-dog perked up, looked over at my car, started wagging his tail, and RAN over to the car, stopping right by my door as I parked. I guess he thought he was going for a ride.

It prompted me to think, how does he recognize our cars? He doesn't get excited by other cars. Is it a visual recognization? That would be difficult without color vision or knowledge of make/model/year. Is it smell? Does he smell me on the car? Does my smell come out the exhaust? I didn't have the windows open and I hadn't opened the door. I know he saw me through the window at some point, but I still wonder. He will also run to our cars while we're walking him. He LOVES going in the car, I think mostly because he and I traveled so much by car when I first had him.

Sometimes I am just amazed by my dog's cuteness, and I just have to share.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Asher does the EXACT SAME THING!! Somehow he recognizes my car... which is interesting because 2 spots down, another alero parks.

Tiny Shrink said...

them's some smart puppies!

alwaysthegoodgirl said...

My dog knows the sound of my husband's car coming home. She gets very alert way before I am even aware he's at the door.
Dogs are the best.

Phalanx said...

Jester can recognize our cars at a distance... but he barks at doorbells on the TV. What a dog. :)