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Facial Recognition - in Dogs

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  • Facial Recognition - in Dogs

    I've been experimenting with Facial Recognition with Jake.

    Sometimes, I just walk over and glare at him, and he bows his head.
    Sometimes, I'll just smile big, and his tail instantly starts wagging.
    Sometimes, I just raise my eyebrows, and he does, too.

    I think Jake is ready to be a facial recognition expert.


    Oh, but Jake only has ONE facial expression himself - sad puppy dog. No matter how excited he is, how fast his tail is wagging - his facial expression is 'sad puppy dog'.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    Dogs are excellent readers of expressions and body language. Taz almost seemed to read my mind sometimes.

    I even taught him a counting trick that fooled everyone. I taught him to bark and keep barking until I did a slight motion with my hand. Then I told people "give me a number between 1 and 5" - Then held up that many fingers and Taz would keep barking till I made the hand motion and stop. Looked like he was counting fingers.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
      Dogs are excellent readers of expressions and body language. Taz almost seemed to read my mind sometimes.

      I even taught him a counting trick that fooled everyone. I taught him to bark and keep barking until I did a slight motion with my hand. Then I told people "give me a number between 1 and 5" - Then held up that many fingers and Taz would keep barking till I made the hand motion and stop. Looked like he was counting fingers.
      Starting to give away some of your pirate tricks now?

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      • #4
        Our cats always knew when I was sad and needed a cuddle without me asking.

        Better than any human.


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        • #5
          Originally posted by mossrose View Post
          Our cats always knew when I was sad and needed a cuddle without me asking.

          Better than any human.
          Yeah, but that involves posture and body language, too. I was strictly focusing on facial expressions. Did I mention Jake only has ONE?

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          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
            Yeah, but that involves posture and body language, too. I was strictly focusing on facial expressions. Did I mention Jake only has ONE?

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            Yes, you mentioned it.

            Cats are still better than dogs.


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            • #7
              Originally posted by mossrose View Post
              Yes, you mentioned it.

              Cats are still better than dogs.
              That is pure sacrilege. You need to be banned from this thread immediately.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                That is pure sacrilege. You need to be banned from this thread immediately.
                Okay.


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                  Okay.
                  Good!

                  Now back to talking about how smart dogs are!

                  My dog could tell the difference in crinkling noises coming from the kitchen and whether it was a snack for him or not. If I crinkled a regular bag, say a shopping bag without food in it, he would ignore it. If it was a bag of chips or cookies or dog snacks, the slightest rattle would have him zooming into the kitchen to check it out.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    Good!

                    Now back to talking about how smart dogs are!

                    My dog could tell the difference in crinkling noises coming from the kitchen and whether it was a snack for him or not. If I crinkled a regular bag, say a shopping bag without food in it, he would ignore it. If it was a bag of chips or cookies or dog snacks, the slightest rattle would have him zooming into the kitchen to check it out.

                    Our cats used to come whenever we had ice cream or hot cereal, because they could tell the difference between the spoon scraping milky sweetness as compared to soup.


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                      Yeah, but that involves posture and body language, too. I was strictly focusing on facial expressions. Did I mention Jake only has ONE?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                        Dogs are excellent readers of expressions and body language. Taz almost seemed to read my mind sometimes.

                        I even taught him a counting trick that fooled everyone. I taught him to bark and keep barking until I did a slight motion with my hand. Then I told people "give me a number between 1 and 5" - Then held up that many fingers and Taz would keep barking till I made the hand motion and stop. Looked like he was counting fingers.
                        The ol' Clever Hans trick. Lucky for you that you never ran across anyone familiar with it or they would have likely called you out.

                        I'm always still in trouble again

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                          Good!

                          Now back to talking about how smart dogs are!

                          My dog could tell the difference in crinkling noises coming from the kitchen and whether it was a snack for him or not. If I crinkled a regular bag, say a shopping bag without food in it, he would ignore it. If it was a bag of chips or cookies or dog snacks, the slightest rattle would have him zooming into the kitchen to check it out.
                          My aunt had a Schnauzer-Poodle mix named Pepper. In his later years he went stone deaf. The only way to wake him was to stomp your foot (he felt the vibration), and yet whenever my aunt used the electric can opener he would wake up and run to the kitchen which was at the other end of the house.

                          I'm always still in trouble again

                          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                            Our cats used to come whenever we had ice cream or hot cereal, because they could tell the difference between the spoon scraping milky sweetness as compared to soup.
                            hey! I thought I banned you?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                              The ol' Clever Hans trick. Lucky for you that you never ran across anyone familiar with it or they would have likely called you out.
                              Way to steal my thunder.

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