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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Sep \ parent \ on: Do Dogs Recognize Their Names ? Animal_World
This article kind of elaborates on what you're talking about, I think:
https://www.petspiration.com/pet-facts/how-dogs-know-when-youre-coming-homeexplained
Yes, I've thought about those things.
Maybe its sound....I can see that with delivery persons. Maybe they hear the sound of the truck and then ignore the sound of footsteps. That was my top theory for awhile. Except one day a door to door (roofing) saleman drove to my door and walked up to driveway. The dog start growling.
What could it be? different sound of engine? could it be smell from inside??
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My guess is smell and sound
Dogs have great hearing or very sensitive ears
Which breed of dog? Some breeds are more aggressive and territorial than others... unless you believe in the blank slate (tabula rasa) for dogs
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Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Definitely certain traits are fully built-in various dogs. Ridgebacks are primarily "bay dogs" - that is for hunting they corral prey so that human hunters can come finish them off.
My dog definitely does that, sometimes to comical effect. One time I saw her standing in backyard with her foot on something...looking pleadingly towards the house, almost as if she were stuck. I went and saw she had trapped a frog. Didn't kill it or bite it, just held it there waiting for me (no frogs were shot that day).
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