i've seen a lot of posts about whether or not and/or how dogs think, but what about their memory?
for example, how well do they remember people they have been bonded to and for how long? anyone have any experiences with reunions of long lost dogs?
the reason i ask is that my girlfriend who is very well bonded with my 4 1/2 month old GSD (i do all the real training, etc., but she helps with day to day exercise, feeding, playing, etc.) is going to europe for a month. she's worried he won't remember her when she gets back. i say he will.
any thoughts?
There stories about a dog being lost for months or 100s of miles away and finding his way homes rememebering his love ones. A dogs mememory is pretty good weather its a bad memory or a good one.
Theres also this legend of a little dogs who mastered pasted away and he stayed at his grave site until his death. The town made a staute of this dog, in memory of how faithful a dogs memory trully is. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
I don't think she has nothing to worry about he probably will be doing back flips when he see her again. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I fostered a 8 month old puppy for about 6 months. When I was at the park one day, (about 2 months later) this lady had this dog and it was barking, and wagging its tail like crazy, and just making a fuss. It turned out to be the dog I foster with its new owner..HE REMEMBERED ME..
Call it what you want, their brain cells seem to retain incidents that relate to bad or plesant times, and they are able to recall/remember those times and the circumstance or people involved.
Chris
I think absent makes the heart grow fonder, with dogs and humans, sometimes. Especially if those times were pleasant, I think she should be more concern with getting licked silly. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
From personal experience, I can tell you that dogs remember people for a long time. I had a GSD for the first year of his life but let my girlfriend take him when we broke up. I next saw the dog almost three years later, and he went nuts when he saw me.
That's why, in this context (not in the context of training, mind you), I don't see the distinction between memory and recall as particularly useful. The dog was not recalling a specific incident but remembering a relationship.
I didn't say there's no difference; just that I don't find it useful in this context. In the context of training, it's very useful, and the foundation of any decent system.
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