Fur and Fiction asked:


I 'the VE has not ever understand that this is because some dogs do think automatically to jump up on something when a human being tap their hands on? Because people automatically admits that the dog will do it (some dogs do not do)? Why do "Tap on the seat" in order to attract a dog to sit at a given point?

RANDELL

4 Responses to “Why do dogs jump up onto something when we pat on the object?”

1. Floopy on October 14th, 2008 4:41 am

   We’re projecting. We make that motion when we’d like another person to have a seat somewhere, and we just kinda transfer that thought and do the same to our dogs.

2. KKingS on October 15th, 2008 2:05 pm

   I’m guessing it is learned. Dogs are good with signals as commands (some better than others,) so they recognize that signal as the okay to join you. When it is time to go to sleep, my dogs have to wait until I give permission to get on the bed. One responds to the verbal command, the other one needs to see the signal (me, patting the bed,) before he will jump up.

3. kingsnake182 on October 18th, 2008 4:55 am

   The odds are you stated making that gesture ever sense he/she was a puppy and they learned to know you want them in that spot.

4. . on October 19th, 2008 10:34 pm

   I would say learned behaviour because as I think about it I even pat the seat when I want my husband or my kids to sit next to me.

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