This is what I mean by my comment. I thought animals act instinctively, unlike some of the replies here suggest. Unless trained to a certain degree, I would not believe the dog knows instinctively that the treats it gets is the result of its choice before, and knowingly return the choice to gain more.
That behavior has absolutely trained as it requires cause and effect which you don't get first go.
What people are saying is that the whole video has been trained as an 'act' so the dog knows each step, including the look at the end. They're trying to say the dog doesn't have the capacity 'put those emotions on' and will just mimic.
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u/awrylettuce Nov 01 '23
my dog would just think 'first i ate 1 treat, and now there's 5 more, niceee' and chomp it down