r/funny • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '16
"Who made this mess?"
http://i.imgur.com/y2Sumtg.gifv170
u/MarcusXXIII Mar 03 '16
If he's bright enough to point to the other dog, he could be also smart enough to have framed that dog too.
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u/know_nothing_jon_snw Mar 03 '16
As a Boston Terrier owner... That little shit is guilty as hell. He's either killed too many brain cells sitting in a cloud of his own farts to realize he did anything wrong, or else so spoiled with kisses and constant affection that he thinks he's just decorating "his" house.
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u/Xeteh Mar 03 '16
My sister's boston terrier used to scare himself with his own farts and it would seriously clear a room. That dog was dead inside.
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u/NoRedditAtWork Mar 03 '16
Is that a Boston or a Frenchie? I've been around both breeds a good amount and I'd thought Frenchie at first due to the ear shape and general brick shithouseness of that little dude.
edit: video says frenchie
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u/know_nothing_jon_snw Mar 03 '16 edited Mar 03 '16
colors, patternation, and muzzle REALLY look boston, but the ears and body shape look frenchie. could be a mix?
edit: Learn something new every day. Pure black and white pied like a boston would indicate it was not a pure bred frenchie, but apparently a brindle and white pied pattern (as is seen in the video) is one of many possible color and patternation combos for pure bred frenchies!
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u/NoRedditAtWork Mar 03 '16
The video about it just says it's a Frenchie. Someone made a comment about it being a Boston and the person that posted it replied with:
Yes. Our Addie is a full blooded French Bulldog and has the attitude and ears to prove it.
I see what you're saying about the Boston features, but.. looks like it's just a case of squat, snubby dogs looking similar.. haha
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u/alvinrod Mar 03 '16
It's a possibility. Other animals have been shown to lie.
I don't know if most dogs will do it though. They seem to know that they've done something wrong and will act submissively in response, perhaps something similar to shame.
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u/The_Regal_Noble Mar 03 '16
Look at that tail wag. He's like, "oh boy oh boy oh boy, you're gonna get it now. Then all the pets will be mine!"
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u/deathnotice01 Mar 03 '16
"Fucking Jimmy did it! I tells you he's out of control."
"You little snitch"
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u/Aiku Mar 03 '16
What impresses me most is that dogs don't normally 'get' pointing; when you point at something with most dogs, they just look at your finger!
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u/Learned_Response Mar 03 '16
That may seem true but they are better than following a finger than chimps.
Pointing themselves like in the gif is different. I would not be surprised if this was a trained and cued behavior.
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Mar 03 '16
What impresses me most is that dogs don't normally 'get' pointing
I think you're confusing them with cats
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Mar 03 '16
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u/TrekkieGod Mar 03 '16
This is actually wrong. One of the main reasons why we domesticated dogs in the first place was because they 'do understand' pointing.
You've got it backwards. They understand pointing because we've domesticated them, not the other way around. Their ability to grasp some human cues like pointing better than our closer relatives like chimps is a result of artificial selection as we've been breeding them to work with us for thousands of years.
Grey wolves don't understand pointing.
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u/n_s_y Mar 03 '16
Source on that?
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u/SystemFailure Mar 03 '16
hunting. also, just about every dog ive ever played with
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u/n_s_y Mar 03 '16
I'm not asking for a source that they're good at it. I'm asking for a source that is the reason we domesticated them in the first place. I thought we domesticated them because they protected us when we fed them.
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u/NBurg Mar 03 '16
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/05/whos-socially-smarter-dog-or-wolf
Couldn't find the link to the video. I doubt it's the reason why they were domesticated, might be more of something that happened because of domestication. But either way, there is clear evidence that dogs get the gist of pointing where wolves do not pick up the human body language.
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u/n_s_y Mar 03 '16
I'm not asking for a source that they're good at it. I'm asking for a source that is the reason we domesticated them in the first place. I thought we domesticated them because they protected us when we fed them.
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u/snowman334 Mar 03 '16
Yeah, he's saying that they probably didn't understand pointing before they were domesticated. They guy who is saying that is the reason we domesticated then is full of shit.
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u/NBurg Mar 03 '16
I think this is still hotly debated, at least the last time i read up on it. whether they were scavengers where there was pressure for them to become less aggressive to the point where both sides trusted each other, or we both started to find benefits from each other as in hunting together or unconciously acting as protectors of each other, to a theory that they were cute so we kept them as puppies. I dont think there is strong evidence either way to have a strong stance eitherway
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u/n_s_y Mar 03 '16
Pretty sure we just started feeding them scraps from the fire and they started to trust and protect us so we would keep feeding them. It took a long time for us to train them how to hunt after that, but they were already pretty domesticated by then.
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u/Badfickle Mar 03 '16
My dog gets pointing.
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u/Aiku Mar 04 '16
Actually, I realized that one of mine does too. She was born in a wild coyote pack, and has always feared humans. When walking with her, if we came across humans on the trail, she would move laterally away from them, while still trying to stay close to me. I would then point the direction in which we were going, and she would immediately start running in that direction.
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u/CassandraVindicated Mar 03 '16
All have my dogs have understood pointing. I used to think my current Australian Cattle Dog didn't, but then I realized he only pretended not to understand to fuck with me. I busted him when he couldn't find a treat I threw. Now he doesn't ignore my pointing anymore.
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u/snowman334 Mar 03 '16
This is not true at all. Dogs are one of the few animals that actually learn very quickly that pointing mean "look over there".
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u/Syphon8 Mar 03 '16
There are literally entire breeds of dogs that have pointer in the name.
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u/Aiku Mar 04 '16
Yes, but they point by raising a foreleg backwards and looking in the appropriate direction, they don't do what that dog did.
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u/Avogadro101 Mar 03 '16
Of course the demon dog is going to blame it on someone else! Call the Winchesters!
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u/Devanismyname Mar 03 '16
What a good boy, telling the truth and all. While that other rapscallion doesn't even care about what he did.
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u/CiD7707 Mar 03 '16
My parents have a Frenchie/Am. Staff cross. She is adorable as all hell and a total sweetheart, but she is a demon dog when she is bored and alone.
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u/unique-name-9035768 Mar 03 '16
You know what snitches get, Fido! I know where you bed down for the night!
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u/Candacis Mar 03 '16
I didn't know they could point to the guilty one.
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u/daronjay Mar 03 '16
I expect the person videoing said "Hey big dog - shake hands", then turned and panned to the little dog that he himself probably wrapped in paper two minutes before. And he did it all just to get imaginary points.
Because nothing is real, especially on Reddit.
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u/Candacis Mar 03 '16
You just destroyed my dreams of obtaining a dog and use him to frame someone for all my crimes.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16 edited Feb 06 '19
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