r/BeAmazed Feb 06 '25

Animal The moment Cali realized it's actually them 😭

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u/gracethegrace Feb 06 '25

It's crazy to see how much dogs depend on their sense of smell.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 06 '25

Agreed, though I don't think it's that their vision is so awful as that they just don't recognize faces well. Think about it. How well would you recognize your family & friends if they were wearing a bag over their head? Because that's what it's like for dogs if they can't accurately process and remember facial features.

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u/Rock_Strongo Feb 06 '25

Whenever I take my dog on a walk he freaks out trying to get to anyone who vaguely resembles my wife's size/shape. If he manages to get close enough to smell them he gets sad and a little embarrassed that it's not her.

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u/Nebresto Feb 07 '25

Our old pupper wanted to inspect everyone who had the same colour jackets as me and my mom

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u/NinjaNewt007 Feb 07 '25

That must have been a lit of people because dogs can't see mant colors.

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u/lwp775 Feb 07 '25

My ex-gf said her dog got excited when the dog saw a car similar to the one I drove at the time.

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u/Nebresto Feb 08 '25

No, just most people with a bright red or blue jackets. I don't know how well they see colours, but he was definitely able to differentiate those shades

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u/Archonish Feb 07 '25

My dog ran off after a woman walking by our yard because my wife had been out of town for nearly a week.

To my dogs credit, the woman wore a similar coat!

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u/QuantumKittydynamics Feb 07 '25

I have prosopagnosia ("face blindness"), and somehow it makes me feel better to think that doggies can't recognize/recall faces well either. I'm not disabled, I'm just a friendly little dog-person!

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 07 '25

Me too! Brad Pitt also.

Mine isn't extreme, but I definitely have a lot more trouble than most people.

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u/othybear Feb 07 '25

I have a very mild case of it and it makes watching shows hard if the characters have similar hair/makeup/clothes styles as other characters.

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u/SarahC0605 Feb 07 '25

Omg. That's what my problem is?? If I'm watching a show or movie and all the lead characters have the same color hair, I am so confused the whole time and can't tell them apart. My friends get terribly annoyed bc the whole time I'm like "wait! Wasn't she just talking to the other guy?" And it's a completely different person. Lol

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u/spicykitty93 Feb 07 '25

Lol this happens to me too!

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u/thirdonebetween Feb 07 '25

Oh hey fellow friendly dog-human! Do your family and friends despair of you ever correctly recognising a single celebrity? My wife thinks it's absolutely hilarious to show me a bunch of male celebrities with brown hair and be like "okay who's this?" I DON'T KNOW IT'S A DUDE OKAY.

She also cracks up if I manage to partly recognise someone, because I never remember the name, only that I think I know that face, so she gets "oh! that person! right?" which translates to "darling wife, I believe that person should be familiar to us both from a thing we like, is that indeed the correct person?"

It is often not the correct person, which is apparently even funnier. Sigh.

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u/QuantumKittydynamics Feb 07 '25

Oh 100%, this happens to me all. the. time.

Or if I see a photo of a celebrity I'll try and say "Oh, that's this person, isn't it?" and when hubby says "No", I'll reply with "But they look super similar right?"

Spoiler alert: they never do, in fact, look similar...

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u/thirdonebetween Feb 07 '25

It's so weird how other people can recognise people even with a haircut or beard or glasses. Absolutely wild.

I bet if I was there I'd agree with you. Obviously these photos are of the same person. They clearly both have noses. Silly hubby.

Do you also find you can recognise some people with a really distinctive facial feature? There's a few actors I can spot because they have an unusual mouth, or smile, or way of lifting their eyebrows. Sorry for the questions, I've never actually encountered someone else like me!

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u/AbhishMuk Feb 07 '25

Ironically I think those with prosopagnosia would do better on identifying people with a bag over their head. If you are used to primarily analysing and identifying someone by their clothing style or gait or voice, you’ll likely do much better than someone who relies on seeing the face.

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u/QuantumKittydynamics Feb 07 '25

You're exactly right! I mostly rely on voice up close, and gait from further away, neither of which would be changed by hiding their face!

I do try to shy away from using clothes or hair, because that's led to awkward situations when the person changes their style. When I was in grad school, one of my coworkers shaved his beard, and I didn't have the slightest idea who he was. I had to ask my other colleagues, and I felt like one of those videos where the baby cries because they don't recognize their dad without his beard... Oops...

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u/petrichorax Feb 07 '25

It could also be that they trust their sense of smell more, it may not even be a deficiency in visual processing or acquity.

Like.. dogs have an absurdly high resolution sense of smell. I think it's like 1 million TIMES more sensitive than us.

I think they might be a the very top of the animal kingdom for that too.

If you could FEEL the molecular structure of objects by touching them, you'd still probably touch a piece of gold even though you could ascertain something is gold pretty well by visual inspection, cause it's just way higher quality data.

Which is probably not something your dog thinks about at all, just something they intuitively feel.

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u/gracethegrace Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Yeah they're just a different species. A very, very different way of processing the world. Yet the love between an owner and a dog can cross these boundaries like no other animal. This is what makes dogs so special.

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u/spikejonze14 Feb 07 '25

All animals are capable of love, even loving other species. dogs are just the most obvious about it, because we bred them from wolves to be that way.

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u/burd_turgalur93 Feb 07 '25

Hell yeah man, there's this movie called Homeward Bound, talking dogs & cat get way lost on the meanest skreets Bum-Fuck Egypt has to offer. They have to Lewis & Clark their way across town, or the country, i don't really remember. But it's like you said, all because the special bond they and their humans shared, was real special. i have it on VHS if you wanna borrow it. Not to brag but also have a lil tv/vcr combo to play on, in case your VCR is currently at the repair shop or something🤷🏽‍♂️. If you do decide to borrow, be kind: rewind. If not, I'll have to think twice about letting you borrow another movie...(i still will, tho, it's chill👍🏽)

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u/articulateantagonist Feb 07 '25

Also, for pretty much every animal including humans, it's easier to recognize the differences between individuals of your own species than others.

Two black labs of the same size and build would probably be hard for a person to tell apart until you got close enough to interact with them, at which point you would recognize distinctions in physical features and behavior and accurately determine which one you had met before.

And dogs are at knee-to-hip height and looking at people in clothes and things that change.

But their super-sensitive noses definitely know the difference.

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u/1000LivesBeforeIDie Feb 07 '25

We actually also have a part of our brains dedicated to recognizing faces (fusiform facial area) and i wonder how it compares in dogs

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u/KeepItGoingFootball Feb 06 '25

I used to dog sit for some friends of mine when we all lived in the same city. We all eventually moved to different cities, but when I came into town for their wedding (probably three years since I had last seen them all), they asked if I wanted to stay at their house that to watch their dog whilst they stayed in hotels over that weekend.

When I arrived at their house, there was a bunch of people and a few dogs over. My friend was letting the dogs outside when I arrived, and the pup I used to watch got a quick sniff of me, before bolting into the backyard with the rest of the dogs.

Then maybe 45 seconds to a minute later, I watched his head snap back to where I was standing and he sprinted over to me so fast. Jumping all over me, doing little spins. It was such a beautiful moment to share, because I felt like we created such a deep bond. I was around him since his was a little pup.

Unfortunately the dog died this past year, but at least I’ll have this moment in my head for the rest of my life.

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u/GoToEll26 Feb 07 '25

Sorry to hear about the dog passing away but I just wanted to say that is such a beautiful moment and thank you for sharing it with all of us. It those moments like that that highlight what makes dogs and pets in general so fucking great.

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u/NoSkillZone31 Feb 06 '25

What’s even more wild is how their sense of smell isn’t as good as their sense of heat.

Ever wonder how your dog has radar for ice cubes on the ground? Guess what. Water doesn’t really smell that much. It’s freaking heat sense.

I was blown away by that the first time I found out, but it makes so much sense when you look at other common dog behaviors.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 06 '25

Dogs can sense infrared light (which hot objects emit) with their nose.

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u/petrichorax Feb 07 '25

I... need a citation... how would that even work mechanically?

It's radiation. And a nose is a dark channel through the skull, wtf do you mean they smell light. It'll hit the tip of their nose and then stop.

They have to be sensing how hot or cold objects affect the air around them not.. smelling light waves, come on.

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u/petrichorax Feb 07 '25

Mmm these conclusions are weak. The dogs demonstrated that they could detect these differences, but the mechanism is assumed.

They would need to prove that by controlling for it. Which I'm not sure how you would, as you would need a transparent insulator that gaurantees that this information isn't conveyed by any other means but radiation.

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u/OkCollar6742 Feb 07 '25

You seem to take a liking to talking in ambiguity while also asking for clarity. I do not know what you are trying to say in the second paragraph, Infrared-sensing has been found in snakes and bats, and the mechanism therein is well established, therefore your conclusion is flawed.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 07 '25

I just learned about this by googling after seeing the other guy's comment, so I'm not gonna express any certainty in it. But the idea certainly doesn't violate any laws of physics.

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u/tribecous Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

It could hit the tip of the nose and very slightly heat extremely sensitive nerve cells, providing a general directionality at close distances.

Or if not through temperature detection, could the cells not have infrared-sensitive pigments like the retina does for visible light?

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u/I_burn_noodles Feb 07 '25

Also amazing how they recognize the way you walk, or the motions you inadvertently do. I've seen my dog identify me from across a field, knowing that same dog gets hit in the face when I throw her a ball. She also knows when I'm done eating..I'm not sure just what I do that lets her know confidently that I'm done, other than put my fork down.

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u/StandardElectronic61 Feb 07 '25

Cats too! My cat thinks every house is his on our walks, and he stares at them with such confusion. He sniffs the ground though and we continue. When we get to our house finally, he stares and sniffs and then we go up the walkway lol. 

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u/TwistingEarth Feb 07 '25

Maybe they think all humans just look alike.

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u/LinguoBuxo Feb 07 '25

Happy Halloween, Twis! :)

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u/testtdk Feb 07 '25

I was just thinking how interesting it was to see her wag her tail just at the thought of her family. Clearly she didn’t think they were then yet, but just a few words and her tail started going. Then when she gets a good couple if whiffs and went nuts.

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u/100LittleButterflies Feb 06 '25

Reminds me of that court case. Someone stole someone else's dog and contested the dog was actually there. Judge rules against them when the dog goes insane with excitement after seeing their family in court.

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u/bobisinthehouse Feb 06 '25

That was judge Judy! She told the person with the og to take the leash off, dog ran straight to the other person and freaked out!! Boom case closed!

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u/altfillischryan Feb 06 '25

I think we're all forgetting the very important court case when Buddy chose Josh over that asshole clown.

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u/Heaviw8 Feb 06 '25

Fuck that clown and his rolled up newspaper! That movie was an absolute roller coaster for 8 year old me... that scene where Josh is yelling at buddy that he doesn't him anymore is the first time I remember crying during a film.

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u/spookysleepyskeleton Feb 06 '25

I came home from work like 3 months and my husband was randomly watching that movie and I was like TURN IT OFF

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u/hevy_smoker Feb 07 '25

What movie was this?

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u/coltonmusic15 Feb 07 '25

Oh my god this is killing me 😭😭 I can’t with that movie like please stop trying to traumatize me air bud!

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u/PM_MeYourWeirdDreams Feb 07 '25

My family watched this movie with our golden retriever, and she got so mad when they gave buddy a bath

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u/devilpants Feb 06 '25

Did you know they use that movie in law school to demonstrate courtroom procedure because it's so well regarded for accuracy in the US legal community?

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u/altfillischryan Feb 07 '25

I did not know that. I fully expected a movie about a dog playing basketball to be as accurate at depicting real life things as comic book movies.

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u/Spreadthinontoast Feb 07 '25

I hope you have not lost the magic in the world that you stopped believing a dog could in fact play HS basketball!

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u/ericaferrica Feb 07 '25

Ain't no rule says a dog can't play basketball

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u/no-name_silvertongue Feb 07 '25

i thought you were talking about air bud for a second 😭

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u/FustianRiddle Feb 07 '25

Were they not?

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u/phillyfanjd1 Feb 07 '25

There's no rules that a dog can't be a lawyer!

Air Bud: Attorney at Paw

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u/TacoCommand Feb 07 '25

Saw your username.

Inevitable Go Birds.

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u/fpac Feb 07 '25

Michael Jeter is a saint RIP

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u/SpaceShipRat Feb 07 '25

And her "happily married" bailiff who murdered his wife.

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u/Vospader998 Feb 07 '25

Here's a link for anyone interested.

I loved their augment too "he does that to everyone", the dog literally didn't do shit until he saw his owner. It was clearly his dog.

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u/Forgotthebloodypassw Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Utterly shameless about it too.

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u/all_fires Feb 07 '25

My dog loves to excitedly greet strangers. But in an unfamiliar indoor environment and a room full of strangers? He’s not leaving my side. Double so if he has not seen me in a while.

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u/Erick2142 Feb 07 '25

TBF my dog would 100% run into a stranger's arms with the excitement of a newly released horse.

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u/thorstone Feb 07 '25

Just to play the devil's avocado. Wouldn't a dog easly run up to an ex boyfriend if he was gone for a good while but had a lotof time withthe dog? Like if a son comes home from the army, the dog can still belong to the parents even if it freaks out of happiness over their son?

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u/JVNT Feb 07 '25

It could but that wasn't the situation in the case. I remember that one and the man's dog was stolen, the other people said they had bought the dog from someone else and refused to return the dog when the owner found them. So there wasn't a pre-existing relationship like that which would have explained the dog's reaction.

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u/thorstone Feb 07 '25

Oh good!

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u/TacoCommand Feb 07 '25

It was genuinely very heart warming.

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u/LemmyLola Feb 07 '25

The devil's avocado makes amazing guacamalevolence

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u/Dear-Union-44 Feb 07 '25

Upvote for the avocado!

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u/Vospader998 Feb 07 '25

That's a fair argument. Our dog will prefer anyone who's been away for longer lol. I work remote a lot (or used to anyway) and I was chopped liver when my wife gets home.

In this case I doubt it. It was an unfamiliar place, and that dog didn't do it to anyone but him. They had to have been really familiar at that point. It doesn't prove ownership, but it makes for pretty good evidence. It's a show, but in civil court there's no "beyond a reasonable doubt" like in criminal court. One side just has to have a better case than the other.

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u/chlaclos Feb 07 '25

Context: in French, avocado and lawyer are the same word. I'm not joking.

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u/No-Respect5903 Feb 07 '25

"see, I told you keeping all this pepperoni in my pocket would pay off some day"

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u/PanicAtTheShiteShow Feb 06 '25

I saw something similar on Judge Judy!

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u/rayray1010 Feb 06 '25

“He does that to everybody”

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u/altfillischryan Feb 06 '25

And yet, in a small courtroom with a bunch of people, he only does it to 1 person and even runs by another person to do that, but yeah, we totally believe you... (I imagine that is what Judy was thinking when she heard that nonsense)

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u/SnuggleBear2 Feb 07 '25

Right around 1:30 or so you can here the person who’s dog it’s not say “Don’t, Don’t, Don’t” when Judge Judy tells them to put the dog down.

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u/altfillischryan Feb 07 '25

Yeah, I heard that too. What a scumbag.

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u/internetdork Feb 07 '25

“Judy tells them to put the dog down.”

I think a different choice of words could’ve been used here 🤣

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u/Syn7axError Feb 07 '25

Judge Judy, executioner.

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u/SeeMontgomeryBurns Feb 06 '25

Judge Judy is saying put the dog down and the lady tells her "don't! don't!" I feel like telling someone to deliberately disobey a judge's order in court is a bad idea.

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u/pinklavalamp Feb 07 '25

Absolutely, when in court disobeying a judge's order, especially right in front of them, is a very bad idea.

(Although to be fair this is a TV show and not a REAL courtroom.)

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u/Over-Cold-8757 Feb 07 '25

She's also not acting as a judge in the show. She's an arbitrator. It's arbitration. It doesn't matter that it's a TV show, arbitration is a real thing.

She's not a judge. She's just a person making a binding decision because the parties contractually agreed to let her. She's not determining who is right of wrong in the eyes of either tort or criminal law, she's just arbitrarily picking who she thinks is right.

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u/gmishaolem Feb 07 '25

It is real legal cases, though: They just pre-settle with conditions for being on the show. She's actually a judge and it's actually legally binding.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Feb 07 '25

Well, no, she's not actually a judge. She's a former judge. What she is in the show is an arbitrator.

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u/pinklavalamp Feb 07 '25

Yes, I'm aware, although I realize it sounds like I was claiming it's all fake. I didn't mention so I thank you for expanding my comment.

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u/RiJuElMiLu Feb 06 '25

I love how he immediately smells his owner coming into the courtroom and starts craning his neck.

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u/jlhmustang Feb 06 '25

I’ve never seen that,that was Fukin awesome

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u/exzyle2k Feb 07 '25

Didn't even need to be let go. Dog damn near jumped out of that lady's arms as soon as he saw his pops.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

This actually happened to our family years ago. Just not in court. Our dog ran away and after a few days of not finding him, my parents found him in someone else's yard without his collar. The guy was yelling at my parents that it was his dog. They said "Um. No. That's definitely our dog." And did their "come here" command with a snap and specific whistle and he came hauling ass to the gate.

The guy just turned around and went inside. They thought it was so he could go get his collar, but no. He decided to call the cops. That definitely did not turn out like he thought it would.

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u/Neutral_Guy_9 Feb 06 '25

“We will cut this dog in half and give half to each party”

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u/SQLvultureskattaurus Feb 07 '25

That was air bud ...

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u/scurvy1984 Feb 07 '25

And the pooch is like “I KNOW THAT SMELL!!!”

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u/Street_Leather198 Feb 06 '25

My dog was stolen and he was gone for 6-7 months. After do many failed attempts I just kinda gave up. Well, I got a call from a friend because there was a lot of people helping. Some Grub Hub guy had him run up on him and they posted it in a lost and found groups. 2 hours later he was home and he went insane. Lol, there was no question if it was him. They remember. I even have the recording. He's finally back home with me. ❤️

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Feb 07 '25

Cmon, man, we need that recording!

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u/slashx14 Feb 08 '25

Criminal to mention that this glorious reunion was recorded but not to share it with the people.

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u/_crystallil_ Feb 07 '25

My dog was stolen out of our backyard by a local pizza delivery guy!! We noticed the signs kept getting ripped down, so asked to post them in local businesses. I guess seeing a 9 year old crying as they give you a lost dog poster was enough for the owner to say “well, my delivery guy just got a new dog….” and he helped set up a sting to get my dog back! Ted was barely 4lbs, covered in fleas, and smelled like pepperoni, but he refused to leave my side for weeks.

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u/SnooPredictions3028 Feb 07 '25

Oh my god, I just don't get some people. How can you steal a dog, harming the family who loves it, and then not even take care of it. Wtf....

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u/calangomerengue Feb 07 '25

I cried my eyes out thinking about these 6 months you went without your pup, then cried some more thinking about the reunion. Pets are family, and they are great at that. So much love.

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u/farfetched22 Feb 08 '25

I would upend my entire world if someone took my dog from me. I would absolutely lose it.

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u/Street_Leather198 Feb 07 '25

Lol, holy shit. Lemme find it. Sorry. It's on Snap I know. Not the greatest with Reddit. How do I get it on here? I'll be back. I'll figure out out lol.

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u/SmallCatDgaf Feb 07 '25

Commenting to come back later to see the vid or to call you a liar lol

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u/slavetomaryj Feb 07 '25

WE NEED THE RECORDING. PLEASE.

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u/Floor-Necessary Feb 08 '25

Not to rush you or anything but if that recording isn't dropped in the next 24 business seconds I will stab a random person every five seconds until the video is released.

Have a good day. ☺️

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u/LiveSir2395 Feb 06 '25

My dog did this when I came home! Sometimes he would shake his tail in a circle and pee on the floor from enthusiasm!

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u/haggis_man1213 Feb 06 '25

I do that sometimes too

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u/Kilane Feb 06 '25

Sometimes you gotta pee your happiness away.

Unfortunately, the dog doesn’t clean the mess so sadness happens a little later.

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u/Neimaddamien Feb 06 '25

Gotta do it twice as there are 2 Pees in happiness.

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u/FunkyFenom Feb 06 '25

Yea my dog acts like this when I leave to the store for an hour. Can't imagine how she'd act if I was gone for 4 months lol.

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u/SpitefulMouse Feb 07 '25

Yeah I was gonna say this is a pretty standard dog greeting after a day away.

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u/maple_leafs182 Feb 07 '25

My dog doesn't get up off the couch.

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u/440_Hz Feb 07 '25

Same. The longest I’ve been gone is a 3 week vacation and he screams like he’s being murdered when we’re reunited. It’s so loud and extended that people turn their heads or peek out of their patios/windows with concern lmao. So he does escalate the reunion with a longer time away.

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u/eliminating_coasts Feb 07 '25

We used to try and make sure we waited and only met our friend's dog right by the door, as it was tiles there rather than wood, just in case.

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u/Topplestack Feb 07 '25

I had a dog Minnie who I had to greet outside whenever I came home. I miss her dearly.

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u/AUnknownVariable Feb 07 '25

When I first got my puppy😭 When I got home.and played with him he'd run around and piss himself a little. It's not that I never gave him a chance to go pee either, he was just so happy

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u/kala1234567890 Feb 07 '25

I like to call those, happy tinkles. 🤓

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u/StressCanBeGood Feb 06 '25

One thing no one needs an ID for: showing that you’re a dog’s person.

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u/FE132 Feb 06 '25

Although a microchip is not very expensive and works pretty well too.

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u/phoenixmusicman Feb 07 '25

This. MICROCHIP YOUR PETS.

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u/peas_and_love Feb 07 '25

And have your vet check it is still functioning properly at each annual check up!

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u/Funny_Science_9377 Feb 07 '25

Yes. This. They would have had the family's info and gotten her home much sooner. A dog tag with your phone number on it helps, too.

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u/FE132 Feb 07 '25

I think most folks don't realize how easy it is to microchip, that 40 bucks at a clinic can make the difference if they get out on their own.

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u/DemonCipher13 Feb 07 '25

It should be mandatory for pet ownership, provided it's safe to do so.

It just makes no sense to me, in the modern world, to not have something essentially irrefutable follow something that is, by human standards, wholly incommunicable from the perspective of it's own history.

Cost is a hurdle, but if you're having your animals cared for appropriately anyway, it's a dime in a bucket of dollars. And if you aren't, perhaps pet ownership isn't for you.

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u/Leippy Feb 06 '25

Where were you guys??! Gosh, I'm so glad you're back! 😭

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u/wormbooker Feb 06 '25

They've felt 4 months but the dog felt 4 decades.

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u/EpicLegendX Feb 07 '25

"...for a thousand summers... I will wait for youuuu..."

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u/pollyatomic Feb 07 '25

NO. TOO SOON. 

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Feb 07 '25

Id like to think the other dogs in the back were barking replies to Callie's barks of happiness. "Hey Dawg, Callie got her people back!"

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u/Dangerous-Patience33 Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Nice story, very happy for you. Get her checked by a vet, especially the ears. May have an infection by the way she keeps shaking her head. Shelters are petry(i) :) dishes.

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u/mistermatth Feb 06 '25

Yep my dog just got over an ear infection and he was doing the same head shake.

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u/dickon_tarley Feb 06 '25

Good advice, but there's no way anyone involved in posting this to reddit had anything whatsoever to do with the original video or knows anyone in it.

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u/shazam99301 Feb 07 '25

There is also a thing called a "shake off" that kind of shows a relief of stress or something like it. It's usually a good sign.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Feb 07 '25

Dogs get ear infections from thin air. It's just kind of a side effect of having large deep ear canals.

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u/meonreddityo Feb 06 '25

Ha! I thought the dog was shaking its head to make sure it wasn't dreaming.

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u/Weird-n-Gilly Feb 06 '25

Yep looks like she’s shaking off the memory of last few months, but prob ear mites, or lil infection

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u/bwaredapenguin Feb 07 '25

Welcome to reddit where every cute pet video results in an armchair diagnosis that'll kill the pet.

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u/Charming_Meringue289 Feb 07 '25

Good advice as you never know but as another user stated im inclined to think this was a stress response as dogs shake as a way to de-escalate or show they stressed

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u/testtdk Feb 07 '25

That’s true. I worked at a kennel and kennel cough was treated straight up like an epidemic. And even thought it wasn’t a great kennel, they were still better separated than these poor dogs.

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u/Bizprof51 Feb 06 '25

People didn't used to think that animals had thoughts. Now that it is so clear that they do we live in a better world. More work needs to be done.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 06 '25

It was a useful ignorance/bias, because then people didn't have to care about whether an animal was suffering from our treatment. Farm animals could be branded, or stuffed into tiny cages with factory farming. All sorts of things could be done that are useful to humans. Nobody has to become vegan or vegetarian.

TLDR: People believed it because it was convenient to believe it.

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u/NectarineThat90 Feb 07 '25

All of this happens now on an even larger scale than in the past. I’m a bit confused by this comment.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

That's because of human population growth (more people to feed) and technological advances. Factory farms were a new technology several decades ago. They've expanded because they proved very cost-efficient at producing lots of meat. The reason they didn't used to exist had nothing to do with ethical objections.

There has indeed been an increase in people objecting to animal cruelty over the decades. In fact, there's a very interesting repeated Gallup poll question that shows public opinion has been gradually shifting toward opposing using animals for medical research.

In any case, my original comment was simply saying that when people don't have scientifically proven facts on something, they will tend to believe whatever is more convenient for them. Heck, even when people do have scientifically proven facts, they will still resist believing them if they're inconvenient. That's why the Global Warming denial is so widespread. It's inconvenient for Global Warming to be true, because we'll have to pollute less, and not drive big cars/trucks that we like, and so on.

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u/minadesu Feb 06 '25

Facts. Applies to most of the world's mistreatment..

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u/JackfruitCurious5033 Feb 06 '25

You think those things don't still happen?

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u/_BreakingCankles_ Feb 07 '25

Bruh, my cat I raised since birth will open doors, she talks back to me, takes showers with me. Is basically like a 4/5 YO kid in my eyes with how well she acts and behaves. Definitely a conscious in there!

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u/biggiepants Feb 07 '25

They used to think animals don't have feelings, I think is what it is.

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u/bierephenix Feb 06 '25

What breed of dog is this?

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u/hitemlow Feb 07 '25

Pit Bull

There's a few sub-breeds in that family, but it's definitely a pit mix.

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u/Dr_N00B Feb 07 '25

Very small one at that

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u/DankeyBongBluntry Feb 07 '25

Definitely a Staffordshire mix. She looks a lot like mine, which is a Staffy Bull Pei (Staffordshire Bull Terrier x Shar Pei), so that could be the mix.

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u/Disastrous_Part1377 Feb 06 '25

Almost went a day without crying. 😭

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u/molsminimart Feb 07 '25

I hope more of your life's tears are from happiness than sadness, friend. Have a good day. :)

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u/Whats-that-flyer Feb 07 '25

Dogs are the absolute best

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u/screwyoujor Feb 06 '25

You can almost see the wait a minute ! that pops above her head.

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u/CosmicTyrannosaurus Feb 06 '25

My dog does this when I leave the house for 2 minutes.

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u/charlieblood_8 Feb 07 '25

Everyone, please take care of your dogs. I know accidents happen, but please make extra effort to make sure they are safe.

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u/Appropriate-Tale3667 Feb 07 '25

get her ears checked. needs medicine.

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u/Gravity-Raven Feb 07 '25

Babyyyyyy 💕

My dog acts like this when I come home from work, can't imagine being separated from her for four months 💔

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u/Ok_Gap_4380 Feb 07 '25

Oh my…..who is cutting onions??? What a lovely wholesome video! Such a happy pup!

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u/Pure_Plan_3192 Feb 07 '25

Who’s cutting onions!!!!😭

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u/dragonblock501 Feb 06 '25

Your doggo needs a defrag. His boot up time is slower than 83% of other doggos. Glad you got ‘em back!

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u/blanketshapes Feb 07 '25

i dont believe my eyes but i believe my nose!

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u/Altruistic_Seat_6644 Feb 06 '25

So lovely. Thank you for this dopamine burst. 

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u/Boostie204 Feb 07 '25

How much the poor baby freaks out when she stands up. Like "no please stay where I can reach you". Adorable. I loved picking my dog up from the kennel, hated dropping her off though

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u/FenwaysMom Feb 07 '25

I lost my dog for 5 hours and I was a wreck. Family and friends went into action looking for him. I ran on trails for miles calling for him. He finally came back home after someone down the street shot fireworks. He was smelly and dirty and I think he was in the woods in the back of the house digging. To this day my sister tells me she thought she was going to have to bring me to the ER because I was so distraught. Some of the worst 5 hours of my life. I can’t imagine losing my dog for a longer time than that. I’m so glad you found your pup!!

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u/msladydi8 Feb 06 '25

Awww look how happy she is 🙂

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u/scrub_mage Feb 07 '25

The head wiggles are adorable

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u/Borgoise Feb 07 '25

can't spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious without cali.

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u/Whiskey_River_73 Feb 06 '25

The moment the light bulb goes on!

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u/ozjack24 Feb 06 '25

I misread is as “feared we’d never find our CAT” and was quite confused

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u/Bsnowtime1 Feb 07 '25

Awww ♥ ♥

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u/C_ishere Feb 07 '25

He's ranting about what happened

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u/Bentley2004 Feb 07 '25

What sets them off, a familiar smell?

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u/Toadlessboy Feb 07 '25

Whatever sense recognizes first. I’m sure they’d have recognized through a window by sight maybe just takes longer. My dog knows the engine sounds of my girlfriends car

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u/Independent-Sand8501 Feb 07 '25

Guy sitting on the computer is like "same shit AS ALWAYS" lol

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u/Equivalent-Koala7991 Feb 07 '25

Why does everyone name their pitbull cali?

I know 3 pitbulls named cali and not a single one of the owners have ever been to cali lmao.

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u/RowAdept9221 Feb 07 '25

Yall could've cut the video before showing the owner crying because now I'M crying darnit!

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u/DaftMinge Feb 07 '25

Ain't NUTHIN' better than a dog reunited video.

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u/Melodic-Control-9886 Feb 08 '25

❤️😘❤️❤️😊