Where do you think he’s running in his dreams.
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Shadow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I don’t think we have any way to know.
My dog definitely remembers and gets excited about places when going back after years. Does he think about those places otherwise? Probably not
Glasgow@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I had a dog named Ellie. She had this little whimper moan thing she would do when she wanted something, and you had to go through the The List™ to determine what it was.
“Is her hungry?”
“Does her want a to-to” (toy)
Et cetera.
She wouldn’t stop her whimper until you said the right item.
One time I had exhausted The List™ and was just trying random things because the whimpering was getting a little old at this point and I was desperate. So I asked “do you wanna go see the kitty balls?”
The kitty balls we a collection of stray cats at a Walmart we lived near nearly a decade prior. She had not been to see the kitty balls in at least 8 years.
She lost her fucking mind. Jumping up and down (not an easy task on an old girl with messed up legs from getting hit by a car), barking, spinning around. I loaded her up in the car and drove two hours so she could stare out the window at stray cats in the back corner of a Walmart parking lot.
I miss her a lot. And apparently, she missed the kitty balls
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
That’s like the most touching thing i ever ever heard. I love it.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Aww. Ellie brought us a lot of joy. Endless, until the end. Sweetest baby. She would love that you were touched by that haha