Yes but I don't speak Jack Russell!
Long haired Jack Russell?Yes but I don't speak Jack Russell! View attachment 165115
Yes he's a rough. He's a Rescue I got him out of Texas he's 15.5 years old now. Slowing down a bit. He's a recovered Heart worm dog. The previous owner had dumped him when he was under a year in a Walmart parking lot near my daughter in Texas!Long haired Jack Russell?
I'm not talking about playful barking or meowing that most all pets do. I'm talking about noises that their species normally don't make.
Our loveable mutt Maizey is one of those 'vocal' dogs. She makes noises that you don't hear very often and each of them has their own meaning.
We've been trying to capture them on video for a while now, but short of running a camera 24/7 they're hard to get. The wife managed to catch one last night and sent it to me (Sorry for the crap video, it was an MMS and I'll never remember to get her to send a good copy of it).
This is doggo wanting us to know that she's still here and we need to at least acknowledge her. You can see when my wife asks her what she wants, she gives a 'nothing, I'm just still here look'.
There's another one she does, usually when I wake up in the afternoons to get ready for work after she's been home with the wife all day. That one is her 'I'm glad dad's awake, mom is boring' one, right before she runs down the hall and tries to flatten me.
Yes, Xylitol should be either banned or clearly labeled as lethal poison for pets. It's found in many human junk food and especially some cheap peanut butter. ALWAYS inspect anything you might give to a dog, for this toxic ingredient. Horrible they would use this in food that might predictably be fed to a dog as a treat.Dogs and Cats communicate very well, and they wish they could verbalize it better too.
Special note, be aware of xylitol, its more deadly to your dog than antifreeze.
That crap and any food with it should have huge warning stickers.
IMO your dog is telling you she's either hungry, or thirsty given the licking of her lips. My dog does this too. She has also learned to gradually low growl, and turn that into a bark, if she wants some attention. Not in an aggressive way but to demand she gets some specific attention (food, go outside, etc.).
Most of my animals have had their own unique ways of communicating. We had a cat, that loved a saucer of milk and could meow "milk." It was uncanny. My dogs can all very positively communicate, speaking or behavior, simple ideas such as being hungry, wanting to go for a walk, go outside, wanting water, wanting attention, licking your arm/leg, nudging your hand to be pet, etc. in their own unique ways.
Yes should be banned. Even some candy's that have a fake sweetener and label as something else other than xylitol may not be truthful.Yes, Xylitol should be either banned or clearly labeled as lethal poison for pets. It's found in many human junk food and especially some cheap peanut butter. ALWAYS inspect anything you might give to a dog, for this toxic ingredient. Horrible they would use this in food that might predictably be fed to a dog as a treat.
You want a good parrot or macaw story? Recently a couple kept finding items added to their amazon account. Their bird would wait till they went to bed tell alexa to turn on the lights then proceed to add items to a grocery list. They quickly turned off Alexa.That works for me. Where are the people with parrots or ravens? They are great mimics.
Try having a Beagle.
Cute ol' Jack Russell there. Does he prefer that "hair covering the left eye" hair-style?Yes but I don't speak Jack Russell! View attachment 165115
Bill Engvall made light of this. His dog at the foot of his bed. "Oooh nice move there Bill."Only when they are hungry and weirdly the dog gets "chatty" when I'm ehhh..."with the missus." Otherwise, they're mutes.