I've heard it many times before - "Dogs don't have a sense of time." I'm now here to declare that that's nonsense!
While I don't think dogs have as accurate a concept of time as humans, I think they have a much better concept of time than most people give them credit.
When I walk out to get the mail or run a quick errand and I return, there's a 50/50 chance my dog will greet me wagging her tail and not even bother with saying hello. She'll be too cozy on her bed to feel the need to say hello yet again. When I was gone for about a full day on New Year's Eve to celebrate it with my girlfriend, my dog seemed a bit more excited in greeting me as I walked in the door. Last week, when I was away for an entire 6-7 days visiting family over Christmas, my dog started crying right as I walked in the door. She was crying off and on for about a half hour, I'd say. I'd never heard her do that before.
So while dogs may not be able to meet a person at a particular spot at exactly 5:00, they do have some concept of time, as I think my dog displayed to me just recently.
While I don't think dogs have as accurate a concept of time as humans, I think they have a much better concept of time than most people give them credit.
When I walk out to get the mail or run a quick errand and I return, there's a 50/50 chance my dog will greet me wagging her tail and not even bother with saying hello. She'll be too cozy on her bed to feel the need to say hello yet again. When I was gone for about a full day on New Year's Eve to celebrate it with my girlfriend, my dog seemed a bit more excited in greeting me as I walked in the door. Last week, when I was away for an entire 6-7 days visiting family over Christmas, my dog started crying right as I walked in the door. She was crying off and on for about a half hour, I'd say. I'd never heard her do that before.
So while dogs may not be able to meet a person at a particular spot at exactly 5:00, they do have some concept of time, as I think my dog displayed to me just recently.
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