Post by Punish the Villains / Redsky

Well duh

jul 10, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view

They gotta know

jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 3 0 • view

Agree 💯🥰

jul 9, 2025, 6:54 pm • 0 0 • view

Science backs you up: www.science.org/content/arti...

jul 9, 2025, 6:57 pm • 18 0 • view

Sort of related: cats meow because they're doing their best impression of a human voice, and the smarter your cat is, the earlier they were socialized as a companion animal, the more likely the meows will be especially articulate or varied. My tabby-Siamese actually chains meows together.

jul 9, 2025, 7:04 pm • 18 1 • view

My cats know how to say Mom. It's a mixed blessing lol

jul 10, 2025, 12:01 am • 3 0 • view

See, a fun thing I like to do with stuff like this is deconstruct it until I reach the simplest, most utilitarian explanation for something. "Why do mammals have empathy?" Because it's the mechanism by which to get mammals, who are endothermic and spend a lot of calories on HVAC, to use less ...

jul 9, 2025, 7:02 pm • 2 0 • view

... energy, to waste fewer precious calories, by encouraging them to "cuddle" and cohabitate. In other words, empathy is the mechanism that suppresses the "hey wait you aren't me, and that makes you bad" survival instinct.

jul 9, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 1 • view

I mean. This is kinda the reality though. Between pheremones and mirror neurons and acculturation of tone; dogs *do* understand that we love them. And they do love us in return. Same for cats.

jul 9, 2025, 8:16 pm • 2 0 • view

I feel called out...

jul 10, 2025, 1:22 pm • 0 0 • view

well he hasn't eaten you in your sleep, so some vibes are permeating

jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 6 0 • view

I just tell my dog that he’s a very good boy. He always understands that. No translation necessary.

A big fuzzy, black and white Alaskan malemute looks up from his water dish and smiles. His tongue is out. His name is Vinny Van Go

jul 9, 2025, 8:06 pm • 7 0 • view

That IS science

jul 9, 2025, 6:58 pm • 5 0 • view

In what way is that not also science

jul 10, 2025, 3:07 am • 0 0 • view

I'm a dog trainer, and the best master-level trainer I know of firmly believes in telling your dog things like this, what to expect, etc. Your voice and body language will become congruent with your intention, and they really will be able to read some of your emotion/intention.

jul 9, 2025, 11:45 pm • 3 0 • view

He absolutely understands and I’m sure science could prove it if it hasn’t already.

jul 9, 2025, 6:55 pm • 2 0 • view

Please extend those loving vibes to all living beings. Veganism--as a philosophy, not a diet--is the embodiment of these good feelings to all who deserve our respect.

jul 10, 2025, 12:32 am • 4 0 • view

🐶❤️

jul 10, 2025, 5:34 am • 0 0 • view

According to the guy I met at the dumpster behind Taco Bell dogs gave us the gift of language by sacrificing their own. Beholden to the language, but never able to speak it again. His evidence? You ask any dog "whosa good boi" and they all react the same.

jul 9, 2025, 10:46 pm • 0 0 • view

Could not agree more.

jul 9, 2025, 11:32 pm • 3 0 • view

This sounds like science to me.

jul 9, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view

His brain may be little but his heart is giant and that is where your sentiment permeates!

jul 9, 2025, 11:02 pm • 2 0 • view

He does. The oxytocin transfer is real. ❤️

jul 10, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view

this is the indisputable truth

jul 9, 2025, 6:53 pm • 2 0 • view

"the universal language of Vibes" pretty sure that's hormones & neurotransmitters my dawg

jul 9, 2025, 9:47 pm • 3 1 • view

Dogs read human faces better than humans in some ways. I saw an article about a recent research paper not long ago. I'll try to dig up a reference if you want to read it. 🧪 Science, so far, seems to agree with your intuition.

jul 9, 2025, 6:59 pm • 5 0 • view

Dogs can't see well, so that's doubtful. They have only 2 color cones, compared to humans' 3. Also, as they age, their vision gets worse. Instead, dogs can interpret a lot from smell and sound. They can hear the very specific frequencies in your voice associated with "baby talk" or affirmations.

jul 9, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view

Additionally, they can probably smell oxytocin from your skin. I've read numerous stories of dogs smelling everything from heart attacks to diabetes to cancer to seizures. So the idea they can't smell certain hormones or pheromones seems ... unlikely.

jul 9, 2025, 7:06 pm • 1 0 • view

Mine can smell CGRP and other inflammatory peptides because he'll sniff and then lick my face when I have a migraine, repeatedly, exactly where the affected facial nerves are.

jul 9, 2025, 7:55 pm • 5 0 • view

I tried to reach my dog hide-and-seek, but he knows the telltale creaks of every floorboard in the house like a cheat code. He runs straight to me every time like "I WIN!"

jul 9, 2025, 7:58 pm • 1 0 • view

entirely true? again, science. cats are the same.

jul 9, 2025, 11:38 pm • 1 0 • view

So, I actually think that's scientifically sound, if a bit reductive.

jul 9, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view

The vibrations seep in.

jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 3 0 • view

So true 🌷💙

jul 10, 2025, 1:12 am • 0 0 • view

I asked my cat if he knew I loved him and he gave me slow blinkies so basically it’s scientific fact that pets understand you.

jul 9, 2025, 6:51 pm • 56 0 • view

update he peed on my bed

jul 10, 2025, 6:32 am • 14 0 • view

A sign of true respect!

jul 10, 2025, 2:47 pm • 1 0 • view

Why else would my dogs jealously push each other out of the way to get the best cuddle spot all while I'm trying to fucking sleep

jul 9, 2025, 6:52 pm • 3 0 • view

...you don't know how right you might be. Social animals are both acutely aware of mood indicators and have room for social programming to pick up and learn social ceremony. It may sound like "bark barking bark" in his little brain but it means "sibling by another litter."

jul 9, 2025, 7:06 pm • 2 0 • view