# My dog must think I'm stupid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968 "2016-11-07T16:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/21 "2016-11-08T02:14:42Z")
If a bear’s just out minding its own business, then pretty much any response from a human other than screaming and running away will make it back down. Sure, it knows it can probably take you, but it also knows that you’re likely to put up a fight and be more trouble than you’re worth. But if, for instance, the bear thinks its young are threatened, then no show of force is going to be enough to stop it, short of either a very lucky or very powerful shot. And the difficulty is that you have absolutely no way of knowing which is which, for any given bear you might meet. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/22 "2016-11-08T02:22:39Z")
Too late in the year for mom to give a shit about her teenaged cubs. “Are you two still here? Go look for your father. He won’t care, either, but you’ll be out of my hair.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/23 "2016-11-08T02:27:16Z")
And yeah, theyll stick around until Bro and Sis are born, and will kvetch for months after, but they’ve outstayed their welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/24 "2016-11-08T03:49:59Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The OP referenced the perception of a dog that must think a human is stupid (his exact words). It hardly seems out of line to continue that thought and make jocular reference that a human might actually be, as implied, relatively stupid. It’s still against the rules. If you want to talk about it further, though, feel free to make an ATMB topic about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/25 "2016-11-08T04:59:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How then, does it come to pass that dogs become lost? They don’t get lost. They become liberated. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/26 "2016-11-08T08:23:18Z")
My chihuahua got spooked by something in the sky. Maybe a hawk? I didn’t see it He would anxiously look up at the sky any time I let him outside. It took several days before he got over it. Normally dogs don’t seem to pay much attention to the sky. I guess my little dog thought he’d had a close call. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/27 "2016-11-08T19:37:14Z")
I used to have a crow that would hover around the yard (looking to steal chicken eggs- I took care of that fool!) and it would freak the wiener dogs out. They would run around chasing it, thinking they had a shot. Dachshunds are the most comical of all dog breeds. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968/28 "2016-11-08T20:41:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My chihuahua got spooked by something in the sky. Maybe a hawk? I didn’t see it > > He would anxiously look up at the sky any time I let him outside. It took several days before he got over it. > > Normally dogs don’t seem to pay much attention to the sky. I guess my little dog thought he’d had a close call. My brother’s dog was freaked out by a blimp. It was the Fuji blimp, IIRC. She just kept running around in circles, barking, and looking up at the sky. It was pretty hilarious. She must have thought it was the end of the world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-must-think-im-stupid/770968.md?page=1)