# What do dogs think of exactly when their owner comes home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141 "2008-07-20T07:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/21 "2008-07-21T14:37:35Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Dogs get excited when the pack leader returns, because they expect it to regurgitate food from its hunt for the pack. Hork something up for the pup, fer Christ’s sake, don’t make her beg. [/QUOTE] Yes, that’s one of the things I learned on the SDMB: A “kiss” is a search for the remnants of a kill. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/22 "2008-07-21T18:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Yes, that’s one of the things I learned on the SDMB: A “kiss” is a search for the remnants of a kill. [/QUOTE] Kinda related, a trainer we recently worked with recommends that you spit in your dog’s food. The dominant members of the pack eat first… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/23 "2008-07-21T19:18:52Z")
Where-as the cat says: “Oh goodie, my slave has returned for my amusement.” ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/24 "2008-07-22T00:29:36Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Yes, that’s one of the things I learned on the SDMB: A “kiss” is a search for the remnants of a kill. [/QUOTE] Well, back in the mists of time it probably comes from that and from food-begging, but in modern adult wolves (and dogs) it’s now also a codified social behavior mainly indicating submission and also used in greeting contexts. Not that your dog isn’t _also_ interested in what you’ve been eating behind his back… JRB ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/25 "2008-07-22T00:39:00Z")
The first thing my dog does is sniff me to see if I’ve been petting other dogs behind his back. He’s never trusted me since I took a neighbours Rotty for a walk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141/26 "2008-07-22T05:52:33Z")
If the OP isn’t going to bother to go back to the threads he starts, I can’t be bothered to keep them open. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-dogs-think-of-exactly-when-their-owner-comes-home/457141.md?page=1)