The Devious Dog Brain
Watching my dog lay on the couch this morning, dozing, it occurred to me that maybe, instead of the short memories we assume they have, what they actually have are long memories, long memories that only involve stolen food. I mean, whenever my dog does something bad, it involves the theft of food. But we never do anything by way of "bad dog" because by the time we notice he's snatched a ham sandwich off the counter, we figure he's forgotten about it and it would just be silly to yell at him because he'd think we're yelling at him for something else. But maybe, people food theft is the only thing he ever remembers and that's why, any chance he gets, he snatches some - and then keeps a low profile because he thinks that's how we forget about it.
