Dog Enthusiasts Share The Silliest And Most Unique Skills They've Acquired Since Becoming Doggo Pawrents

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Nov 26, 2023 12:00 PM EST

When first approaching the idea of adopting a dog, people often think about all of the awesome experiences they will gain by becoming a doggo parent, but they don't often realize all of the silly and super unique skills they may pick up along with their puppy parenthood journey. The Reddit thread we are featuring today shines a spotlight on the most random and hilarious skill that doggo parents realized they had acquired since having a dog or multiple dogs, and we have got to say that the results are incredibly amusing. 

Some folks acquired the excellent skill of identifying which dog is approaching their bedroom doors simply by listening to the footprint patterns, detective much? Others have acquired the highly desired skill of how to effectively clean vomit and diarrhea from carpets. An important life skill and a very unique one indeed! Read on to appreciate all of the silliness these dog owners have to offer. 

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    Posted by u/burgerinmypouch 22 days ago What are the extremely specific "skills" you've gained because of your dog?
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    Here's some of mine (I have seven dogs): 1. Identifying which dog is which just by scent alone when lights are out. 2. Knowing which dog it is just by the footsteps. 3. Knowing which bark is whose but also what each bark means: "I'm hungry," "I want attention," "There's a stranger outside my house", "There's a lizard on the roof," "I want to play," "My toy is stuck and I need help," etc.
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    6. First aid. We're pretty active. I can triage most injuries and determine what needs a vet and what doesn't. 7. How to treat minor ear infections. (Lab life) 8. How to sleep in really weird positions or with very little pillow or bed space. 9. How to lift a 100 pound arthritic dog into my car by myself. 10. How to dog proof a house for labs and huskies. It's a real skill because they're clever. 11. How to take apart my vacuum to clean it really well. 12. How to laugh at all the craziness inste
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    KellyCTargaryen 22 days ago How to clean vomit and diarrhea out of carpet.
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    Jvfiber 22 days ago Learning to talk in positives. Like go into the living room vs get out of the kitchen
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    DeniseReades · 22 days ago . Severe paranoia because where is the dog and what is he doing? He's been quiet for too long.
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    Edward_the_Dog 22 days ago I can now map every house in a mile radius of my home that: ● has a dog or dogs. • has a responsible owner.. has a derelict owner. I know all the movements patterns of all the neighborhood raccoons.
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    Burnster321 · 22 days ago I've learned these and more. Their scent, bark, gate, body movement. I find it hard to form any kind of attachment socially. Mine have taught me how to love. How to be patient. How to care. How to plan and think of further ahead of time. I understand why some couples I've seen got dogs before they had children. I will be forever grateful to my girls because without them, i don't think I'd have ever figured out how to do any of these things that are real world, making my
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    Delphinastella37 22 days ago What a beautiful way of you putting it there and 100% fully agree with you. I have always grown up with family dog but having a dog as an adult is a whole different game altogether. I can't express in words how much I love this fury creature of mine and she's my princess!
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    Razrgrrl 22 days ago Coming up with new nicknames. Many of them pastry based ie. My little cinnamon roll etc. makes my wife laugh to hear new ones each day as she brings pup in from AM walk.
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    Born_Art_1379 - 22 days ago Social skills. I'm quite introverted and I don't like people but other dog owners are pretty cool and I have had nice conversations with them at the park.
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    TinyChaco 22 days ago . This is a big one for me. I never really felt like part of a community before, and thought I didn't really care to, until I became a regular at a couple dog parks. My dog showed me how to make friends out in the wild.
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    HSpears 22 days ago . What that tail wag means. Different types of vomiting and what a truly sick dog looks like vs, they ate something weird. How to act around anxious dogs.
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    MsMcSlothyFace 22 days ago . I'll sleep thru fire engines and backfiring cars but if my dog starts that dry heave in the middle of the night I spring from bed like a rocket
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    Superb_Board1848 22 days ago I know what it looks like when my dog is sniffing just to sniff vs sniffing for something she is going to eat, and when she's about to pick something up off the ground. I know when she smells a deer VS other animal I've learned what the "potty walk" looks like for both my dogs I can tell when my dog's anxiety starts to increase before the physical signs show up My reflexes in general have become faster I've learned to not react to distractions in high pressure situat
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    justUseAnSvm - 22 days ago · edited 22 days ago Reading body language through experience. Just a range of emotions: happy, fearful, sad, startled, alert/curious, or aggressive, but probably the most important is the experience of seeing several dog fights that didn't involve my dog so I could just watch the dogs and see how they acted right before the fight happened. The overwhelming majority of the time dogs don't just snap and go after another dog, although that definitely happens and is scary
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    No-Development6656 22 days ago The ear scratching groan. You know the one. I can hear it from a mile away. Sometimes there's not even an infection brewing, they're just doing it for the pleasure of it I guess. Also, I can now "sense" other dogs. Leash sounds, collar jangling, paw pads on pavement. I see them before my big dummy does most of the time.
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    4. Being able to smell the scent of shampoo or dog cologne slowly fade away into very strong "dog smell". 5. Understanding when they're unwell, especially if it doesn't have "visible" symptoms like a bad tummy. There's a look in their eye. Would love to hears what yours are!
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    Midnight1899 22 days ago My stepmom's dog recently taught me how to raise my voice to the maximum. I was letting him out to pee and made sure there was no bunny etc. I didn't see anything, so I let him out. However, I must've missed something because he started running away. He only ever does that when his hunting instincts are triggered. I knew I wouldn't be able to catch him, so I called his name from the top of my lungs. And it worked. He turned around and came back. I yelled that loud that I
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    BackgroundSimple1993 22 days ago I don't have multiple dogs myself but I worked at a doggie daycare / kennel for almost 8 years. 1. Could tell the difference between 15+ almost identical golden retrievers without checking collars 2. Could tell the difference between a dozen or more "tiny white dogs" to send the correct one with the right mom or dad at the end of the day 3. Got really good at cleaning, scrubbing and disinfecting a lot of different surfaces
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    4. Can tell the difference between "stranger danger", "I see my parents", "I'm so excited" and "dog fight" or "I'm going to try and eat you now" barks in a choir of 30+ dogs 5. For a while there I was really good at reading what the weather was gonna do just by looking at the sky. Get caught in the rain (out door play areas) enough times and you get really good at it really quickly lol 6. Got really good at deescalating dogs and putting together play groups that would cause the least chaos
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    mountain_dog_mom · 22 days ago I am owned by 3 dogs. 1. Telling which is which based just off of feel, which bark I hear, or the footsteps. 2. Knowing when my roommate is home before he's even out of his car because my husky perks up. 3. Knowing when they don't feel good before they have symptoms. 4. How to catch a stubborn husky. 5. How to make each of their hiccups stop.
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