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Truth is, we like to be lied to

Tom Purcell on

The cooperative woman rewarded dogs with whatever was inside the box, but the competitive woman kept the treats if the dogs picked a box with treats inside.

So what did the clever canines do? They almost always led the cooperative partner to the treats and the competitive partner away from them.

In other words, dogs can be as cunning and deceitful as the rest of us, which is beginning to explain a lot about Thurber.

Let me give you an example.

When he looks me dead in the eye and gives a soft whimper, he’s telling me he needs to go Number 1.

The same look accompanied by a soft moan means he needs to go Number 2.

But sometimes he pretends he has to “go” 1 or 2, just so I will let him outside to play.

What else is he lying to me about, I wonder?

 

Where he hid my glasses? The TV remote? My checkbook?

Somebody cashed a check for $1,000 recently and the signature looked an awful lot like Thurber’s paw print.

My point? Mistruths are running rampant these days.

Even our dogs are lying to us.

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Copyright 2022 Tom Purcell, distributed exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate.

Purcell, creator of the infotainment site ThurbersTail.com, which features pet advice he’s learning from his beloved Labrador, Thurber, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com.


Copyright 2022 Tom Purcell, All Rights Reserved. Credit: Cagle.com

 

 

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