#but i aim to make more money and i'll get my doggy someday

[pillarsalt]

the last post I wrote about dog communication was mostly about body language, but I'm doggysitting my little baby stepson again (he's a grown man ((neutered,)),) (this is punctuation hell I'm in hell,) and am reminded of how attentive they are to tonal language as well. After a while, saying "good boy! :)" and "beep boop! :)" in exactly the same tone has the same effect on the dog's attitude, same with "hey, no. >:(" and "din-gus. >:(". I love the fact that when I'm tired or only half paying attention to him, I can communicate in apelike grunts and he still gets what I mean (well mostly, he can only take so many minutes of minimal attention, you see.) In these moments I've abbreviated "that's a good boy" to "zzg'aboi".

Another thing in dog language is you can say "heh heh!" without actually using your vocal chords, like just panting twice quickly, and a lot of dogs will immediately get into play mode. I just did it in my kitchen and heard dog in the other room jump up and snatch his toy off the floor. So cuteee.