Yeah, but, "empathy coughing" would be low on the list of my Occam's razor responses. That's like... good dog, but at the same time, why did you cost me a lot of money dog. They just exercising empathy but don't know how.
I'm sure if you brought your dog to the vet and they said "maybe it's only faking being sick to fit in" you'd say "what the fuck is wrong with you, run some tests"
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Klear@quokk.au · 56 pts · 216d
My cats meow a "bless you" if someone coughs near them.
kora@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 216d
What a cutie! You must pay the cat tax now ;)
Klear@quokk.au · 55 pts · 216d
Very well. Mišík (black) and Hladík:
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 216d
I keep telling my butler to STFU and he doesn't listen.
diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 216d
It seems the dog fit in 🎉
TomMasz@piefed.social · 16 pts · 216d
Just happy to be included in the group activity.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 216d
The vet could've asked first and save the owner a lot of money.
AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 216d
Yeah, but, "empathy coughing" would be low on the list of my Occam's razor responses. That's like... good dog, but at the same time, why did you cost me a lot of money dog. They just exercising empathy but don't know how.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 216d
I'm sure if you brought your dog to the vet and they said "maybe it's only faking being sick to fit in" you'd say "what the fuck is wrong with you, run some tests"
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 216d
Hahahahahahahaha yeah probably
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 4 pts · 216d
Or they could've kept it to themselves and made the owner pay for more tests but they chose not to.
Anyway: Not sure if serious.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 216d
No I wasn't really serious.
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 216d
This imitation habit of dogs is why you should always distract them while picking up their poo with subtlety.