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[alexisjane]

My dog can see me in a mirror.

She definitely can. In our last place, she'd sit and watch my reflection in the hall mirror when I was brushing my teeth every night, even though she could have easily come around the corner to sit with me. She makes eye contact and tilts her head when I/the reflection talks.

But then she never ever reacts to her own reflection. She must be able to see it but she never acknowledges it. That's weird, right? What does she think it is? I'm pretty sure only elephants and dolphins recognise themselves in a mirror, monkeys can learn to do it, I think maybe crows too (coz they are as smart as monkeys) but she surely can't know that the dog in the mirror is her, right? But she knows my reflection is me...but she's not freaked out about there being another dog...

This is the kinda thing I worry about.

And I'm not even high.

I think it's probably time for bed x

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[gorkonelka.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... you voiced really interesting question. I used to think that my dog naturally knows that the reflection in the mirror belongs to her. And she just didn´t want to put up a show for us. She was like "yeah, ok, so what?" :D But I have another dog (Lucky is her name) and she barks and snarls whenever she sees herself. We call the reflection a "mirror demon" and we interpret her barking as exorcism or plain swearing :D

We all do crazy things. And yeah, you are right, bed time is a really good idea right now. I´m just gonna take a howl at that moon with my dog.... wake up some neighbors and we are good :D

In conclusion...
A) your dog is fully aware of herself and knows that the reflection belongs to her, she just don´t care about the looks (you know beauty is in the eye of beholder... blah blah) or
B) she fights against demons with the most powerful weapon=ignorance :D :D :D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

See, I would have thought, esp with Lily as she can be really territorial and dog aggressive, that she would think her reflection is a demon...but no...which is kinda what freaks me out about it because dogs should not be self aware but then what is she thinking! O_o
She is a weird one. I'm gonna go with A : )

Enjoy your howl x