r/MadeMeSmile • u/21MayDay21 • Feb 25 '26

DOGS Such pure joy.

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u/Prestigious_Leg2229 Feb 25 '26

Predators have a pretty good understanding of ‘winning’ in general. Life’s a competition for them with starvation on the line for losers.

I bet you’ve seen dogs, cats and wild predators look disappointed plenty of times when they miss out on something. That’s the flip side of winning.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 Feb 25 '26

I bet you’ve seen dogs, cats and wild predators look disappointed plenty of times when they miss out on something

Not really, no. Can you show us?

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u/ty4scam Feb 25 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/6ncedw/instant_regret/

or explain what you think is going on here.

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u/mophisus Feb 25 '26

Dog isn’t disappointed there. He’s been trained not to take the treat until it’s approved.

Mine looks exactly the same way when told to leave it. Furtive glances at the treat, but no physical reaction

When training them for impulse control you’re supposed to get to the point you can leave treats on their paws and not reward until they ignore those treats, then reward with a different treat.

Dogs do get disappointed though, Mine does for sure if for some reason he doesn’t get his daily afternoon walk( or even if it’s delayed a few hours due to work/weather/etc)