Golden Retriever Flat-Out Tattles on Sister When Mom Asks ‘Who Ate the Toy?'

If you have more than one dog (or kids!) chances are that they occasionally blame things that they did on each other. I have three teens, and anytime I ask who did something, ate the last of something, left their dishes in the sink or shoes lying around, the answer is always either 'Not me" or 'He/she did it'. I guess it's the same way at the house of Blueberry and Bella, two adorable Golden Retrievers that treat each other the same way that human siblings do!

The dogs' mom shared a video on Saturday, September 14th showing the interrogation she was giving the two Goldens after one of them ate a toy. At my house, my kids would be pointing fingers at each other, and the same goes for this situation. Watch on to see who the culprit was; it will crack you up!

Blueberry wasted no time in accusing his sister Bella of eating the toy! Bella just laid there, neither confirming nor denying the allegation. But Blueberry seemed pretty confident in his answer and even pointed right at her! Commenters left hundreds of comments about the adorable Goldens. Tee336 laughed and said, "Not scooting up closer so you know for sure!!" and @PandaMonium033 added, "This evidence is compelling." @Megansmith6626 pointed out, "Bella nodded yes at the end!! LOL!"

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Can Dogs Learn to Point?

Commenter @fupj88 wondered, "Did he teach himself how to point? That's amazing!" Blueberry's mom responded with, "Yep! He came up with it and then we reinforce it. He uses it to point to treats and things he wants to see on counters." What a game changer it would be if you could teach your dog to point at things that they want...or maybe where things are that they've stolen from us!

I did some quick research to see if you could teach your dog to point, and didn't find much. What I did find is that dogs do understand what we mean when we point at things and can follow what we are pointing at. Dogster explained, "One study considered the role of the human versus the gesture in dictating behavior. The dogs responded correctly to pointing if done by a real-life figure. The results did not translate with a point-light or a two-dimensional representation of a human (a pointing silhouette) alone. The researchers concluded that the canines needed more clues than simply the gesture represented in two dimensions. In other words, dogs can perfectly understand the pointing cue when given by a human but not from a drawing or representation of a human."

While our dogs may not be able to point at things the way Blueberry does, we all know that they have their own way of letting us know what they want. My dog will paw at me and even sometimes gently bite at me or my clothing to lead me to what she wants. They'll stare at something they want, or whine next to it. They might not be able to say, "I want that thing right there!" but they do figure out ways to get their point across.

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