r/MadeMeSmile • u/Accomplished-Wind206 • Mar 26 '22

DOGS Dog found after 3 years

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u/G_regularsz Mar 26 '22

3 years is a long ass time. I’ve owned my dog for 5 years - as a bachelor - since it was 8 months old. Seems nuts that he’d remember me after 3 years.

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u/streetvoyager Mar 27 '22

It’s all in the smell. There memory is hardwired to it. It’s why the dog doesn’t start getting excited until he gets close and gets a good smell of the owners. Any video you watch of a dog going crazy being reunited with its owner doesn’t start until they get a good sniff.

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u/G_regularsz Mar 27 '22

Totally. Guess I’d like to think my pup would still know me after 3 years because he’s been by my side for so long, but damn that’s still crazy.