Question: Which snack do Walter (Dog A) and Tiber (Dog B) desire most: cheddar cheese, or Jiff creamy peanut butter?
Experiment: Place a square of cheese on one plate and a dab of peanut butter on another. Restrain dog but allow it to sniff each plate. Place the plates equidistant from the dog, about ten feet in front of it. Each plate should be placed with several feet between them. Release dog.
Hypothesis: Dog A will desire peanut butter. Dog B will desire cheese.
Results:
Dog A: Dog A seemed equally interested in sniffing each plate. When released, Dog A showed some indecision while approaching the two plates, dodging back and forth in quick, darting movements, rapidly shifting his eyes and head between the two choices. The peanut butter appeared to be the choice, when suddenly he dashed for the cheese.
Dog A prefers cheese to peanut butter.
Dog B: Dog B seemed interested in each plate equally well. When released, he sped directly to the cheese, with one leg leaning towards the peanut butter, which he hastily consumed afterward.
Dog B prefers cheese and peanut butter, with cheese as his snack of choice.
What will I do when Andy goes on a mission? Who will think of these silly things to do with me?
I was imagining you and Trev performing this experiment when I realized something was not right in my scenario. Of course! Of course it was Andy that worked as cohort with you.
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