• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure dogs understand approximately the function of an elevator, in the same way they understand a car. Even though they don’t see outside moving, they can feel when the elevator starts moving and the direction of it

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      8 hours ago

      My dog hated elevators the first couple years we used them when we’d travel to see my in-laws. The floor is moving? She wanted nothing to do with that. Even now I’d say she only tolerates them.

      She still hates the grates inside the entrances of Canadian hotels that I think are to help deal with melting snow. They tend to sink/bounce as you walk across them. She tries to go around or leap over them, or runs across them like they’re a platform in a video game that will fall if you stand on them too long.

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        8 hours ago

        She tries to go around or leap over them, or runs across them like they’re a platform in a video game that will fall if you stand on them too long.

        Likely she is ripping out paw pad hairs as the slats shift around and pinch together, and there is the possibility of getting claws stuck as well.

        That’s why my largest dog doesn’t like them.

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          6 hours ago

          Maybe, although I think the ones we’ve encountered usually have a large doormat covering them

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      8 hours ago

      My kid realized what was happening in elevators at the age of 2. It helped that those elevators had windows to show how it was moving. But I remember the exact moment he figured it out. You could see it written on his face.

      Adult dogs have the mental capacity of a 4-5 year old human, so they should be able to understand it, too.

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    9 hours ago

    Hey man I’m right there with you. When I was a kid I thought the elevator stayed in place and the building moved.