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Originally Posted by alextsakiris  I think the noise thing can be way overdone. There's no indication that these dogs are hearing anything from far away. Conversely, it's pretty easy to see the reaction the dogs have when they hear the car. they get up and start running around looking all excited. A few minutes later we see the owner. So, I think a few trials with the controls you're suggesting can put this issue to rest. |
Well, when the dogs get all excited it is probably a conscious reaction to an certain threashold of sound, whereas the observed waiting behaviour could be an implicit, unconscious behaviour to hearing a lower level of sound. I'm not saying there are any noise leaks but I don't think comparing behaviours in the two cases is a very strong argument considering what we know about implicit behaviours.
What if the owner made it home on a peddle bike as a control, or just walk from a reasonable distance?