My dog will beg me to go outside with him. Then he gets bored and goes to lay on the couch inside. Leaving me outside, alone.

My dog once found a bag of cakes on our walk, I dragged him away, and kept on walking, then realised he wasn't with me...he'd snuck back and had his head in the bag scoffing away

So I dragged him away again, got home, sat down on the sofa ready to chill

Within about 5 minutes he was up and at the door indicating he needed to go out. Now this is a dog who was partial to manky kebabs found under bushes which he'd then throw up on my floor, so any indication that he needed to go out was to be taken seriously

So out we go and off he goes with purpose in the direction of the cakes. When I realise he wasn't out to throw up, but to eat more cake I dragged him back home.

He did this twice

I have a Pomeranian Poodle mix and he’s a master of manipulating me

Pavlovian Human

My yorkie knows I like a quiet house, so she never really barks.

Instead, at strategic times and places, she plants herself, looks up at me, and gives me the Oliver Twist "I want some more" face. Depending on the location and time of day, I know exactly what she wants.

She also figured out she gets better results by just peeking her little head around a piece of furniture or a corner rather than showing her whole body, because her tiny, cute little head is devastatingly effective.

The bitch is cunning.

My dog manipulates me by being a cat.

Before filling my dogs bowls Ill have them heel and stay. If my lab mix senses its about breakfast time she will just start doing this, which is not the problem. The problem is when my gf feeds them early and then come 8:30 when she does this for a second breakfast attempt