Does your dog ever make you laugh – on purpose? Does he know he’s being funny? An even stranger question – does your dog find things funny?

There are countless stories of dog antics and behavior that are funny, but most of those you’d have to say are unintentional. Humorous behavior may be repeated because of the positive reaction received. In this case, you can’t say the dog has a sense of humor, but is acting on positive reinforcement.

But dogs may be a little smarter than that. Just as some people enjoy making others laugh, it would seem, so do some dogs. Author Stanley Coren tells of his Cairn Terrier, Flint, who frequently seemed to try to amuse his owners. On one occasion, Stanley’s wife Karen was having friends over for coffee. Flint hung around the guests, perhaps hoping for a morsel of food. Karen shooed the dog away and told him to go find something interesting to do. Flint obediently left, only to return with one of Karen’s undergarments in his mouth. Coren writes, “Evading capture, he proceeded to flagrantly snap it from side to side with great joy—to the amusement of the company and the dismay of my wife.”

Did the terrier know he was being funny? Hard to say, but Coren says Flint did get a great deal of enjoyment out of it.

Now, there are many levels of humor. There’s basic physical humor like slapstick, up to very high-level humor that requires visualization and imagination to appreciate, such as the type comedian Steven Wright so
dryly delivers. A dog’s world of humor would have to be mostly on the physical level, through simply behaving in a goofy manner, or playing little tricks on you.

Of course, some really intelligent dogs may even enjoy a little psychological humor. One dog owner blogs, “I guess you could say… that I startle easily. And now, I live with The Crow - she's an unusually smart dog with a wicked sense of humor. She's decided it's funny to ambush me from the shower stall. Ha ha. Ha. Now I know she's likely to be there, and it doesn't scare me anymore ... not much, at least. Still, there's always a small start when I don't realize she's in there and I turn to see this.”

It’s really not so hard to believe that dogs have the mental prowess to grasp humor, since they so readily grasp the concept of play. Dogs completely understand the difference between play and something more serious, and are careful to make the distinction. For example, one tiny Yorkshire Terrier named Missy is exceedingly careful to make sure the line between play and not-play is very clear. Missy loves to growl and yap ferociously when playing a game with a person. But she’ll abruptly call a time out by running over and licking her human opponent most humbly, as if to say, “Hey, you know this is only a game, right? You know I wouldn’t hurt you.” (As if her five pounds of fluff could ever be a threat.) Once Missy is satisfied that all parties understand that it’s only a game, she’ll go right back to it, acting out her savage beast within.

W. H. "Hank" Halliday, of Wolf Awareness Inc. in Ontario, Canada contends that if dogs have a personality, why not a sense of humor? “Since personalities are a fact in these canids (dogs and wolves), I would suggest humor cannot be far behind. When my dog plays, it is not mechanical. He changes the rules to have "fun" with me. He certainly teases me and I would suggest that teasing is a form of humor.”

As these stories illustrate, if you’ve ever suspected your dog was making you the punch line to his joke… you were probably right.

Want to know more?

From The Dog Daily:
Does your Dog Have a Sense of Humor?

From PBS:
Dog Gets a Good Joke

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Dear All,

Happy Myanmar Thingyan come to u!!!

I love Myanmar and Myanmar Festivals.:D

Since my childhood i don't know detail and haven't deeply feeling for this.Time will come and we cerebrated usually..

We have passed the days by days ...We should mature and try it.. Sun rais and down ..If we do nothing ,we still stand our arriving step.

I am a folk so i love rural.We celebrate our thingyan as our style.We ever go to pagoda at " a kyo day",as first day of thingyan.

We have "pwel daw",festival for pagoda annual. We are very happy for going this pagoda.That is a  picnic for us because we are teenager and think so that.:D

We saw so many people there and we could play water and met each others.

I think that is the culture of Rural ..

The second day of Thingyan,"a kya nay" we played at our village and we yell loud voice.:D

We ran together and cheat each other to figure with  balck face.:D

I felt at that time this festival is merry for us.

When i become elder and elder, I seem that is  keeping our culture and our national manner for advance age. 

The tastes in art and manners that are favoured by a social group.

That all..

Other thoughts we have ,don't say nothing...

Words Of Gratitude from SayaDaw

I know how little people are sure of anything.The most important thing to know is your own mind.Yes,I want freedom.And this should be known from the outset.My freedom is not for sale.

Ah,freedom... I can't tolerate any restriction,bond, or tie.

When we're busy we feel useful,important. When we're useless nothing we feel useless and feel ashamed.Some people take pride in being busy.

Being busy is wasteful way of living.

If something works for you(like noting),do it.Do it long and do it well so that you know all about its advantages and disadvantages.

Mediation is the best kusala(wholesomeness).

If u are mindful and wise,you never lose.

The ideal is to be mindful always.

I'm happy when I'm alone.Talking is boring. I feel much lighter in my heart.

You are living your own life and you have a right to do whatever you think is right for you at that moment.If you make  a mistake,learn from it.

You know thinking too much makes  you more confused.

Mindfulness is part of our nature.It can be devel oped naturally with ease.

Mindfulness is a way of life(living).

The more you think of how to improve your situation the more unhappy you become.

If you cannot be mindful in your daily life,you cannot develop understanding of life.You cannot grow up unless you know about them very well.

Outward submission to any form of religious practice will never have a profound and lasting result.

The most important thing to know ur own mind.

We don't know anything for sure,

But we know that we suffer.

If we don't get agitated

We'll find an answer,

The pride of having an answer

Has caused my blindness. (Sayadaw U jotika)