You know, my dog Finn is laying on the bed and thumps his tail at me and I pet him.

And while I'm petting him, the thumping stops.

And then when I stop petting him, he thumps his tail.

They do.

They do.

And then I pet him.

Exactly that, yeah.

And then he more quickly thumps his tail each time.

And if you don't respond, he puts his nose under your elbow and flips your arm up so your hand happens to land on.

Right. If you extinguished tail thumping, you get something else.

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