Your dog is sitting outside the bathroom door right now.
It's been there since the moment you closed it.
It wasn't startled by anything.
It isn't in distress.
It simply tracked you to the door, sat down, and decided that this, the hallway, three feet from a closed door, is exactly where it needs to be.
Most people land on one of two explanations.
The dog is anxious, or the dog just really loves you.
Both of these answers are real.
Neither of them is actually what's happening.
Because the researchers who have spent the last two decades studying this behavior have ended up with a description that sounds almost nothing like either one.
