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Crowe
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Nov 15, 2017

Interesting phenomenon with auto shut-off engine

Our new F150 has the auto-shut off engine when idling for more than a few seconds. We discovered it has an interesting effect on our dogs. Our dogs normally settle right in and don't fuss until we g...
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Toolguy5
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Nov 16, 2017
Crowe wrote:
The dogs probably associate the engine turning off with you getting out of the vehicle and hopefully they also get out!

That's what we think too. It's just funny how "trained" they are.


I believe they do.

When I turn the blinker on Our Pomaranian runs to that side and looks out the window. She starts to get a little excited. Once she knows we are not stopping she settles back down.

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