Dogs can be very smart at seeing what will get them a treat, and then they will perform so you give it to them. Often they will do this just to get attention.
My mom used to have a Toy Poodle named Betty that loved to play "peek-a-boo" . Betty would lie on her side and flip her long, fluffy ear over one eye. She then could not see my mom, and maybe assumed that Mom could not see her either.
Mom would play along, saying "where is Betty ? Where can she be? Betty....where are you?" at which point, Betty would happily flip her ear off of her face , scramble up and give mom that "here I am !" look, and hurry to get petted, now that she was "found" again.
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