So I decided to try something new with Manchas:
Give him invisible treats.
Yup. After a few real ones, I just kept pretending to give him more—empty hand, full confidence.
At first, he didn’t notice. He snatched the first two like a pro—tail wagging, ears perked. But by the third or fourth “treat” with nothing actually in my hand…
Manchas paused.
He gave me the look. 👀
You know the one—head tilted, tiny squint, like, “Wait a minute…”
I gave him another. He took it. Chewed air. Then stopped mid-chew like:
“Hold up… where did it go?”
Then came the sniff test.
He started inspecting my hand, then my pocket, then the floor like it was a glitch in the universe.
He even licked the air once… just to be sure. 😭
By the end, I was crying laughing—and he was either completely confused or plotting his revenge. Probably both.
Trust: broken. Sniff mode: activated.