Have you ever been in that situation where someone is trying to explain a new concept or idea or federal tax brackets to you, and as you listen and try to understand, you cock your head to one side, narrow your eyes, and vow to just hire a professional to prepare your taxes next year?

Well, it is a documented fact that nobody expresses this tilted head, confused look better than puppies. You can always tell when a puppy is trying to understand something new and exciting and different. Even if they are total goofballs and rather prone to tumbling onto their heads rather than release that ever-present fiend — their tail — once it’s been defeated, you can watch their little puppy expressions and imagine their little puppy brains working through the confusion.

When I was at my mother’s house this weekend, I snapped many a photo of the Bailey dog in action. This behavior can’t be helped, he’s just too cute to not photograph. A number of them I uploaded to Facebook with one-line captions to the effect of “Bailey doesn’t understand the proper use of a bath tub” (as shown above), or “Bailey doesn’t understand water hoses.” An observant friend of mine commented on one such photo that she was enjoying the “Bailey doesn’t understand” series. And thus, I have a new photographic life goal.

Bailey doesn’t understand…

…water hoses (though he loves the water)

…Yahtzee

…why he isn’t a 10-pound lap dog

…goats.

Well, he might understand goats, but I daresay this goat didn’t understand me. The goat does however give another example of the head-cocked-to-one-side-in-confusion expression. Nicely done, Goat, way to be a team player.

I feel this new Bailey photo series could become something of a habit. Or a children’s book. Or maybe both.

How was your weekend?