Well, It's nearly a week since I last posted a blog.

I must admit, I'm enjoying the break.

It all started with a phone call last Friday from my service provider, BT Internet (UK). The man on the line told me they would have to remove my account from the internet for a few days because a hacker had got into my account and it was affecting them.

He then proceeded to give me instructions to connect with them. Because my computer is in the study, and the phone is in the living room, I had to hobble between locations to complete each task. I was getting hot, bothered and in pain. I went from the first caller, to another supervisor, then to the office manager while the patient men gave me directions.

I started to get suspicious. I still didn't have proof that they were who they said they were. Anyway, I couldn't do what they asked, being non-computer savvy. The upshot was that I refused to do any more and hung up.

I switched off the computer and called my PC engineer, who arranged to visit on Monday.

He said the distance between the computer and the phone could have been what saved me from being hacked. Apparently, many other companies are having similar trouble to Talk-Talk, even Microsoft. His advice was to ring the company back if I ever got another call—not on the number they gave either, but one I knew to be genuine.

So, I've learned two lessons:
1) Don't be too trusting.
2) I like the freedom of not blogging every day.

Have you ever had trouble like this?

You probably recognise the 'head tilt' on a dog you've loved or met.

Their eyes widen and they angle their head to the side. They might have learned this is a way to get your sympathy—to take them for a walk or give them some of the food you're just about to cram into your mouth.

But specialists have worked out two possible explanations other than your relationship.

According to Mental Floss, pooches empathise with humans and pick up on our emotions. Their experts have suggested another contributing factor to the head tilt: a dog's ear is constructed differently to our own. Their direction finder in the ear isn't as accurate as that of a human. So, they might be adjusting their outer ears to pinpoint the source of a sound.

Another scientist wrote in Psychology Today in 2013 of his theory that dogs with larger muzzles tilt their head more often.

This is because the muzzle impairs a dog's vision to prevent them reading human facial expressions. This applies to the lower half of their face, which gives away key clues as to how a person they admire is feeling when they are talking.

You can test this by holding your fist in front of your nose to get an idea of how a dog sees the world.
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So, there you have it. Dogs tilt their heads because they empathise with humans. They want to make sure they don't miss anything. Whatever the reason, it's cute, right? Source: Mirror. 

I like to think the dog's head-tilt is an expression of love.