My old neighboor (when I still lived in Kaneohe) owned 2 dogs, 1 of which, I took a great liking to.
Well, I was convinced that if I make a "woof" sound, and thought of that I wanted to say, then the dog (Keiko) could understand what I was telling her.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- When I was younder, I was convinced that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.— Clare, Ireland
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- i used to believe that cats were aliens and dogs wanted to dance with them and eat pie!— joah nacobs
- i thought hot dogs were made from real dogs and sum tasted good sum didnt.— Wayne
- Thanks to the movie "Annie", I thought hot dogs were made from real dogs. — Katie
- I used to think dogs had hooves, because they make hoofbeat-like sounds when they walk.— Samuel Lamont