Posted on 01/05/2012 11:16:50 PM PST by expat1000
I saw a great demonstration of a dog using eye contact, if I remember correctly it was on an Animal Planet documentary regarding the intelligence of dogs.
A woman sat down in a chair in front of a well-trained dog. She put a treat on the floor, but commanded the dog to sit and stay, which he did. They sat there for a while, the dog stayed put. Then, the woman closed her eyes, as if falling asleep. The dog stood up, walked around her, all the while examining her face/eyes. Then it was like “yep, her eyes are really closed, she can’t see me,” and he picked up the treat and walked away.
I’ve noticed the same thing. I’ve tried to fool my dog and she catches me. :)
My dog knows how to spell (he’s past the toddler stage)
spell f-r-i-s-b-e-e and he bolts to the door.....f-o-o-d and he goes to his bowl
LOL
My Black Mouth Cur just told me she needed to go outside. It was a certain look, a tilt of her head and when I ask if she needed to potty, she barked YES!
The cat’s dog don’t know what the cat’s thinking!
I went home and had to look up in a dictionary a word the dog understood and I didn't: "rejuvenate".
Our cat did something similar. 24 hours after having surgery (declawing, I think), she had not had a thing to drink, so I called the vet. The vet said if she didn’t drink something in the next hour, to bring her in. I relayed the message to our cat, who promptly walked over to her water bowl and drank up!
I have a five month old Yorkie, name is Prissy, and she does not believe me when I tell her the house is not food to eat or a toy to chew. I hope the house lasts until she can figure this out.
if you ever see Border Collie’s work sheep, they are genius and know where the sheep are going before they go there..A thrill to watch them in person...my friend got a border collie when her dog died and without any training, herds her chickens into the coop every evening....unbelievable intelligence bred into them....
I wonder if dogs can sometimes see angels that people cannot. When an angel appears on earth, it’s not as a cute harmless little winged infant, but as a mighty and fearsome being, glowing with fiery energy. A dog might realize this is something definitely bite proof, and cower, even if the angel intends no actual danger to it. It would have been the angel that came to escort your wife’s soul to eternity.
I wish I had the energy of mine.
A very real possibility.
BCs are absolutely not for everyone, however. Their activity level is off the charts. They HAVE to have something to do, and more to do is always better. If you don't provide something for them to do, they will find something themselves, and the chances are very good you won't like what they find on their own.
Molly was a holy terror for the first four years of her life. She settled down quite a bit after that. At age eleven, she still wants to play more than anything else in the world, and that includes eating.
The best play toy for a BC is a farm, if you can afford one.
The Wonder Dobe of my teen years had quite a vocabulary.
I’ll never forget the time he first said “NO!”.
[we were in the car and he had to go potty and I told him to stop whining and wait 5 minutes ‘til we got home]....LOL
The most disconcerting word he knew was my -name-.
I never should’ve acknowledged that one.
The creepy thing was I think he learned it by hearing my dad yell for me and I’d immediately go to wherever he was.
It sounded exactly like my dad yelling my name in his unvarying two syllable bellow.....”Shar-EEEE!”
It’s been 28 years but I’ll never get over that dog.
The crazy thing I have now has learned that mournfully howling like the world is ending will get me back into the living room [where I -belong- LOL] faster than anything else.
Pity is he’s got the Ibizans and Podengo joining in, of late....several times a day, they all go into Lonely Coyote Mode.
They also do it as a “pack greeting” when I come home.
I step out of the truck and hear them start “tuning up” inside the house.
By the time I get to the LR, they’re on my sofa, howling like fools, tails wagging and butts wiggling.
He also maintains a rumbling, muttering, running commentary on everything I do.
Silly dogs.
I love ‘em dearly.
I just LOVE doggie threads!!
I'm sure you've seen this of the guy describing his yummy treats to his disappointed dog - but still cracks me up.
>> I just LOVE doggie threads!!
Other than politics, no other subject gets more comments than this one. FReepers sure love their dogs! :-)
” Other than politics, no other subject gets more comments than this one.”
Oh, I don’t know. Post a list of all time greatest guitar players sometime.
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