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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 457981" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I think most people underestimate a dogs' ability to think. I have one that plays tricks on her siblings, one that problem-solves, and another one that is addicted to watching TV. My mixed breed, Freebie, sits in front of the TV like a little kid and will watch for hours, and not just the programs with animals on them. If she's in her crate, the crate has to be where she can see the TV. My first Boston, Rudy, had dozens of toys, all with names, and you could ask her to get the (whatever) and she would dig through her toy box till she found the right one. She was also smart enough to trick the other dogs into getting up if they were in the chair she wanted to sit in. My son loves to give Katy little "challenges" and problems to solve, just to watch her trying different approaches. If she can't figure something out right away she'll go off for a while, then come back to it and do whatever it was perfectly! She <em>thought</em> about it and figured it out! And she tries her darndest to speak to me in "human". If she is communicating with the other dogs, she barks, speaking in "dog". If she's trying to tell <u>me</u> something, it's completely different. She will sometimes use her growly voice. And if she's <em>really</em> trying to make me understand her, she will look right at me and make these quiet little "woo-woo-woo" sounds with different inflections that sound remarkably like human speech. And they do seem to have the whole range of human emotions too, they feel everything that we do. Except that they don't have all the worriest that we do, don't have all the responsibilities that we do, don't fret over the future like we do. Dogs live strictly in the present, in the here and now. They're just here to have a good time, to keep us company, to look out for us, and to make us smile at their antics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 457981, member: 1883"] I think most people underestimate a dogs' ability to think. I have one that plays tricks on her siblings, one that problem-solves, and another one that is addicted to watching TV. My mixed breed, Freebie, sits in front of the TV like a little kid and will watch for hours, and not just the programs with animals on them. If she's in her crate, the crate has to be where she can see the TV. My first Boston, Rudy, had dozens of toys, all with names, and you could ask her to get the (whatever) and she would dig through her toy box till she found the right one. She was also smart enough to trick the other dogs into getting up if they were in the chair she wanted to sit in. My son loves to give Katy little "challenges" and problems to solve, just to watch her trying different approaches. If she can't figure something out right away she'll go off for a while, then come back to it and do whatever it was perfectly! She [I]thought[/I] about it and figured it out! And she tries her darndest to speak to me in "human". If she is communicating with the other dogs, she barks, speaking in "dog". If she's trying to tell [U]me[/U] something, it's completely different. She will sometimes use her growly voice. And if she's [I]really[/I] trying to make me understand her, she will look right at me and make these quiet little "woo-woo-woo" sounds with different inflections that sound remarkably like human speech. And they do seem to have the whole range of human emotions too, they feel everything that we do. Except that they don't have all the worriest that we do, don't have all the responsibilities that we do, don't fret over the future like we do. Dogs live strictly in the present, in the here and now. They're just here to have a good time, to keep us company, to look out for us, and to make us smile at their antics. [/QUOTE]
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