Who says dogs can’t reason?
Reading a post about pill taking in another thread brought back memories. I had a little Chow mix that had a problem with nasal swelling which would cause her to wheeze and snort. The vet said to gi...
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Our Shih-Poo figured out how to open the dog crate on his own. When we took in Barney the Beagle from the rescue group, he had spent his life in a kennel and didn't know about not whizzing in the house yet, so he had to stay in the crate when we were not home. A bunch of times we would come home and he would be out of the crate.
One day, the little guy didn't know I was home and I stood and watched him get the latch to the crate in his mouth, lift it up and walk sideways to open the door. He figured that out all on his own.
One of the bodyguards had an accident in the house when we were switching foods to get his skin allergies under control (he is a 115 lb Doberman/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix). He was so ashamed, he went and got a rug from another part of the house to cover it. He thought if we didn't see it, it never happened. He could think past the smell issue though. But still......
His brother, bigger yet, 125 lbs, has a rudimentary "language". He has specific whines, and other vocalizations that I can understand. There is a specific one for water, one to go outside, one to tell the Shih Tzu puppy to behave.
The other ones can tell time and they have a sense of math. When handing out treats, each of our 6 four legged children has to get exactly the same number as the others. It doesn't matter if the bigger dogs get a bigger treat, just if one dog gets 2 treats, they all better get 2 treats.
When it was getting close to time to go pick up my wife from work at the hospital (when she worked 2nd I would take her and pick her up) they would all go sit at the back door 1/2 hr ahead of time to make sure they got to go on a ride.
One day, the little guy didn't know I was home and I stood and watched him get the latch to the crate in his mouth, lift it up and walk sideways to open the door. He figured that out all on his own.
One of the bodyguards had an accident in the house when we were switching foods to get his skin allergies under control (he is a 115 lb Doberman/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix). He was so ashamed, he went and got a rug from another part of the house to cover it. He thought if we didn't see it, it never happened. He could think past the smell issue though. But still......
His brother, bigger yet, 125 lbs, has a rudimentary "language". He has specific whines, and other vocalizations that I can understand. There is a specific one for water, one to go outside, one to tell the Shih Tzu puppy to behave.
The other ones can tell time and they have a sense of math. When handing out treats, each of our 6 four legged children has to get exactly the same number as the others. It doesn't matter if the bigger dogs get a bigger treat, just if one dog gets 2 treats, they all better get 2 treats.
When it was getting close to time to go pick up my wife from work at the hospital (when she worked 2nd I would take her and pick her up) they would all go sit at the back door 1/2 hr ahead of time to make sure they got to go on a ride.
