Dogs most well kept secrets

My father always told me to let my dog pick my friends. Because if my dog doesn't like you, chances are I won't either.

One of the times in my life I felt the dumbest, yes there are many, was when an older man was showing me his dog do tricks at his command. The thing was he was giving the commands in Greek and the dog understood him and I didn't.

Dogs are so cool.
 
WardenRoss said:
"Son, listen to the dog. He's smarter than you are!" my Dad would tell me following the dog across an open field.

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That is one fine-looking dog, and the photo ain’t bad either. Thanks for sharing it!
 
Our Aussie Cattle Dog mix Charlie knows several words in addition to all the regular commands (heel, rollover, paw, sit, stay)
Cage - go to your dog crate
Kibble or Scoop - means a scoop of dry dog food
Sqeakie - his favorite toy
Tree or outside - go out and do your business
Cookie or treat - dog treat
Of course he knows both our boys names, and Daddy and momma (me & the wife)
But his favorite word of all, the one that gets the most hilarious reaction is...
WALK - he starts jumping up and down, and running back & forth to the basket where his harness and leash are kept.
 
They say (researchers) that dogs can learn up to about 300 words. Our Pointing Griff knows "outside, walk, ride, truck," besides "treat, come, sit, stay, etc."

Interesting (My MS is in Animal Behavior) that gorillas universally use terms such as sh++ for something bad, "water fruit" for melons, etc. I related above my experience with a signing chimp at the CWU Primate Center (now defunct). There is a chimp rescue in Cle Elum but it is closed to the public (Donors get invites to special events).

Excellent books include Jane Goodall's "In the Shadow of Man" and Temple Grandin's "Thinking in Pictures" (explains the differences between autistic thinking and "normal" thinking (NT). For instance, I never realized that NTs think in words and dream in the first person.

I could go on and on!
 
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Dougaz said:
I've had 3 wonderful labs, 2 chocolates and 1 black. They all passed way from old age and cancer. I'll never have another as new pups quickly become new friends and then new friends turn into best friends and then you lose them. We hunted over all 3 (Ducks, quail and dove) and I've never seen happiness more than racking an 870 on a cool morning and watching those girls all turn themselves all inside and out, knowing we were heading out to the field where there were so many better smells than you'd ever find around the house. God I miss those 3!!
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I hear you. It hurts, bad. But you’ll lose all that love and bonding if you don’t and so will some lucky pup.
I’ve found that the best way to fill the hole left by a lost friend is to fill it with another one. I tend to believe that some of your new friend has some of your older friend inside.
Maybe that’s just something that I invent in my own mind?
 
I have 2 Salukis, a sighthound breed that is the ancestor of such dogs as Afghan Hounds and Greyhounds. While the "experts" say they are not the brightest dogs around, they are shrewd, clever and manipulative as all get out. The two we have now are both former show dogs (both champions - BFD) and have now retired to a life of leisure. The breed is not demonstrably affectionate, like, for instance a Lab, but any time one of us is hurt or sick suddenly we have a Saluki stuck to us like velcro. Get well, and it is "so what is your problem - leave me alone for my nap".
Strange dogs, but we love them and can't imagine life without one or two around us.
 
BearBio said:
They say (researchers) that dogs can learn up to about 300 words. Our Pointing Griff knows "outside, walk, ride, truck," besides "treat, come, sit, stay, etc."

Interesting (My MS is in Animal Behavior) that gorillas universally use terms such as sh++ for something bad, "water fruit" for melons, etc...
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That "water fruit" reminds me of something my oldest said when he was two years old.

The first time his mom ever fed him a chunk of a salmon fillet, he was really going to town on it, stuffing pieces of it into his mouth and smacking his lips.

Suddenly he pipes up and says, just as clear as day "I like SLIPPERY CHICKEN!"

We both about fell out of our chairs laughing! He didn't know what it was, just that it was meat - like chicken - and that it was "slippery".
 
Years ago we lived on a small acreage out a few miles in the country.
We had a male Collie who's name was Lucky II.

One day a farmer who lived about a half mile down the road came to
visit. He said your Collie is a real smart dog. He comes down to my
place, rounds up all of our sheep, herds them into a corner up by the
house, and then lays down and watches them.

I was so proud.

But, then he said there is just one problem. I don't want my sheep
rounded up and put in the corner up by the house. So we had to
keep Lucky II home.
 
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