I'm like a dog chasing cars.I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one!
Posted on 02/17/2015 11:25:16 AM PST by Kartographer
“Dogs are just fascinating,” Santos said. “We love them, they live in our homes. Anyone who hangs out with a dog is kind of wondering, ‘what are they thinking, do they love me’."
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I'm like a dog chasing cars.I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one!
I bet you stayed at a Holiday Inn while you work on it. ;-)
Don’t feed the trolls.
“They like Dana Perino, but they appear to be weary of Bob Beckel. Come to think of it, he is also a rat puppet.”
My Golden Retriever watches The 5 with me. Every now and then he howls something at the TV. I could swear it’s “Gilfoyle”.
From about 1998 to 2010 or so I had a Corgi mix named Roxy. She was not my fave dog as I could never get her to not potty in the house and in her later years she was VERY aggressive to my other dog.
Anyway, she used to do this thing where she would take out one morsel of food and place it out of her bowl in the middle of the floor. She would lie down like a sphinx with her head resting on her legs in front of her. She made herself far enough away that she would be able to entice a cat over to come inspect it, but close enough where she could go in for the kill and grab HER morsel when they walked into her trap. It used to crack me up and amaze me at her planning. She had a thought process going on. I swear to goodness her motivation was that she was bored and wanted to get some crap started with the cats. Kinda like my mom does with my dad. ;) Poor Roxy. I miss her even though she was quirky. :(
“By the end of the puppet show test, the dogs did indeed appear to be weary of the rat puppet.”
This made me wonder how BO the dog is doing.
The cup holder depth and diameter is insufficient. My dachshund already figured that out on our business flight the other day. Her cup spilled out on her laptop, ruining days of work on her design of a highly durable, throwable, furry squeak toy.
She’s the lead designer.
Back to the drawing board with you sir.
They even made a movie about it.
[and yes, he was reading FR with me] :D
my dogs love watching this girl http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2013/12/lisa_kennedy_montgomery_a_p.jpg
At the rate we’re going, they will.
And to that I say “GOOD.”
Dogs are masters of silent body language.
It must seem to them that we are always shouting.
Because they have determined that dogs are smarter than most liberal arts majors?
My dog is a war hound. Bred for battle and hostile to all those who are not me. It makes me very proud of her.
She’s a 14 pound, muscled up miniature dachshund. She makes our neighborhood German Shepherd flee in terror and wimper like the weakling he is.
Never mess with a dog bred to chase wild badgers down deep, dark tunnels.
My Hope is a Corgi/Sheltie mix quirky in her ways too:
Hates water loves snow.
Loves to ride in the truck, but doesn’t look out at where we are going.
Not scared of thunder or lighten, but the wind can have her shaking.
Just a few
There was a Gary Larson cartoon I like which went:
What you say: “Good dog, Corkey”. YOu love to play with that ball don’t you Corkey. Does Corkey like his ball, yes you do. You’re such a good dog. Aren’t you Corkey. Corkey, you want a treat?”
What he hears: “blah, blah, blah Corkey. Blah blah Corkey. Blah, blah Corkey.”
If my dachshund gets pissed off at me for any reason (like not taking her on her thrice daily walk where she carefully surveys her empire), she takes her full food bowl (which is a solid porcelain bowl) and tumps it over with her snout. She then looks at me as if to say “you expect me to eat this???”
Dogs are very good judges of folk.. And very perceptive and not lacking in imagination or intrigues.
Dog Owner 2015
Amelia the Wonder Dachshund understands:
Good girl, lay down, come, want some water (goes to water bowl)? hungry (goes to the kitchen where the food is stored)? go outside (goes to the door - also, if I bring out her walking harness and leash, she goes to the door)NO! (goes under the bed) get in your bed, and several others.
I have never spanked her - only verbally scolded her when she’s peed on the floor (twice in 2 years)
I have to clean her ears and teeth frequently, and when she hears (from the other room) the tell tale crumpling of the package with the cleaning fluid, toothbrush, toothpaste, and cotton balls, she hides under the bed. She hates that.
If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say she has the intelligence of a 2 or 3 year old human.
If I pat some location with my hand and look at her, she goes where I pat. She learned how to use an indoor pee pad with absolutely zero training. I have never trained this dog one day on anything. She just learns on her own.
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