There’s one at my workplace. I’m there a lot on weekends doing projects, and my dog goes in with me. I taught her how to jump up, press the bar, and get a drink.
Good fun.
Then one day she was at the office when other people were there. Of course, she walks right over, jumps up and gets a drink in front of the germophobes. I said “how in the world did she figure THAT out?”, knowing I was busted.
Instead everyone marveled at how she must have learned it from watching people and started in on how smart dogs really are.
I just agreed.
When they really should have been thinking:
What a great story!
One of my 2 labs has an uncanny ability to read me. If I’m thinking about going to the kitchen for a snack, she often gets up and heads for the kitchen before I make a move. Same with going for a ride.
She also figured out how to unlatch a gate, so now I have a padlock on it. She hasn’t figured that one out yet, but I’m sure she’s working on it.
My dog as a youth loved to go to the local park with my sister and me because she could put her paws up on the always-on drinking fountain to get a drink. Adults in the park would comment on how she knew to do that and I certainly hadn’t taught her. She was a herding dog mix with such a natural intelligence that we never really “taught” her anything, she just knew. She was the primary reason our parents let us “free-range” the way we did in the 60s because the dog was always there to protect us. Plus it was a medium-sized town in KS of about 12,000.
Back on topic - they recently replaced one of the hallway drinking fountains at work. The new one has a normal drinking outlet with a push valve plus a proximity sensor that allows you to place a mug or bottle under the spigot for a refill. It’s easier than trying to fill it from the normal-style fountain.
LMAO!