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What Your Pet is Thinking
Wall Street Journal ^
| 27 October 2006
| SHARON BEGLEY
Posted on 10/28/2006 2:29:38 PM PDT by shrinkermd
From the day they brought her home, the D'Avellas' black-and-white mutt loathed ringing phones. At the first trill, Jay Dee would bolt from the room and howl until someone picked up. But within a few weeks, the D'Avellas began missing calls: When the phone rang, their friends later told them, someone would pick up and then the line would go dead.
One evening, Aida D'Avella solved the mystery. Sitting in the family room of her Newark, N.J., home, Ms. D'Avella got up as the phone rang, but the dog beat her to it. Jay Dee ran straight to the ringing phone, lifted the receiver off the hook in her jaws, replaced it and returned contentedly to her spot on the rug
...Ethologists, the scientists who study animal behavior, have amassed thousands of studies showing that animals can count, understand cause and effect, form abstractions, solve problems, use tools and even deceive. But lately scientists have gone a step further: Researchers around the world are providing tantalizing evidence that animals not only learn and remember but that they may also have consciousness -- in other words, they may be capable of thinking about their thoughts and knowing that they know.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doggieping; eat; kittyping; napl; pee; pets; poo; sleep; think
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To: Roscoe Karns
You're not getting NEAR enough credit for THAT one!
Good JOB!
-SB
101
posted on
10/28/2006 10:09:21 PM PDT
by
Seadog Bytes
(OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
To: Hazcat
I always say that I can type fast and I can type accurately, but don't ask me to do both at the same time.
I'm a lousy typist; I'm aware of that. BFHD.
102
posted on
10/28/2006 10:12:08 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: HairOfTheDog
103
posted on
10/28/2006 10:16:01 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
My pets are not allowed to IM :~)
To: shrinkermd
What Your Pet is ThinkingWhy is my pet human always sitting in front of this funny looking box, typing on something all the time (feed me)
To: HairOfTheDog
I went to get a soda and the dog was chatting away.
I don't like when he posts on Myspace.
106
posted on
10/28/2006 10:23:44 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: shrinkermd
I once had about 10 feral cats, people used to dump them out in the country. I don't really like cats but rather than see them starve I fed them out by my carport so they didn't get close to the house. One day, I accidently ran over one of them, you can't believe how they were looking at me when I got out to see what I had done and all of them left and never came back. So I saved a few bucks on cat food anyway.
107
posted on
10/28/2006 10:35:37 PM PDT
by
tiki
To: shrinkermd
There was someone recently that did a study on dogs laughter. I listened to the recording and it's basically just a loud rhythmic pant. I learned to recognize it in my dog. The other day we're just starting our morning walk and I hear him "laughing" so I look around and here comes this guy on a bicycle and sure enough right when he passed us my dog went for him. I had a good hold on the leash so I don't think the guy even noticed. I think it's hysterical that my dog cracks himself up!
108
posted on
10/28/2006 10:46:41 PM PDT
by
BruceysMom
(I'm surrounded by liberals But its ok I'm reloading.)
To: tiki
109
posted on
10/28/2006 11:55:47 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Roscoe Karns
Great photocomic!
Sheesh, she could use a "Cross-Your-Knees" bra.
To: TBP
TBP,
I was just raggin ya. No harm meant.
Hazcat
111
posted on
10/29/2006 3:21:03 AM PST
by
Hazcat
(Live to party, work to afford it.)
To: Lurker
Pugsley occasionally decides he's not a pug but rather that he's a hat. This usually occurs sometime around 5:30 am and coincides with his peak snoring time. My 22 pound cat does the same thing. He drapes himself across the top of my head at about 4:00am and purrs loud enough to wake the dead. Which is his objective, of course. The human must get up and prepare his breakfast.
112
posted on
10/29/2006 6:17:08 AM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: BulletBobCo
Lol! That is so true.
It reminds me of The Simpsons where Bart is talking to Santa's Little Helper and your post is played out. It was funny.
To: MotleyGirl70; SandyInSeattle; Hazcat; Slings and Arrows; Kitty Mittens; tiki; Liberty Valance; ...
Hi, Motley!
![](http://images1.fotki.com/v7/photos/2/292835/2808608/ExerciseKitten-vi.jpg?1143825700)
Does All This Fur Make Me Look Fat?
Jack.
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posted on
10/29/2006 7:51:47 AM PST
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: Slings and Arrows; MotleyGirl70; tiki; Liberty Valance; SandyInSeattle; Kitty Mittens; LUV W; ...
Hi, Slings And Arrows!
![](http://images17.fotki.com/v294/photos/2/292835/2808608/EasterYarnCat-vi.jpg?1145252036)
The Yarn Attacked Me!... Honest!!!
Jack.
115
posted on
10/29/2006 8:09:28 AM PST
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: Jack Deth
:^D
Must...believe...kitty...
To: nmh
One of my labs is in love with my husband..
She gives him her treasured red ball. She doesn't want him to throw it. She wants him to have it.
She won't take it back and some times she lays it on his pillow.
117
posted on
10/29/2006 12:40:22 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Jack Deth
Thanks for pinging me to this fun place.
118
posted on
10/29/2006 12:55:58 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Roscoe Karns; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
See post #86 - Flipper vs. Flopper ping!
To: Roscoe Karns; Slings and Arrows; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Boazo; Alamo-Girl; PhilDragoo; ...
120
posted on
10/29/2006 1:25:50 PM PST
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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