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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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Ah, that is sweet.
Animals are AMAZING!!!
Love em!
Thanks for the ping bitt.
Very funny Roscoe!
LOLOL
"No, but I recognize those two flatfish under
your armpits. Hi ya, Frankie! Fred!"
BWHAHAHAHA
so funny!!
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I bred 'em for 15 years, and I know. My favorite boy probably would have eaten me LAST.
She figured if he was that smart, she could teach him to flush. She tied a rubber ball on a string to the flush handle.
Only problem was, all her cats enjoyed watching the water swirl down the drain so much her water bill tripled. So she had to take the ball and string off again.
My big Blue Point champion was Kinkajou's half-brother, they were practically twins. We would take my Mack to visit, and the two of them would fall on each other's necks and then patrol the house like a coupla goons and keep all the lady cats and kittens in line.
Since they both were "fixed," it was more like eunuchs patrolling a harem. But they didn't see it that way.
Those boys must have looked beautiful together patrolling the house.
The toilet she uses has a hard to move handle. I'll see if I can make it easier to move before trying the ball & string. What a brilliant idea! Thanks!!
Pretty much sums up a dog's philosophy on life:
If you can't eat it or pee on it...have sex with it.
When Mr. Baybuh works out the square root of -1...give us a call. We'll make him famous.
DON'T be posting pix of the Mods like that! Their identity is supposed to be SECRET!
Your story reminds me a bit of two of my dogs. I have a yellow lab and an 11 lb terrier mix.
When I give them treats the lab gulps hers' down while the terrier will run under our square shaped coffee table. The terrier will try his best to horde his treat and continually growl when either the lab or the cat walk by.
The lab finally figured out how to distract the terrier as she goes and gets one of the squeaky toys. She'll start playing with it, making it squeak and shaking it around. Needless to say this gets the terrier interested in playing so he runs out from under the table, the lab drops the toy as soon as he gets close and she takes off for the table. She then proceeds to contort herself enough to where she can reach the treat.
Thanks for the ping!
Beautiful story. That is a good illustration of why I am a vegetarian.
There are many deer wandering around our property and I have seen the does and fawns interacting a lot. They love their children, and care for them with great affection.
Why cause pain to a living creature when I can live just fine without killing animals? Of course, there is a little consciousness in the vegetable kingdom, but not much. And humans have to live, too.
And the donkey who saw the angel before Balaam did.
Thank you!
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