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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Some years ago my wife and I shared our lives with a GS/Norwegian Elkhound mix named "Phoenix". If we took a long trip, the dog went to stay with my wife's parents 10 miles away.
Most often we would return from our vacations very late at night, and go home to bed without checking in with her parents. Feeling refreshed in the morning we'd go there to share the news and bring our pup home.
Each time my father-in-law gave the same report: "We knew you got home last night, because Phoenix knew. She kept us awake all night, and it was the only night she didn't sleep well."
LMAO!!!!
Somehow, when I saw that post, I knew it had to be by Roscoe Karns!! ;)
So what does it mean when my girls put my hair things in their food bowls on top of their food and then whine about being hungry?! ;)
LOL!
Aww. I'm so sorry. I know how attached I am to my pooch, Charlie. It must stink losing such a good pal.
No, donkeys probably don't think, that's why the demoncrats chose them as their mascot. LOL. Take care and God bless.
One of the coolest dogs I've ever met!
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