Posted on 04/13/2009 5:28:58 AM PDT by GQuagmire
CAMBRIDGE - Studying a species known to chase its own tail may seem an unlikely way to better understand the human mind. But scientists at Harvard University's new Canine Cognition Lab hope to gain insight into more than the psychology of dogs from visiting pet pooches - including an alert German shepherd named Celia and a rottweiler called Taylor who loves to eat chicken.
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No, but my cat is smarter than Barack Obama.
If you can't eat it or fornicate with it...pee on it.
Life is so much easier for dogs.
Yes.
We’re both semi-feral and won’t obey commands.
:)
“including an alert German shepherd named Celia and a rottweiler called Taylor who loves to eat chicken.”
When I first read that I could have sworn it read “loves to eat children”.
ping for later
I remember hearing this saying once, “You may have a theory about your dog, but he certainly does NOT have a theory about you.”
They are dogs. They respond to stimuli and act as a member of a social pack. Sometimes you are the alpha dog. Sometimes the dog things you are a stupid wimp and has to take over.
Shelton, you're an idiot. Next time tell the dog what you want instead of just staring at it.
In another trial, researchers tested whether dogs can use pictures as signs to figure out which bucket contains food.
Dogs have eyes. They can see. They aren't as dumb as the researchers.
The two dogs we have now are dumb as door knobs. My old huskey, may she rest in peace, was smarter than most humans and certainly more humane. She knew right from wrong, had emotions, found humor in things, and could figure what needed to be done on her part before proceeding some future event. Oh, my cat's toy mouse is smarter than Hussein.
My Shiba Inu never fails to shock me with his almost human-like actions. One I remember very well was when my boy was just a baby he was in my lap crying because he was hungry and his Mom was upstairs getting his bottle ready. My Shiba Inu came up to my feet looking up at me, and cocked his head and then ran upstairs. He returned moments later with his rubber bone in his mouth. He jumped onto the armrest of the chair and dropped the rubber bone onto the baby’s stomach and then jumped back down again. It’s like he was saying, here Dad, give him my bone, that will get him to stop crying.
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This happens every day. I point at the dog dish full of kibble. Dog gives me the doggy equivalent of an exasperated sneer, pointedly looks at the refrigerator, then looks at me. It's as he's saying "The refrigerator, get it moron?"
When you get a dog like that you realize that this is another being whose mind you have to respect--a true partner and friend. Don't forget he's a dog, but you do realize that this is a fur person.
My dog, of course, is smarter than all other dogs, but we do think alike very often. If we happen to disagree, well, then I win and she sits in the corner—LOL!
I fear my dog secretly goes to ACORN meetings while I am at work.
a true partner and friend.
My late blue heeler “Digger” was like that, I remember when
she was a pup the first time I got down on the floor with her and made a play posture. She got so excited and ran around in circles, yipping. It was like she was saying,
“He speaks my language, he speaks my language!!!”.
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