[decimon]

Does your pointer know your point?

[Pete]

Kind of topic but here it goes. We are getting a beagle puppy on Wednesday. For all the beagle owners out there, what are the top 5 things I need to know, in your view? Thanks

[Deb]

My Mastiff, Bella, ALWAYS looked to where I was pointing. Other dogs just looked at my hand.

[r9etb]

The upshot: behavior and cognitive abilities have a strong genetic component. And one must presume that the finding carries over to humans as well.

This is neither "good," nor "bad," of course; but it does have some rather uncomfortable implications.

[SamiGirl]

We are getting two German shep. puppies on Sunday; sisters — 11 weeks old, 21 lbs. They were scheduled to be euthanized. The person who had them didn’t want them and some kind person saved them.

[meandog]

I speak “dog” fluently and have found that, no matter the breed, female K-9s actually “listen” and “obey” when spoken to...of course, you’ll get exactly the opposite effect in humankind and with cats—no matter the sex!

[CholeraJoe]

My Chocolate Lab can retrieve, sit, stay and return with hand signals. My black Lab thinks he’s above all that. If he had opposable thumbs he’d be more capable than most kindergartners.

[Steve Van Doorn]

gun dogs? What the heck is a "gun Dog"

some dog in some district of Japan or something?

Anything but "gun" "Gun" can not be right.

[redhead]

One of the interesting things about this is that a dog will look in the direction you point. Try that with a 2- or 3-year-old child. Oh, and if you haven’t seen it already, watch on National Geographic for the show, “Dog Genius.” It will blow you away.

[cva66snipe]

Get a Ratty {Rat Terrier or Feist} Ours you have to spell some words and some words misspell so they don't understand :>} Smart dogs great with kids and good watch dogs also. Toy Ratty’s can jump 5 feet high and look similar to a Chihuahua. Full size ones are about 20 pounds. I've owned Labs before as well but Ratty's seem to train easier.