[savedbygrace]

My Golden, on the other hand is about as smart as a Box of Rocks, but lovable nonetheless.

Perhaps you misunderestimate your Golden's intelligence. S/he is smart enough to get out of a heck of a lot of work assignments you've tried giving him/her. That's pretty smart, IMO.

"Fetch? You talkin' ta me? I ain't got a clue, honey. Pass me another one a' those buscuits, wouldja?"

[88keys]

"Fetch? You talkin' ta me? I ain't got a clue, honey. Pass me another one a' those buscuits, wouldja?"

LOL!! Too right! We had a golden who somehow couldn't hear us calling her to come in from the yard, but she'd hear a pop-top from a mile away on a hot summer day...she loved to drink a little beer off the patio stones!

I suspect our current two are just as smart, and "willful"...hehe!

[gitmo]

My bulldog can count. He's heard me call my boys, and if they don't respond I'll count them. The heavy hand of the dad comes down if they're not reporting to me by the time I get to three.

One day my bullie was getting into some mischief. I called him and he ignored me. I started counting. He bout broke his neck getting to me by the time I got to two.

He still responds to counting. I think he understands it better than my boys.