They do calculus and urinate on the rug. They are geniuses all right..
But it's OK as long as they take the optimal path to do so, right?
I follow 10 paces behind my dog and pick up his crap. Don't know if he's a genius but he's smarter 'n me.
I never did see a dog that could unwrap itself from the pole it was tied to after it had wrapped itself around the pole. They just sit there and look puzzled wondering why they can't move as far from the pole as they had just done a few minutes before. If they find the dog that can unwrap itself, then I might start believing in canine calculus.