Posted on 06/20/2006 4:46:57 PM PDT by traumer
My parents' greyhound can open doorknobs with his mouth. Their bedroom doorknob is gouged up with teeth marks from him opening the door.
Ummm . . . you need to meet Shiner. 3-year old weimaraner -- one of my 4 dogs. He can open doors just fine thank you VERY much. He also figured out that the keyed deadbolt works by turning the key to open it -- for his efforts though he only managed to dent the bolt itself.
You must NOT be a dog person.
I'm so sorry for you.
*giggles*
Take it easy... get a companion dog and become a kinder, gentler, person! I hate to to confuse you with logic, but the skills involved in turning a door knob have nothing in common with those required to push a button or for that matter a latch, which most dogs could be taught in very short order. Now I don't know if this dog was trained to dial 9, pawed the telephone by accident, or made a connection between the telephone and an emergency herself, which would be entirely possible if her owner had to call for help when distressed many times before.
There are quite few stories of dogs telephoning police or other emergency services.
In this one the dog was specifically trained to use the telphone and also opened the door!
But, the dog bites exactly the right button on the cellphone? That sounds like a tall tale. I would expect some kind of lever or large button that the dog could hit with its paw.
"I can't imagine what that must have looked like."
Well, that was a nice "visual" to go with my morning coffee, LOL! :)
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