Dogs Display Aspects Of Human Intelligence

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-29-2007 | Roger Highfield

[GregoTX]

doggie ping

[freekitty]

Hi blam. I love your dogs.

I see these people have met my cattle dog, Peaches. You have to be careful with this one. She can figure out what you are doing.

[TASMANIANRED]

My previous lab (rest her sweet soul) had conversations with my Husband.. He didn’t understand her vocalizations but she understood his.

She would go into the bedroom or the kitchen and get the item he mentioned. She would turn left, turn right..and other than being taught to shake and to heel she never had any training..

[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

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[freekitty]

Love the pic.

[Lokibob]

Scene: Dog, Human, and a toilet.

Man says “do not drink out of that, I pee in it”.

Dog says : “Do not pee in there, I drink out of it”.

It is all a matter of perspective, I guess.

....Bob

[TASMANIANRED]

I looked. Glad you aren’t suspended. I was hoping for a picture of your dog.

[HairOfTheDog]

There is a doggie pinger... she’s just been a little distracted lately.... I’ll ping your thread momentarily. :~)

[Libloather]

Dogs Display Aspects Of Human Intelligence

Research is getting WAY too easy these days...

[freekitty]

yorkie, you did not ping me. I f someone will teach me; I would do it.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Oh we did...we were heartsick at the time. Our little girl dog died (from the bad canned dog food early June). We got Baxter a couple of weeks later. Both were rescued strays.

He also hears and understands the school bus. I had to drive my two youngest a couple weeks ago (science project too cumbersome for the bus). Bax got frantic when he heard the bus but the boys were still in the house. It is really funny how they learn our routines and then tell us when we do something different.

Your four legged friends are beauties...what a nice photo of you all :)PaMom

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Can we at least have ONE thread without pictures of democrats? Sheesh, some folks are absolutely obsessed.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

We have to do a lot of spelling in our house because all of the five indoor dogs know way too many words and phrases. We pretty much talk to them just as we would any person. Frightening, really.

[gaijin]

I know of a lab that sniffs out cocaine, bodies from Ft. Marcy Park, can spot a mean, lamp-throwing Harridan from a mile away, and can also snif out protein stains on a carpet.

Name is BUDDY but he's dead, now, and they gave his cat friend away...

[blam]

" It is really funny how they learn our routines and then tell us when we do something different."

That's for sure...my dogs can even tell time. They know exactly when their dinner is due.

[JennysCool]

Ping!

[PennsylvaniaMom]

LOL...nah...I’m on good behavior here. I did that as a joke aloooooong time ago. I really will put a picture Baxter up...he has a very expressionful face.

[Dysart]

This isn't news to me. And not all dogs are equally intelligent. That may sound trite, but I think the observed gap between the intelligence of my various dogs only emphasizes or validates the concept of abstract thinking in canines. And further, also demonstrates that there exists individuality in dogs, and in their relative intelligence.

IOW, I once had an Afghan Hound that was dumber than an inbred snail and I was barely able to teach him basic commands. I rarely observed evidence of much original thought or obvious associations in him. Now with my GS/Border Collie mix, she was not only easily trained, she early on demonstrated she could learn cause and effect connections independently of my training. I'm talking small stuff here like understanding that when I go to a certain room in the house and drag out luggage that I'm leaving for some time, to which she becomes quite agitated. And she has been known to stow away, or at least make an attempt, in my car. The Afghan was simply never was able to put 2 and 2 together. This was tragically revealed when he failed to learn that cars are much bigger and likely to cause great harm if not avoided.

[TASMANIANRED]

Even a dumb as a rock dog is smarter.

[Libloather]

Can we at least have ONE thread without pictures of democrats?

This is a thread about dogs. Please stay on topic. (FReeper rule 18.2a)