Posted on 07/14/2009 11:31:05 AM PDT by libstripper
Have you ever considered your dog as an extra child? You may not be that far off. New research shows dogs are similar to 2-year-olds in their capacity to understand simple pointing gestures, Discovery News reported.
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No, you doof. It's a DOG.
The poodle we used to have could recognize a lot of words. We had to spell “ride to the lake” or “go for a golf cart ride”, etc. We never said anything about going to the vet, but she would start shaking like a leaf if we passed a certain intersection.
That is so funny you say that, my brother has two labs that do the exact same thing. They go bananas when he takes the guns out of the cabinet. Last year, we went skeet shooting and came back to his place reeking of gun powder. The pups looked liked they were just told there was no Santa Clause - deeply dejected and even pouted.
Watch National Geographic’s “Dog Genius” for some REALLY interesting information on how your dog knows what you are up to. A dog will look where a human points. A kid has to be shown how to do it. LOLOL!
We were cleaning out the garage when a thunderstorm blew up. Dogs were sitting watching the rain when there was a big bolt of lightning and a tremendous clap of thunder. My older Choc charged out into the rain and started looking everywhere "That was a BIG bang - must be a BIG duck! Where is it?" and of course the little Black followed her out to help look.
I’m with ya there. We have to spell w-a-l-k, r-i-d-e and b-e-a-c-h or the dogs go nuts.
unless you’re al franken, you’ve never licked your own butt as a child
Ping
Mine sure understand what it means when I pick up a fly swatter.
My dog knows the difference between work shoes, dress shoes, walking shoes and hunting shoes.
I thought my dog was the only one who noticed shoes.
I know the feeling, I have to sneak the gun out the night before because if he sees me take the gun out I wont get any sleep, he will bump me with a wet nose all night and if I put him out he will bark and whine, he is a spoiled bratt
Uhhh, Mr Sapper, please do not take insult but you obviously are not a dog person... I once told my mother in law in front of my wife that “I love that dog almost as much as your daughter”, she didnt blink an eye and said “I know what you mean”.
Well, let's see; I feed him dog food, lock him up in a plastic box for car trips, and kick him when he gets underfoot, so...Yeah.
Well, they are only human.
LOL!
My lab mix not only understood gestures, body language, but some words, and the spelling of some words. As a puppy she created some of her own games.
They also talk to each other. I have to remind the other dogs in the ‘hood that I was really joking when I threatened to kill my Malamute for not chasing the squirrels out of the garden. I read somewhere that if you wanted a dog that absolutely was worthless, a Malamute was the best choice!
When the dog figured out "Has M-A-X been O-U-T?" my mother resorted to asking "Has you-know-who been you-know-where?" I think he ultimately got wise to that as well.
Oh, they are too cute. I didn’t know corgis were that big.
Who had to clean the gift up?
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