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September 17, 2015

WE'VE CERAINLY DONE OUR PART

Have humans made dogs STUPID?

(Thanks to maryann)

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Dogs not stupid, they know human will do for them.
Scientist stupid.

Dogs must be trained to be smart but cats are already smart.

If I remember correctly Dave had a couple of dogs who would stand by a screen door waiting for him to let them out even though the rest of the screened in porch had been obliterated by a hurricane. I love both of my dogs but they aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer either. My yellow lab is constantly getting her head stuck in the gate of my fence. I have someone coming out tomorrow to replace the gate so this won't happen anymore. My Chihuahua isn't much better. However this is not my fault. Now if you'll excuse me I have to finish the little sweaters I'm knitting for them so they won't get cold this winter.

That's why they say you can own a dog but cat owns you.

Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and King would disagree.

And then, this!

They were presented with the puzzle both when a familiar human was present and when the human was not absent.

Human was present
Human was not absent

.. wait a minute ..

CALLING MISTER LANGUAGE PERSON!

Title of this thread contains the word 'CERAINLY.'

Vanna, we need a T, please.

We've got to stop dragging our butts on the carpet and drinking out of the toilet.

I once had a dog, a mixed-breed, terrier-looking thing. Got him when he was about 2 (a rescue) and tried to crate-train him. First was a metal (wire) crate. He dismantled it, literally. Bent the pieces beyond usefullness. I replaced it with another wire-type crate and reinforced all the places where panel "A" met roof panel "B" and so on and he started to dig his way through the bottom (a kind of big, cookie sheet affair. When he actually broke through, I discarded that crate for fear he would cut his feet on the sharp edges. Then I got one of those plastic units, like you take on an airplane. There was nothing for him to bite in that one. I would leave him in there and when I cam home, he would be out of it. I set up a camera to see how he did it, and the God's honest truth is, he simply licked the lock until it opened.

Dogs know how to delegate.

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