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And while not my dog per se, I'm training a lab puppy for agility comps, and last week started the foundation of getting him to do lead changes like a horse. It's crazy how fast they learn when they're young.
Every dog I've ever owned has been smart enough to get me to pay for all their room and board as well as medical and travel (to the park) expenses in exchange for what? Barking too much, looking cute, allowing me to give them tummy rubs, hogging the bed, etc. ?
Yeah, I got the better end of the deal.
Really she doesn't do anything really smart...but she is very smart.
I was thinking along these lines with my "rescue" who has really come a long way in the time I've had her so just thinking about how far she has to go (to get really "normal) I'd say she's really, really smart in that no matter what she does that she shouldn't (going for walks to do her business is a testament to my insanity) she will always redeem herself 10 fold before the day is out. I don't know how she pulls that off every single day.
Truth be told, she is just very smart but also just as equally, very crazy as well.
I forgot one thing else that Louis did that amazed my fiance when it happened. She was trying to get the puppy, Marie to sit. She had the treats and had Louis sit, give paw, lay down, all that good stuff. Then it came Marie's turn. "Sit! Sit! Marie Sit!.." Then Louis getting agitated that she won't sit down gets up and hits her on the butt for her to sit down. They both got a treat for that one!
When I first got my poodle I was single and I was really strict with his training. I actually got the instruction book dog training for dummies, so everything was by the book.
I had taught him to 'go lay down' whenever I would eat because I didn't want him to get in the bad habit of begging. He was very obedient and would look away when I was eating and go lay down. Around the same time, I also taught him to 'sit pretty' and would give him a treat (dog treat) for doing that trick.
One time I sat down to eat and I had told him to 'go lay down' and he went to lay down in the corner (good boy). Then while I as eating, I look over and he would sit up pretty every time I would look at him. lol
It was too cute so I fed him from my dinner plate and now he begs and I share my dinner with him so there went that.
When I first got my poodle I was single and I was really strict with his training. I actually got the instruction book dog training for dummies, so everything was by the book.
I had taught him to 'go lay down' whenever I would eat because I didn't want him to get in the bad habit of begging. He was very obedient and would look away when I was eating and go lay down. Around the same time, I also taught him to 'sit pretty' and would give him a treat (dog treat) for doing that trick.
One time I sat down to eat and I had told him to 'go lay down' and he went to lay down in the corner (good boy). Then while I as eating, I look over and he would sit up pretty every time I would look at him. lol
It was too cute so I fed him from my dinner plate and now he begs and I share my dinner with him so there went that.
DH has a dog who will "sit pretty" without a command when she wants something, usually to remind him that he should be perfectly aware that it is dinner time.
That's cool!
My Basset can open kitchen cabinets and drawers. He can screw off the tops of any plastic bottle.
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I had four Bassets and they are too short to be countersurfers but they know their way around the lower four feet of a kitchen! LOL
Adorable, as usual...
Here's a photo I thought had been lost for years but recently turned up.
Our beloved Basset [with some Beagle, I think] was usually just really nutty, but would surprise us once in a while with some shenanigans like showing us he's hungry by bringing us his bowl.
dear OP, kudos for you for sticking by these dogs,( please please stick by them, it matters)...
they are such faithful and vulnerable animals (a cat is waaaaaay less attached to their owners, for ex)...
Several years ago I taught my Malamute/Wolf hybrid how to do an army crawl with hand signals. Several years went by where we hadn't practiced it. On a whim, I gave him the signal and he immediately dropped down and did the crawl.
Besides basic training that I very rarely bring up (as test) to see if my Roman remembers (and he does)...
Hubs and I are more body cues people and believe in that free spirited soul of our Roman. He is smart enuff to actually appreciate it by reciprocating in a very gentlemanly manner as not to disappoint us. Why the relationship with Roman and us (his mom n pop) is amazing. Yes.. Amazing!!!
To start off.. he belongs to one of the hardest to train breed. At 70+ something rank.
He is a Great Pyrenees.
Aka.. Dissapyr.
Means ask him to stay, sit, shake.. it remains standing.
Then at come.. the spot is empty.
Roman does all that. Collarless (he is chipped but we can put the collar on him at will, anytime of the day because only on walks n hikes he gets collared. At home he remains naked). I almost never needs to ask him to come. He will come and hang by my side everytime he knows I am there.. and will brush by me (like a cat) fur touching if he has to leave a while (to bark / drink etc) and comes back to say.. nope I didn't leave ya (sane method during off leash hikes).
I know he is super smart.
My cat can teach him to ring the bell to be let out.
He walks beautifully even without insisting him to heel.
(As puppy he was very stubborn, pulled like a horse. So I tried using prong on him.. and it hurts {I know trying to remove it from him} him worse and he bucked like a bronco. I took it off, show him both the regular collar and the prong.. he understood.. he actually nosed the regular collar. Walked nice ever.)
He reads our body cues without letting instincts taking over.
Means when he reads what we want at even many potentially dangerous situations (like encountering another aggressive dog, a couple horses, a bull etc) he is calm and looked to us for "directions".
There are plenty of stories to share..
But it would be so long a documentary.
Just to say..
Roman is the smartest *free willed* boy I have ever met.
Smarter than my old soul dog and that boy was also very smart.
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What's the smartest thing your dog does?
