Comments on: Is my dog dumb? http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/ a dog blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lindsay Stordahl http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-13055 Lindsay Stordahl Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:56:45 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-13055 ha, yeah I am not sure either. Smart or not, she sure sounds cute! My grandparents' dog used to walk around the TV looking for the dog. Pretty funny. ha, yeah I am not sure either. Smart or not, she sure sounds cute! My grandparents’ dog used to walk around the TV looking for the dog. Pretty funny.

]]> By: Sherry Eastman http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-13045 Sherry Eastman Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:39:19 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-13045 My goldendoodle loves to watch Animal Planet with me. She sits a foot from the front of the TV and watches every move the dogs on the screen make. When they "Walk" off the edge of the screen, she will go around to the side of the TV looking for them. Not sure what level of intellegence that would demonstrate! This dog also loves to play hide and seek in the house with my husband. My husband hides and she seeks him out. Quite comical. My goldendoodle loves to watch Animal Planet with me. She sits a foot from the front of the TV and watches every move the dogs on the screen make. When they “Walk” off the edge of the screen, she will go around to the side of the TV looking for them. Not sure what level of intellegence that would demonstrate! This dog also loves to play hide and seek in the house with my husband. My husband hides and she seeks him out. Quite comical.

]]> By: Lindsay Stordahl http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-12674 Lindsay Stordahl Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-12674 Yeah they do pick up on a lot more than we give them credit for. In general we don't understand our pets well enough. We expect them to understand things they can't possibly grasp. Yet, we don't realize they pick up on our subtle actions and feelings. Yeah they do pick up on a lot more than we give them credit for. In general we don’t understand our pets well enough. We expect them to understand things they can’t possibly grasp. Yet, we don’t realize they pick up on our subtle actions and feelings.

]]> By: Erika http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-12659 Erika Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:28:11 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-12659 Well my dog can go eather way some days. Like she can go wild when she thinks that their is somthing outside when nothing is there, but when I am working on a paper for hours she will snuggle up to me. Then watches how I wright but when 2 horrs exactly struck she will nuge me and whine, lay on top of my pincil and notebook, then will paw at the remotes just to watch TV with me. For some reason she likes to see the Discovery chanil and watch cops and robbers. But I think that dogs have a willing for what they like, and understand things a little bit more then we give them credit for. Well my dog can go eather way some days. Like she can go wild when she thinks that their is somthing outside when nothing is there, but when I am working on a paper for hours she will snuggle up to me. Then watches how I wright but when 2 horrs exactly struck she will nuge me and whine, lay on top of my pincil and notebook, then will paw at the remotes just to watch TV with me. For some reason she likes to see the Discovery chanil and watch cops and robbers. But I think that dogs have a willing for what they like, and understand things a little bit more then we give them credit for.

]]> By: Lindsay Stordahl http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6954 Lindsay Stordahl Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:10:17 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6954 Hi Adam. Yeah I have never considered pugs to be too intelligent either. Your dog sounds like she has a lot figured out! Hi Adam. Yeah I have never considered pugs to be too intelligent either. Your dog sounds like she has a lot figured out!

]]> By: Adam http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6948 Adam Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:20:32 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6948 Well, I've been around enough dumb dogs (mainly pugs) to know that Muffin runs circles around them. She is a ball expert and is very hard to fake-out. She knows how to catch a ball with acrobatic precision. She can sense when I'm going to leave the house almost an hour in advance. She starts to get nervous and stares me down continuously. She sits and looks at something she wants (like her bully stick on top of the re-fridge) and then looks back at me and so forth. She always knew exactly what her toys were and never touched anything else. There may be no scientific way to prove this but I'm convinced she understands my facial expressions and body language. If I give her a pissed off or fed up look she knows that she's doing something I don't like and stops it. OK, I'll stop here, sorry about my drooling! Well, I’ve been around enough dumb dogs (mainly pugs) to know that Muffin runs circles around them. She is a ball expert and is very hard to fake-out. She knows how to catch a ball with acrobatic precision. She can sense when I’m going to leave the house almost an hour in advance. She starts to get nervous and stares me down continuously. She sits and looks at something she wants (like her bully stick on top of the re-fridge) and then looks back at me and so forth. She always knew exactly what her toys were and never touched anything else. There may be no scientific way to prove this but I’m convinced she understands my facial expressions and body language. If I give her a pissed off or fed up look she knows that she’s doing something I don’t like and stops it. OK, I’ll stop here, sorry about my drooling!

]]> By: vee http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6838 vee Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:34:34 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6838 jake is getting his commands mixed up too! we are going to trick class and he learns to new tricks per class. he does great in class but when we practice instead of roll over he'll get up and try to shake my hand! jake is getting his commands mixed up too! we are going to trick class and he learns to new tricks per class. he does great in class but when we practice instead of roll over he’ll get up and try to shake my hand!

]]> By: Lindsay Stordahl http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6822 Lindsay Stordahl Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:50:25 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6822 Cynthia, I need to work with Ace more on the commands he is learning. I often move too quickly or add to many words. And I don't review the old stuff enough. He needs more repetitions and clear signals from me. I'm sure I confused him sometimes. Cynthia, I need to work with Ace more on the commands he is learning. I often move too quickly or add to many words. And I don’t review the old stuff enough. He needs more repetitions and clear signals from me. I’m sure I confused him sometimes.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6821 Cynthia Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:37:32 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6821 Hmm.. some of Ace's things sound like proofing issues. If he is unsure what a cue means, then maybe it's just not trained quite as much as it could be. Look at those high level obedience and freestyle dogs, they don't get words messed up. I think dogs are very, very smart. They think differently than humans, of course, but it's fun to figure out how to communicate with them to get my point across. I don't think any dog is dumb. Some take more repetitions (hounds for example) to learn something, than others. But I wouldn't classify any of my dogs as dumb. :p Hmm.. some of Ace’s things sound like proofing issues. If he is unsure what a cue means, then maybe it’s just not trained quite as much as it could be. Look at those high level obedience and freestyle dogs, they don’t get words messed up.

I think dogs are very, very smart. They think differently than humans, of course, but it’s fun to figure out how to communicate with them to get my point across. I don’t think any dog is dumb. Some take more repetitions (hounds for example) to learn something, than others. But I wouldn’t classify any of my dogs as dumb. :p

]]> By: abbey http://www.thatmutt.com/2009/01/11/is-my-dog-dumb/#comment-6764 abbey Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:15:11 +0000 http://www.thatmutt.com/?p=2292#comment-6764 You gave me a smile Lindsay... but the main thing that drives me nuts is people humanising dogs... grrr 'they are not human!' i think half their behavioural problems come from this alone You gave me a smile Lindsay… but the main thing that drives me nuts is people humanising dogs… grrr ‘they are not human!’ i think half their behavioural problems come from this alone

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