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Smart Dogs... Lassie was the very first 'smart dog' I can recall. My mother claimed their dog "Buster" was smart. Buster died before I was born. Throughout the years, our family had dogs. Some memorable, but all were average dogs. Back in the 80's my wife and I bought a house and met a black stray Terrier we named Missy. Missy was roaming the neighborhood, hungry, no tag or collar. We fed her some leftovers and Missy became our dog. Not sure why but Missy hated salesman... especially ones with briefcases. other people could come to the house and Missy was friendly. Carry a briefcase and expect Missy to snarl you back into your car. Okay... Missy really was a smart dog! My has a Chihuahua (Ginger) that's pretty smart, but unruly. They yell at the for barking all the time. Late last year, they found a stray Chihuahua who was near death. A few weeks at the vet and the recovered. No papers or markings, the stray (named Pepper) became their adopted dog. Pepper was probably mistreated. I say this because she is very frightened of her surroundings. It's been 2 months for Pepper to 'warm up' to the family. She plays well with the baby and growls at the other when she wants to be alone. Nice but low on the 'smart dog' list. If I had to make a list of smart dogs, "George, the wonder dog" wouldn't be on it at all. This male Dalmatian had an energy level that greatly exceeded his intelligence. Friendly... but totally out of control. I put George up for adoption and a man with 2 young daughters stopped to see him. They immediately fell in love with George. Less than 24 hours the man returned begging I take George back. He kept them up all night with his crying, barking and tearing up the house! |
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Dogs are living beings, they have a broad range of feelings. far more than often time we give them credit for. I consider very respectfully the feelings of my dogs.
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