I used to have an orange cat who enjoyed watching basketball on television. He would keep his eye on the ball and when the ball went off screen to the left or right the cat would run around behind the television to look for the ball. Even though I'm not a fan of sports I would leave the game on just for him.

greene said:Several years ago my home started to get a bit...cluttered. Being on medication didn't help. My DD's dog chewed up the remote control so I could no longer watch television channels.

I got a computer.

Then I got one dog, another dog, and a cat.

Today, as I am cleaning/packing/discarding/donating preparing to move...I have finally made a path to the old dusty television sitting on a stand with a DVD player and a VCR player. On a whim I decided to push some buttons. I know the television channels won't work but what about the DVD player?

Lights came on, whirring noise, and Inserted a DVD and it started playing. :thumbsup:

Why am I posting this on a pet chat thread you ask?
Well, have you ever seen three pets who have NEVER in their life seen a movie on a television?
All three of them were staring, running in circles, standing on hind feet - yes, even Jack did this - to see the magic box.

Oooo the magic box. Yes, they love to watch the magic box!! Lily ignores the TV except when animal shows are on. She always pays attention and jumps around when she sees dogs on the TV screen. Oddly enough she also does the same thing when there are horses.

None of my friends could make it to get together walking so Lily and I were on our own. I decided we could go for a long walk. So we did. We walked for 4 miles. I am plenty poofed but Lily likes the idea of going for an extra long walk.

Hats off to you Rita

Dutchlady1 said:Hats off to you Rita

Thanks!

We walked kinda slowly. Then we went off far from home and I had no choice but to keep going as I had to walk all the way back home. The dog never seems to get tired.

Heh-heh...we went to the vet's today for a Bordetella vaccine and Indi said Woof-Woof upon entering, and then after a short pause, woof again...just a tad quieter. It wasn't until I was driving home that I figured out why he did it. When we go over to visit the folks we just walk in and call out, "Knock-Knock", and then after that a bit quieter, hello-oo. When he didn't see anyone in the anteroom he thought maybe he should let them know we were there.

He only has a couple of baby teeth left...thank goodness!
It seems like he loses one every other day.

Wow! He is so smart!

Indi is a very smart dog.

Rainbow said:Wow! He is so smart!

He is incredibly smart. Almost scary how smart that pup is.

He is, yes, and he never lets me forget it for a moment. He will manipulate if allowed...most likely out of boredom, but hey, it's tough to keep up with this guy!

chelle said:He is, yes, and he never lets me forget it for a moment. He will manipulate if allowed...most likely out of boredom, but hey, it's tough to keep up with this guy!

@Chelle the more you talk about Indi the higher a standard poodle gets on my " Maybe another dog list "
I Love dogs that think

Shannon said:@Chelle the more you talk about Indi the higher a standard poodle gets on my " Maybe another dog list "
I Love dogs that think

Yep. Most definitely.

This dog will either be my savior, or send me straight off the deep end.

He's already helped immensely; my tenseness and nervousness caused by improper diet was adversely affecting him, too, so I had to change my ways. Now that I'm eating the way I should we all feel much better, and we're enjoying life so much more!

On the subject of smart dogs vs "other" dogs.......
I'm just going to relate something a dog trainer of many, many, many years said to me when I was trying to pick a breed (which ultimately ended up to be Border Terrier aka Pearl). Take it for whatever you take it for.
He said, "If you want to be really, super happy with your dog; get the dumbest dog from the dumbest breed you can find."
I swear that's exactly what he said. I will not tell you what breed he stated that is because it will hurt people's feelings on here.

I did not take his advice.

I don't agree with his advice.

While smart dogs have their challenges; I would rather have a smart dog & deal with that than to have a dumb-dumb-dumb and deal with the inability of it to learn.

Chichi has the cutest little pot belly. No, she's not pregnant...recently visited the vet and I'm sure he would have told me if she was with child (I mean puppies).

flaflwrgrl said:On the subject of smart dogs vs "other" dogs.......
I'm just going to relate something a dog trainer of many, many, many years said to me when I was trying to pick a breed (which ultimately ended up to be Border Terrier aka Pearl). Take it for whatever you take it for.
He said, "If you want to be really, super happy with your dog; get the dumbest dog from the dumbest breed you can find."
I swear that's exactly what he said. I will not tell you what breed he stated that is because it will hurt people's feelings on here.

I did not take his advice.

I don't agree with his advice.

While smart dogs have their challenges; I would rather have a smart dog & deal with that than to have a dumb-dumb-dumb and deal with the inability of it to learn.

He sounds like he might be one of those people who just don't care to devote much effort to raising a great companion dog...and friend.

chelle said:

He sounds like he might be one of those people who just don't care to devote much effort to raising a great companion dog...and friend.

He had a super reputation as a dog trainer. People had problem dogs & he fixed them.

Personally, I think there are very, very few dogs that are actually dumb although I will admit I have run across a couple during the course of my lifetime. I think that there are ones who are labeled dumb but it is in fact because they have never been taught or haven't been taught correctly.

Oh I could not even think of having a "Not so Bright Dog " LOL I was raised with German Shepherds and collies . Plus a couple odds and ends . We never had a problem with our dogs .

I have a friend now that has a mother & son lab that I hate when we go to their house, She had asked me years
ago to help her train them and I showed her what to do. And the dogs listened to me BUT, her and her family thought
it was to HARD to keep up with training so now they are horrid dogs. She keeps wanting me to bring Seamus over
for play time NOT.

I LOVE smart Critters .. Even my Persian was leash trained and listened like my dogs Ryhian & Carbon
are learning to walk on a leash now Hey if you want to go in the yard you HAVE to be on a leash

flaflwrgrl said:

He had a super reputation as a dog trainer. People had problem dogs & he fixed them.

Personally, I think there are very, very few dogs that are actually dumb although I will admit I have run across a couple during the course of my lifetime. I think that there are ones who are labeled dumb but it is in fact because they have never been taught or haven't been taught correctly.

We're working diligently on retraining to fix some of my dumb mistakes right now, but having a smart and so very willing to please dog makes this go pretty quickly as well.
Down/Stay and Come-here-a-hustling are progressing very well, and they'll help immensely once they're solid; both indoors and out.

I love having smart dogs, but they are a lot of work. We have to keep reminding them about who is the boss!

I've met a few pretty dumb dogs. One was a cocker spaniel who got lost anytime she got outside her front door! She was a neighborhood joke. Another was a Bernese Mountain dog who couldn't do anything except sleep. He didn't know what to do with balls or any of his toys. He was a cute, furry lump of a dog!