Are dogs clever or stupid?

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Oh dear Dave!

Mr Father-in-Law was a farmer and decided to breed a few rabbits ( for the pot). One day the hutch door was not latched securely , the rabbits got out, and my wife's pet Jack Russell terrier quickly laid them all out, dead, in a row! She was in F- in – Ls bad books for some time!

N

[Ian WelfordParticipant @ianwelford58739]

try garlic rosaries on the door handles … seems to work with mother in law…

We now never feed ours liver after a serious of unfortunate effects( and a lot of cleaning up the mess).

Not sure about Shepherds as ones I've known like to bark on principle just to watch people jump. Best thing I ever did was buy loads of tennis balls ( ex tennis club) as they still have a lot of bounce ( as do the collies) and ,with a decent ball thrower, make walkies really fun. Still have to watch 'em as the art of "Poo rolling" is a favorite trick. Fox poo it seems is a great delicacy as merits really rubbing it in. Needless to say the bath room needs a good clean, as the dog(s) sulk.

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

One of my most memorable calls was to a very well off lady who decided to breed her Red Setter..without too much thought of possible consequences.

It had a litter of 14 pups in spring before a summer..when all her friends had holidays abroad booked. By the time she homed them at 14 weeks old her very, very smart home needed a complete makeover….

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

One of our shepherds usually quickly destroyed squeaky toys. The one we have now rarely does. She just makes them squeak. As a result she has lots. We usually buy her a couple at Xmas 'cause she likes undoing presents. Initially we bought her a couple of the indestructible toys the police use but the only one that interested her was the ball with an off centre weight in it. Periodically she looks like she is trying to understand physics – she put it on a smooth surface and watches the odd way it rolls. Few mins later fetches something that squeaks.

Yes they do seem to like creeping up behind people and barking with a big smile on their faces – generally people they have never seen before.

John

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