Thread: The worlds smartest dog, part two!

Originally Posted by Traveller

Jimbo,something similar happened to me,as I was reworking Avagadros number(as we all know the currently accepted version is in correct)I asked my Jack Russel Terrorist "Jake" to confirm my calculations,and he proceeded to bark 10 to the 17th,then had a drink of water and a ****.Best regards Gary

Gary,

Yeah, I've heard that about the Terriers. Great at working out physical constants (my Aunts Airedale can howl Planck's constant to 20 decimal places).

Jmaes.

I deal with Basil daily and I think I take alot for granted. He actually impresses folks with his cooperation, communication and problem solving abilities. Each morning he helps me get dressed to go to the shop, unless I tell him he's staying home. If I say, "Sorry Basil, you have to stay here today", he climbs up on the couch and ignores me. Otherwise, he seems to assume he'll be with me all day and will sit beside me as I put on my socks and shoes. I will ask him to hold my sock, and drape a sock over his snout:

He'll sit there patiently holding my sock as I put on my other sock and a shoe:

When I take the sock from him, Basil will relax with pride that he has indeed helped me.

My wife and I have two dogs. Gunner is an 9 year-old Shar-Pei, who no one would accuse of being particularly intelligent. The other, Molly, is a 1.5 year-old Leavitt Bulldog. When my wife and I both leave home, we're in the habit of jamming dog biscuits way up the center of bleached cow bones, then leaving one for each of the dogs to chew. Invariably, Molly has gotten hers out by the time we get home, but Gunner, having worked on it for a while, has given up on his bone, which still has the biscuit in it. As soon as we let her loose, Molly trots over to Gunner's bone, carries it over to the hard deck surface, and drops the bone on its end, which dislodges the biscuit.

I don't know whether that shows Molly is a genius or Gunner is a moron, but Gunner hasn't figured this out in more than eight years, while Molly figured it out within a couple weeks of when we got her at 10 weeks old.

As far as I am concerned nothing better than an Australian Cattle Dog!!!

They are very smart dogs, those Blue cattle dogs Doc. Very trainable, but you just need to make sure they get plenty of exercise, and that it's stimulating exercise. I've seen Blue Cattle Dogs (and other working dog breeds) become a serious issue in urban settings when they don't get the right, or enough, exercise.

James.

You are absolutly right James. Martha and I have 3 here now and we do cattle dog rescue as well so have seen the problems you are describing. I can be the same with any breed you need to do your research and know the breed before getting any dog. But in the right setting these guys rock.

Originally Posted by Doc

You are absolutly right James. Martha and I have 3 here now and we do cattle dog rescue as well so have seen the problems you are describing. I can be the same with any breed you need to do your research and know the breed before getting any dog. But in the right setting these guys rock.

Good on you Doc! Cattle dog rescue - you guys rock (And sorry - preaching to the choir again, when will I learn...)

Ever run across the Red cattle dog? Pretty dogs those. Not that the Blue Heelers aren't pretty too, of course, but you know what I mean.

Anyway, if any dog could ever be smart enough to do maths, I reckon it's the Heelers.

James.

You got that right My blue boy chance will take one of My work shoes and use it to know on the door when he wants in. Baxter one of our others can actually take his paws and turn the door knob to let himself in . these guys are really brilliant. We are heavy into Frisbee and outside games to keep them mellow. Our motto is a tired cattle dog is a good cattle dog.
Here is one of the reds.

Originally Posted by Doc

You got that right My blue boy chance will take one of My work shoes and use it to know on the door when he wants in. Baxter one of our others can actually take his paws and turn the door knob to let himself in . these guys are really brilliant. We are heavy into Frisbee and outside games to keep them mellow. Our motto is a tired cattle dog is a good cattle dog.
Here is one of the reds.

Aww, what a cutie! Always loved the reds.

Lol! Yeah, I had to wire up the front gate to our yard when we got Mable - she worked out how to undo the latch and let herself out during the day while we were at work. Neighbours told us what she was doing: she'd get up on her hind legs, push the latch up with her nose, and then use her front legs to pull the gate inwards a bit so it was off the latch. Then she'd just use her paws to pull it open and off she'd go.

If she can work out how to get out now, more power to her. I actually hope she does, because to do so will basically require her to use pliers - if she can do that, I'm chucking my job and taking her on the road!

James.

Okay so Basil helping me get dressed in the morning didn't impress. Well check out his manners: