Quote From: fietkau2Hi
I am also a dog lover, I have three dogs ones (jake a german shepard) ones a westhighland terrier name Whiskey and the other one is a terrier x named piggly . I do love my dogs and my dogs are my kid they are like little children I mean I don't dress them up in silly clothes, but my dogs let me know what they want and I don't consider them just a pet they are a part of my family . I mean my dog jake will actually go to his food dish and hit his paw on the dish telling me that they want their food and my little dog whiskey will scratch at the door if he wants out and my othe dog piggly goes to bed the same time as my husband.
I do agree that they are smart, but they are alot smarter than us .
can't wait to see the show on Friday Dec 14
H wilson
I have two dogs, five cats, and they are part of the family, HOWEVER having a husband and kids, I have to keep it in perspective (I assume you don't have children), my sister treats her cats like her kids, her and her husband are childless.
My dogs will drag their dishes around when they want food, they bark to be let out and bark to be let in, they follow us to bed, and I SWEAR the younger dog knows EXACTLY when the school bus is due to get here. My cats will also drag their dishes around, my siamese will let me KNOW when the kitty litter needs changing, two have figured out which cupboard and HOW to get into the cupboard to get at their treats.
There are stories about animals rescuing their families from fires or other dangers, but put into perspective, their hearing and sense of smell are much more acute than ours, and not being "Reasonable " (not a good argument I know too many humans for whome "Reason" is a foreign concept") , they work mostly on instinct, and conditioning, meaning they've learned that if I drag my dish, bark (or meow) , I hear the school bus (amazingly dogs CAN differentiate between even the sound of YUOR car's motor and anyone else's even though many time we can't ), they can smell a fire while its still smoldering, where we can't.
A dog is on about the same level as a three year old child, they are an amazing, intelligent creature, and for many of them the "cutness" factor has gone a long way in endearing them to us. But they need to be dogs, they NEED an Alpha to feel secure and happy (My younger dog didn't get that MEMO ). We have had people SCREAMING about the so-called "Bully Breeds" being banned because of one or two attacks, now I agree the dog HAS to be under CONTROL at all times, I don't care if its a Rottie or Pomeranian (I'm not a fan of small dogs ), many of these cases though have been attributed to Human Error (a Mother ALOWING her child to go behind a blind older dog, a child being left with an uneutered Male with females in heat around, kids teasing a dog) rarely have they been known to just randomly attack, if they feel threatened they will ANY DOG from a five pound Yorkie to a 200 Newfoundlander (again the same with cats, my vet would rather deal with my ninety pound husky collie getting her nails clipped, not pretty, than just ONE of my Toms in a foul mood), its INSTINCTIVE behavior, they feel threatened, think about how we react to a threat.
Smarter than us, I think in some cases they are, they give the UNCONDITIONAL love and acceptance to us, and are some of the most FORGIVING creatures I've know, how does a creature that has been abused and neglected learn to LOVE again the same creatures that caused them so much pain in the past ? Dogs can and do.
