Anonymous wrote:My greyhound is clever. My dd and I were sitting on the sofa, watching tv. He didn’t like that there wasn’t room for him, so he went to the door and rang his bell to indicate he needed to go out. When dd went to the door to let him out, he trotted over to the sofa and took her place.

Luv this! Thanks!

OP, have you ever had a dog before? This describes all my dogs, regardless of breed.

It’s possible my German Shepherds are smarter than I am in many ways.

^^^. Months = mutts. Darn voice to text

Anonymous wrote:Smart dogs are harder to train. I’ll take a dog that’s slightly dumb yet eager to please.

I disagree with this. Why do you think there are so many poodles in the circus and shows and stuff? Poodles are very smart, but very eager to please, so are very easy to train. I’m on my second poodle and both made me look like a really good dog trainer. They were always the star of their puppy obedience classes and I am an average dog trainer at best. both of them very quickly and easily learned their commands. Both were potty trained within a week of bringing them home from the breeder. And by the way, each came from a different breeder is my first poodle was a standard poodle and now I have a miniature poodle. Prior to owning poodles I always owned months. Now I’m all about the poodle. They are excellent with children and at least the ones I’ve owned, or not neurotic at all. Just easy-going, sweet, eager to please dogs. Oh, and neither one of them like to escape. If you open the front door they would stand at the front door and not leave the house. If the gate is unlatched they might go as far as the next-door neighbors front yard but not any farther. I’ve experienced that with both of them. I have had some months that if the door was open they would take off

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Smart dogs are harder to train. I’ll take a dog that’s slightly dumb yet eager to please.

Such as?

My beagle is the definition of dumb but eager to please.

Anonymous wrote:Smart dogs are harder to train. I’ll take a dog that’s slightly dumb yet eager to please.

That is why we love our Shih Tzu baby. She is smart enough to play a good game of hide and seek, or know how to cut through the neighborhood if she is not in the mood for a long walk. But not too smart to run us around. She is a constant source of comedic moments like those times she would run right past the brown toy that landed in her brown lounging mat. That puzzled look on her cute flat face saying “but I swear it landed somewhere here” always makes me laugh.

She doesn’t shed and would plop down anywhere for a long nap if we are all busy w work or school. Love my fur baby.