Sign of intelligence for dogs?

[welsummerchicks]

Well, one of my friends had 15 or 16 papillons that she did similar things with...

And no, this isn't something only certain breeds can do. That's just not true. I've seen pomeranians do pretty incredible training things too. Pomeranians can be trained too.

 

[farmchick897]

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I'm not saying it can't be done

. Simply saying some breeds are easier to train or pick it up quicker, some are not as food motivated, some are toy motivated. They are different. We all train or expect different things of our animals. I think your "I know it all attitude" can get annoying. Just look at how many posts and topics you respond to, get a life. We all don't care about Welsummer's opinion.

 

[welsummerchicks]

Uh...wait a second. When did I say MY dogs acted like that?????

I think you totally misread me!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!

All I I know is that it CAN BE DONE - LOL. And that OTHERS HAVE.

But as far as 'some dogs are easier to train than others' - I'd say, it may take more time to get a given dog to a given goal, but it can be done'.

Are MY DOGS perfect???????

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


AHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAH!!!!!!!!

All I am saying is that IT CAN BE DONE.

ANYTHING 'can be done'.

All it takes is an infinite amount of energy and time - being independently wealthy and not having to work for a living, care for children or answer the phone helps TOOO!!!!

Oh wait a second, I have to get my dog's drooling face off my computer keyboard!

He must DESIRE something that I have failed to provide!

AHAHAAHAHAHAAH!!!!!

AHHRHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAA!!!!!

 

[Okie Amazon]

I would never have believed the training that a Maltese could display til I saw that one on "Great American Dog". That little guy was AMAZING!

 

[bullyforme]

I only have one dog, and she "free ranges" on her kibble, I put one scoop in the morning and one in the evening and she picks at it all day, so no issues there.

However, she does act like I've been gone for a year whenever I get home, whether I've been gone to work all day or five minutes to the corner store. Weird!

 

[carolinagirl58]

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yep....my two little dogs are like that. They eat whenever they want. Their food bowl is under a milk crate with an opening cut into it (they are chihuahuas). My pit bull, who is mostly a house dog, is VERY food motivated. She acts like she is starving all the time and goes nuts at dinner time. She will sit and wait until I let her eat her food, but drooling the whole time. The amazing thing is she NEVER steals the little dog's food. She flipped that milk crate over when I first put it over the little dog's bowl and was scolded for it and has not stole their food since.

 

[farmchick897]

Welsummer- If I mis-read you then I am sorry for my last post!

 

[ChickInDelight]

I hesitate to use the word intelligence (even though the mountain dog is reputed the much more intelligent breed).

I would say, personality.

Herding dogs are bred to take orders - even from a far distance.

Toy breeds are meant to be cute little attention-hoarders.

The small amount I know of dog training is that it is easiest to teach them to repeat behavior already in thier natural repatoirre.

I see a picture of perfect training here. Each dog performs his usual routine, and you feed them without fail every day.

 

[appychick]

I have a herd of 6 Lg & Giant Breed working canines-all rescues so dealing with food aggression issue is the norm. Wasn't difficult at all to teach them to eat "in a row". Only problem was some still thought they needed to be fed more often so sometimes they were naughty & ate stuff they shouldn't such as breaking into henhouse & eating eggs or birds.... So I finally had to go against my principles of feeding only premium dogfood & leave out a large bowl of cheap food-so if any get the urge to go"hunt" a snack,food always was available & it curbed the bad behavior. And they really don't like the cheap food so never have to worry about them overeating on it. This also created a more relaxed meal lineup. Majority of rescues remain in survival mode for the rest of their lives & owners just have to learn to deal with their existing situation.

 

[farmchick897]

I never really thought about this until "appychick" brought up the rescue dogs but my Mountain dog is the only one I've had since a puppy and bought from a reputable breeder. One of my Poms I had since he was 10weeks old but came from a puppy mill (which probably explains his 1/2 brain)

The rest have all been rescued adults. But order of smartness (and this takes in not only morning feeding but life on a farm around livestock, farm machinery, free range chickens, but we also go to nursing homes and schools). Just over all ability to learn and remember or just common sense:
1- Bermese Mountain Dog

2 - Golden Retreiver
3- Great Pyrenees - although she is pretty new here she is smart
4 - Border Collie mix
5 - English Setter
6- Rat Terrier mix
7&8- Pomeranians