On Oct 6, 2010, at 07:40 , Boris Liberman wrote:
Bill, is it then right that a dog has an intelligence of average two- three years old child then?
Dogs have a society amongst themselves. Any other dog who knows the rules and how to play is a smart dog. Dogs that bite other dogs or people for any reason except defense of their alpha master, or bark for long minutes or hours at nothing, or chase a ball and bring it back time after time after time, or run in circles without stopping for an hour with a wild look in their eye, are all insane.
Dogs that eat your shoes are just trying to bond with you. Dogs that poop on your floor or bed are just establishing territoriality. A trained dog will sit when asked if you give it a treat afterwards. A smart dog will sit without being asked, which trains you to give it a treat. It's called symbiosis.
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