RichVR
1921
Something kinda weird an funny happened today. I have a yohuahua and a shih-tzu. The yohuahua (yorkie chihuahua mix) is really smart. The shih-tzu is called dopey dog, Today, I’m playing GW2 and I see the yohuahua (Gizmo) running in small circles. On further examination, he has taken his leash and harness out of the basket by the front door. He dropped it on the livingroom floor and is trying very hard to get my attention. So I get up and he runs to the back door. Really excited. Max (dopey dog) follows along.
I open the back door and Gizmo runs out to pee and poop in the yard. Max eventually pees on our fire pit.
So the dog really wanted to go out and, since I’m the stupid one, he had to make it very clear to me that he wanted outside.
On one hand I was a bit grossed out, as usual, about picking up warm poop. OTOH I was really amazed by his intelligence. I took a pic of the leash on the floor and texted my wife. She laughed a lot. Since her new job has been stressful she thanked me for lightening her mood.
BTW, Max’s leash was also on the floor by the basket. He had to move it first to get to his. Wow.
Yeah, ours will watch where you go and what you do, and remember where stuff is. Some research I saw recently seems to show that dogs are able to actually think through stuff enough to put, metaphorically, two and two together to get some approximation of four, in that if you do this, followed by that, they can figure out a sort of causal chain and then use that information to find where you hid stuff or whatever. Pretty cool.
Pffft, my cat just shits on the carpet and looks at you with that ‘see, this is your fault’ look in his eyes.
Last night, there was a bobcat in the neighborhood (we have them, and bears, and fishercats, and goodness knows what else in the spring and fall). Making a god-awful racket. Naturally, the window being open for the window fan, the dogs heard and smelled it all and at like five in the morning were going ape. I tried to tell them, look, you DON’T want to actually MEET that thing, trust me, but noooo, they still agitated like hell to get out there. Needless to say, I could get no more sleep and just went to the gym.
I took a little cat nap today.
LeeAbe
1927
Bombs (short for Bombay, her pound name) watching my betta who she desperately wants to eat.
olaf
1929
Pup on the left is a pit bull mix of some sort age ~9 weeks. Pup on the right is not really a pup, a pit/rott mix age 4.5 years.
LeeAbe
1930
Love your black cat. They have a certain personality about them that comes through in that picture.
Timex
1931
That’s one of the few times Max photographed well and you could see him pretty well. Normally his fur just absorbs light and he just looks like a shadow in pictures.
It’s especially hard to photograph him with Claudia since she’s white.
You know, I would have expected that mix to be happy and not-too-bright, but not only is he smart, he has the benefit of looking like a little old Japanese man
RichVR
1933
There is correlation between brain and body size. It’s called Encephalization quotient.
Intelligence in animals is hard to establish, but the larger the brain is relative to the body, the more brain weight might be available for more complex cognitive tasks. The EQ formula, as opposed to the method of simply measuring raw brain weight or brain weight to body weight, makes for a ranking of animals that coincide better with observed complexity of behaviour.
Gizmo has a rather large head for his body size.
RichVR
1934
Speaking of a Max.
Before:
After:
So tell me. Did I just get a different dog?
Btw, that was “yappy” which autocorrect changed to happy.
RichVR
1936
Oh yeah. In that case, yappy works just fine. Car door outside? Yap. Children walking by? Yap. Leaf falls from tree? Yap. Someone has a fleeting thought in Europe? Yap.
nKoan
1937
We adopted a new puppy a week or so ago. She was billed as a Cattle Dog mix. We’re starting to think her growth curve will put her closer to terrier size though. If so, it’ll be our first small dog. But that’s okay with me as she’s a darn adorable puppy.
Ah yes, the Sundog. A rare phenomenon of nature.
The interior of your house looks nothing like the cockpit of a spaceship.
