[nagdu] Those dogs sure are smart!

[Angie Matney]

Hey Tami,

I've had the same thing happen to me, too. People have assumed that when I give my dog a "forward" command, I'm asking *them* if I *should* go forward. But it does crack me up when people think I'm having this really nuanced 
conversation with my dog.

Angie



On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:51:36 -0700, Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:

>I've had more people think I was talking to them when I was talking to my
>dog.  /smile/  Sometimes instead of using "find," I will ask her "where is
>it?" which she responds to just as well.  So I will stop for a sec to
>re-orient and say, "Where's the elevator?" or something, and a voice from
>nowhere will say, "Oh!  It's just down the hallway to your left!"  or "Here,
>let me show you."  /lol/

>Mitzi also follows given directions.  I'm always surprised at how many steps
>she can grasp and remember.

>Next time, I will try to remember to ask her politely to tel me where stuff
>is.  /grin/

>Tami Smith-Kinney

>-----Original Message-----
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>Of Angie Matney
>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:18 AM
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>Subject: [nagdu] Those dogs sure are smart!

>Has anybody ever assumed that you are talking to your dog when in fact you
>are talking to them? This has happened to me at least once when I was asking
>for directions. Apparently, the proper way to work a dog is to say, "Excuse
>me, could you 
>tel me where X is?"

>Angie






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