Jazzy the Wonder Pup

[zianuray]

Is a standard Daschund and seems to be rather bright (compared to most two-legs people). Wednesday she decided she wanted some of the bacon I was having for breakfast, and I wasn't providing tribute fast enough. She went and got her tennis bone (a rubber bone covered with tennis-ball-type fuzz, what'd ya think?) DROPPED it IN my LAP, and sat back to look from my plate to my face several times, while alerting and relaxing her ears. She had offered to trade one of her toys for some bacon! She hasn't played with her bone since then when I'm around, and Rick says not with him either!!!!!

Two questions--first, how typical is this for a d-o-g? It seemed to show actual cause-and-effect reasoning!

AND second, how do I convince her it is OK to play with "my" bone?

Comments

[kingofthewho.livejournal.com]

I have several dogs who were capable fo such thinking She will get back to it.

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

OH, how cute...and yes, entirely within the realm of daschound smartness!

When I was a kid we had a combo daschound and beagle, talk about smart. I'll have to post about her sometime.

[marence.livejournal.com]

Dogs I've known have fallen into two camps - the "OMG how smart!" and the "OMG how stupid!" It's always better to have the smart kind ;)
She may think her bone is "currency" for trade, and therefore won't play with it, only bringing it to you when she wants something you have. Dogs will invent complex social interactions, and assign specific tasks to certain toys. My daughter's puppy brings me one particular toy to play tug-of-war with, even if she has been using a different one up until that minute. It's sort of "our" toy, and although he'll use it with everyone else, he'll never bring me any other toy.

[salix-03.livejournal.com]

Wait until you want something from the dog, and trade it back?

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

i love jazzy, she's an awesome pup. i should come over to see her if i can when i am in town.