In my last post I wrote about how
smart my dogs are. The main focus was about my dog Sheba. Today, the main focus
will be about Kiki.
This is the princess, Miss Kiki D
This is Kiki. The shelter she came
from told me that she is a Border Collie and German Shepard mix. She, just like
her "sister" Sheba, is from a broken home. She was adopted two weeks
after getting her "sister." My husband and I thought Sheba needed a playmate and so we went back to the shelter that we adopted her from and found
and fell in love with Kiki. She was already nine months old. The two dogs were, and still are inseparable.
Kiki is quite smart. She probably understands about fifty words. It surprises
me how well she understands the English language. Words, such as walk, kitty
cat, treat, squirrel, and din din, to name a few. If you mention the word
"walk" she goes crazy thinking she is going for a walk. So that she
does not get excited for nothing, my household spells the word. We are also
careful how we mention other animals. When we say things like, "kitty
cat" she will plow right over you to get outside to find the kitty. She
wants nothing more than to catch it, kill it, and bring it to me as a gift. She
has done this before to a stray six month old kitten who wandered into her
backyard. In the past she has brought me several dozen birds, two rabbits, one
squirrel, two snakes, cornered an opossum once and dug up my backyard to find several moles.
Kiki will sit at the front door, wanting me to open it so she can look at the
world that is beyond her reach. If I do not notice her, she will come up to me and give me a
look as if to say, "pay attention to me" or "pet me." When asked what she wants, she will
run back to the front door and sit there. Several weeks ago, I decided to try
to get her to "ask" me to open the door. Saying to her, "What do
you want? Tell me what you want," she has learned to ask to have the door opened by a low
guttural growl followed
by one huge, loud bark. Now
she will go to the door and make the low guttural growl and if I ignore her,
she will come to me and get my attention then run back to the door and bark, at
which time I get up and open the door for her.
So, as you have read in my last two posts, my puppies are pretty smart. One
puppy knows what you want her to do without having to ask and the other has
learned to ask for what she wants. If you ask me, which you didn't but I'm
going to tell you anyway, I believe I DO have the best puppies ever.
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