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Originally Posted by Ron61
Wes,
I believe the owner just told the dog we need to get help. The dog would probably have led the first vehicle that he saw back, whether it was a patrol car or not. There are many similar stories of dogs doing things like that.
Ron  |
I know, Ron. I was about half kidding, especially the part about the dog dialing. It does make one wonder what lead up to the dog knowing to do this. Maybe just animal IQ.
Unless somebody did a lot of story fabrication, it certainly looks like this dog did meet the patrolman and lead him to Timmy, I mean Ben, who was burning the shop down. So I wonder if the dog was used to meeting friends cars or kids at the end of the drive. In this case the dog might be much more likely to equate the command, "going-getting (help)", by posting at the end of the lengthy drive. Still pretty amazing.
Hope Ben wasn't cooking meth.
My wife recently bought a Standard Brown Poodle to keep her company when I am on the road. He (Quincy) is a fairly bright fellow, but a bit unruly yet in his young adolescence. He is far more energetic than her Dobermans were; ever bit as smart. He should train ok, as his sire comes from a long champion line of specialty bred hunters. Hunting was the original German purpose for the breed eons ago, before the French made them pets with strange haircuts.
Because she wants to teach Quincy to come unequivically on command, she was training him in the safety of the fenced back yard. Quincy, being a bit young and mischievious, was coming close then running away in a "chase-me" challenge. So she clipped a short leash on him so she could step on it or grab it as he came close. He immediately learned to gather the dragging leash in his mouth first, so it wasn't available when he came close and tried to play catch-me. Darn pups.
Wes
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