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GardenGnome

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35. My first dog...

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 02:00 PM

Mar 2025

was an Australian shepherd mix. Patches. Smart as they came. One day, we were visiting a friend and happened to arrive just as she was giving her dog a cooked beef bone. My friend apologized that she only had the one and this was the time her dog always got her treat. Her dog retreated into a far corner to gnaw on the bone. As we stood on the opposite side of the room talking, Patches came up and demanded attention. Since she didn't get a treat, we both fussed over her. Seeing Patches getting attention, my friend's dog came over and demanded some pets, too. The instant she arrived, Patches whipped around her, darted across the room, and grabbed the bone. Clearly, her plan had been plotted in advance and perfectly executed.

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What's the most intelligent thing your pet has ever done? [View all] True Dough Mar 2025 OP

My cat basically knocks at the front door when she's ready to come in......... Lovie777 Mar 2025 #1

The most intelligent thing my cat has ever done is take up residence on my back deck. Until I relented and let him come Walleye Mar 2025 #2

My cat Orange once got stuck high up in a tree - had the fire dept. come to get him down after about Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2025 #3

When I born my parents had a German Shepherd Niagara Mar 2025 #4

Did you get to enjoy some years as a toddler with that dog? True Dough Mar 2025 #5

Unfortunately I don't remember him as a toddler Niagara Mar 2025 #6

Sorry to hear that, Niagara True Dough Mar 2025 #7

Ran away! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2025 #8

I guess True Dough Mar 2025 #9

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2025 #10

That's because you're missing a sock Niagara Mar 2025 #11

😬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2025 #17

The next day after I adopted my 6 mo old Aussie/B. collie she barreled past me when she saw one of the hlthe2b Mar 2025 #12

Our Zee, a female Russian Blue some_of_us_are_sane Mar 2025 #13

The most intelligent dogs we've had have been thieves and escape artists. hunter Mar 2025 #14

2 Cases. Dorothy V Mar 2025 #15

My Siamese cat Yum Yum. catbyte Mar 2025 #16

catbyte... Niagara Mar 2025 #19

She was a once-in-a-lifetime cat catbyte Mar 2025 #30

Thank you for sharing your enjoyable memories about Yum Yum Niagara Mar 2025 #34

I had a cat named Yum Yum too! womanofthehills Mar 2025 #23

My parents' calico cat used to walk... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2025 #18

So many good stories! Marthe48 Mar 2025 #20

They sound like a great tandem, Marthe True Dough Mar 2025 #21

They were Marthe48 Mar 2025 #22

I'm sure that's true for a lot of pet owners True Dough Mar 2025 #24

Nefarious veterinarians! Marthe48 Mar 2025 #25

Yes, it would be! True Dough Mar 2025 #27

lol Marthe48 Mar 2025 #28

our dog briefly terrified a dog sitter DBoon Mar 2025 #26

Just big enough for plumbers to work if lying down. True Dough Mar 2025 #31

My Abyssinian cat Lizzie fetches. bif Mar 2025 #29

My beloved Borzoi, Jazzy, was a vegetable critic Bayard Mar 2025 #32

Ha! But you know what, Bayard? True Dough Mar 2025 #33

Six years before I lost her to cancer Bayard Mar 2025 #39

My first dog... GardenGnome Mar 2025 #35

I have witnessed similar behavior in a few dogs in our neighborhood True Dough Mar 2025 #36

Who would have thought that animals would con each other GardenGnome Mar 2025 #37

When Fleasle was a Codifer Mar 2025 #38

Curious True Dough Mar 2025 #40

Her full name is Fiona. Codifer Mar 2025 #41

I'd be willing to bet that's the story of the majority of pets True Dough Mar 2025 #42