Marion 01 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Went to our daughters place this morning for her 42nd birthday morning tea. As usual we shut the two youngsters in the bathroom (big area) and put the toilet lid down and they are happy with this arrangement. The oldies have the run of the house when we are out. So came home let everyone out, came back into the bathroom to wash my hands and looked at the toilet lid which was still down, and there was a yellow puddle in the middle of it, one of the youngsters must have got caught short and knew where to go, but the lid was down. Just goes to show, they don't miss too much, wonder if they would like the job of picking the winning lotto numbers for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 leave the lid up and teach them how to flush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vehs Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 My GSD started pushing the pedal on the sewing machine after I had a very busy weekend using it - thankfully it was turned off and I was not fiddling with fabric or the needle at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esky the husky Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 :laugh: Aaah my husky So smart in some respects. Still does not get doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Funny you should mention dogs watching us. Tonight while having dinner & being watched intently as every forkful went into my mouth by 5 dogs I wondered how they would feel if I sat on the floor in the morning & gazed intently at their mouths as they ate :laugh: Dogs are clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha bet Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) An interesting study done this year..... 15 pet dogs and their handler used in this study. A fenced yard with nothing in it except a plastic witches hat at one end (no dogs had been into this area) - at the other end is a pole with a screen set up so no vision to what is happening behind.... owner walks in with their dog and ties the dog up to the pole..... owner then walks over and plays with the cone for a few minutes. Owner then leaves the witches hat and collects dog and leaves the area and takes a walk. 20 minutes later the dog is brought back to the enclosure and a second person takes the dog into the yard and stands at the pole.... handler then lets the dog off the lead and says "go play" (or something of that nature) and then ignores the dog... Surprisingly within a few minutes - the dog goes and plays with the cone... Same thing happened with 12 other dogs.... remember they had not seen this action before and where not given any instructions by the owner and the handler just really released.... just goes to show that the majority of the dogs are likely to learn just by watching.... There was also another study (Fugazza & Miklosi- Eotvos Lorand University) which worked on similar responses but the dogs were taught to wait and watch - very similar results..... Interesting thought.... Edited October 29, 2013 by alpha bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion 01 Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Great to hear all the different stories. Dogs obviously observe more than we give them credit for. Mine also know when we are going out if I put different shoes on, but most of all if I put a bra on, then they really start cracking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralPug Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 An interesting study done this year..... 15 pet dogs and their handler used in this study. A fenced yard with nothing in it except a plastic witches hat at one end (no dogs had been into this area) - at the other end is a pole with a screen set up so no vision to what is happening behind.... owner walks in with their dog and ties the dog up to the pole..... owner then walks over and plays with the cone for a few minutes. Owner then leaves the witches hat and collects dog and leaves the area and takes a walk. 20 minutes later the dog is brought back to the enclosure and a second person takes the dog into the yard and stands at the pole.... handler then lets the dog off the lead and says "go play" (or something of that nature) and then ignores the dog... Surprisingly within a few minutes - the dog goes and plays with the cone... Same thing happened with 12 other dogs.... remember they had not seen this action before and where not given any instructions by the owner and the handler just really released.... just goes to show that the majority of the dogs are likely to learn just by watching.... There was also another study (Fugazza & Miklosi- Eotvos Lorand University) which worked on similar responses but the dogs were taught to wait and watch - very similar results..... Interesting thought.... I'm not sure how much you could gain from that scenario? I do not find those dogs' actions at all surprising. If the only thing in the yard is the witches hat what else are they going to play with? Also it has their owner's scent all over it so of course they are going to check it out...was there more info that wasn't stated here? Were the owners instructed to play with the witches hat in a certain manner that the dogs later copied or something? The two dogs that didn't check out the witches hat did they do something else or nothing at all? I would actually be more interested in those two dogs that didn't check out the only thing in the yard, especially as it had their owner's scent all over it. I would be wondering why they didn't act as I would expect a normal dog to act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiecuddles Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) I would be wondering why they didn't act as I would expect a normal dog to act. Probably because they are just like my dogs, who'd just go "hmmm, a big yard with nothing in it but a dumb uninteresting witches hat, I'll just lie on my back in the sun" Edited October 29, 2013 by kelpiecuddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Lewis would probably pee on the witches hats................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Lewis would probably pee on the witches hats................ Yep, Mac would amble over to do that very same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Lewis would probably pee on the witches hats................ Boston would bark at it, then pee on it to teach it a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah82 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The only way I managed to teach Sarah how to drop was if I dropped first :p No amount of luring was going to get her to lie down so I had to think outside the box, now she's an expert dropper :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Stan would've been one of the dogs that did nothing at all. In fact you would have to set up the witches hat in the loungeroom if you wanted him to partake in that exercise and even then I doubt he'd get off the lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vehs Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 alpha bet, I know you only summarised the study but I certainly hope there was more to it than that! More controls at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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