9 dumb dogs that are actually pretty smart...

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I grew up with one...

Jan 6, 2020, 11:05 AM [ in reply to German Shepards make my list ]

one of the top two dogs I've ever known in my life. We got her in Japan when I was about a year old. Sweet as could be with pets and children but had an innate sense of who was good and bad. When I was about 3, my uncle had a friend that used to come around the house at my grandparents and every single time this dog saw him she tried to kill him. As far as I know he died in jail after killing someone in a drug deal. My grandfather had an old cabin cruiser on Lake Hartwell and we would cruise out to some island when I was around 4 or 5. I would throw on a ring float and melanie would dog paddle me over to the island.

This other family had German Shepherd that Melanie would not let near me. Other dogs she didn't care about, but this one she would run off. One day when the dog got too close, Melanie kicked her ###. Her owners were incensed, but I heard from my parents later on that Amber was ultimately put down because she bit more than one kid.

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I see my basset boy, Bowser, tops the list. Heh heh, remembers me of our first (of six) basset hound Wilbur. Mom of Dog had him out in obedience school being held outdoors, in winter, in a parking lot. Dog was doing fine until it came time to lie down. Nope. Wilbur ain't doing that. Whole class was held up while Dogmom wrestled Wilbur. Instructor tried. Push Wilbur's front end down, his butt pops up. Push butt down, head pops up. Lie on him, he wiggles out from under. OK, Wilbur, you win. Class dismissed. Get him home in nice warm house, he does trick perfectly, first time, on voice command. Now who was dumb, all those dogs who did the trick outdoors in freezing parking lot, or Wilbur who says, "Nope, ain't layin' deez nuttz on that cold, cold concrete?" I'm pretty sure current basset Bowser, who's snoring away with his head in my lap whilst I type this, would react the same way: "You want me to do *what?* Get real, Pops!"

German Shepards make my list

Best friend in high school had one

I grew up with one...

Shepard’s are great dogs except for the shedding. ******

Re: 9 dumb dogs that are actually pretty smart...

I have a beagle that is dumb and stubborn...

The beagle part is very accurate

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