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Originally Posted by chivas  Chivas knew the difference and name of many of her toys, which she had tons of. I would give her a new toy, tell her what it was (ex. MONKEY), then a couple days later - tell her to get her monkey out of her quite full toybox, about 85% of the time she got the right one, if it WAS the wrong one I would say "no go get the MONKEY" and she would drop the wrong toy and then always get the right one. I dont know if Chivas was exceptionally bright just because she WAS or if because we spend so much time with her. |
That's so funny.......my Xena does the
same thing!! I've always been quite amazed by it. And of course, no one ever believes me...so I show people whenever I get the chance! They are always stunned by it!!
Now it's not like I've never actually sat & trained her what each toy was, but just from having a bunch of them around that I call by name when I first give them to her, she quickly picked up on it & can even recognize a brand new one before I tell her what it is!! If I bring home a new duck for example, even if it's a different color/type or brand, that darn dog knows it's a duck! We even had a cheesy little one that looked more like a cartoon character duck once, and she still knew it was a duck!!
And squirrels, monkeys, (She LOVES Monkeys!) balls, bones, sticks, she even had a monster once. (I don't even know what it really was, just some weirded out little creature that roared) But you tell her to 'get the monster', that's what she comes back with!!
Good stuff..............
She also knows the difference between the words 'smell it', 'hear it', and 'see it'. I have proven this to myself just to be sure!! Amazing animals!!!
