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Our pets are so precious to us, they are far more than just animals that we look after and have around for company. They become our best friends, and part of the family. Although it’s very easy to bond emotionally with our pets, sharing a cuddle or playing games together will do that, being on the same wavelength intellectually is less common.
Sure, you can train your dog, hamster or rat to be obedient, (cats too, but that may prove to be a little more difficult!) but what we have here are true geniuses, unique personalities that go far beyond what we would imagine from an animal!
This list, compiled by Bored Panda, is about those times when animals have surprised us with their intelligence. When people were able to understand just what their pets were thinking, and communicate with them on a higher level! Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and feel free to share your own articulate animals stories in the comments below!
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#1
This is a completely true story. Weird, but true, and shows a really impressive level of intelligence in my cat. It happened when I was a teenager. I’m sitting on the couch, and my cat walks into the room and starts meowing loudly, but not coming to me. So I stand up and go toward him, and he starts walking away, so I follow. He leads me, meowing the whole way and looking back to make sure I’m following, to the bathroom. Weird, right? Just wait. So we’re in the bathroom, and he hops up on the toilet and, get this, he PEES IN IT. I was floored. One, he peed in the toilet. Like a person. He’d never done that before. It’s impressive that he knew what a toilet was for. But two, he brought me there to show me. Why? This is where the real intelligence comes into it. Well, he stops peeing and turns to look into the toilet and then looks at me. So I look in the toilet. It’s full of blood. He had a terrible kidney infection (as the vet later confirmed), and this is how he told me. Think of all the things he had to understand to do this!! He had to know he was sick and in which part of his body the infection was. He had to know that the bathroom was the place where I deal with the part of my body that matches up with his sick part. He had to know what a toilet was for and how to use it. And he knew that if I understood the problem, I’d be able to fix it. Seriously, that cat was incredible.
Merilyn Horton 7 years ago
The only time my cat Rusty peed in the house, it was on my white tiled kitchen floor and was pure blood. They are super smart.
Tor Rolf Strøm 7 years ago
I'm all for animals being smart. I've always said they're way smarter than we think. But I gotta say I really doubt that this is true. If it is, it's awesome, but the way it's written just seems like this story has been modified through the years. But hey, I hope it's true!
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#2
We used to have a cockatoo, as well as some cats and dogs. We were teaching the dogs some tricks, and the cockatoo was just doing his bird thing. Every day, the same routine: get some treats, call the dogs, sit, stay, lay down, roll over, get a treat, etc. One night we were watching TV and hear the cockatoo call the dog by name. "Sit. Stay. Lay down. Roll over. Good Boy". We heard something hit the floor, and then he called out the next dog's name. Walked into the kitchen to find the cockatoo in the spot we always stand, giving orders to the dogs (who were obeying!), and then pulling treats out of the cup and dropping them on the floor. This went on for some time. Dogs now liked the cockatoo, and would let him ride on their backs. Cockatoo would call them, tell them to lay down, would climb on, and ride around like a king. The dogs knew what's up, would walk to the kitchen, and stand by the counter. Cockatoo would hop up and drop them a treat, say "good boy", and hop back on. Funniest thing I've ever seen in my life.
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
i love birds almost as much as i love dogs. for such a tiny thing that brain holds a lot of information
#3
My cat yawned, so I stuck a finger in his mouth. He sort of stared at my curiously as he shut his mouth, but didn't bite down hard. A few minutes later, he's sitting on my chest and I yawn. He proceeds to put his whole paw in my mouth.
Uisgea Beatha 7 years ago
My cat did the same thing, but waited until I was asleep and went all the way in up to his elbow.
Masen Silas 6 years ago
My cats do this a LOT. We also are into prank scares and now the cats prank scare us a lot. Theyve gotten the kids so many times
Lisa Champagne 7 years ago
Actually had a good long laugh at this one. My bf and I have a rule not to screw with each other's yawns after things like this became a problem hahah. This is why!
#4
I am diabetic and one night I fell on my carpet from weakness and disorientation. My beloved dog, who now rests in Heaven, brought my emergency kit from my bathroom counter so I could take my medication. Just writing this post brought tears to my eyes. I will always remember you Bumper.
VeryDarkMatter 7 years ago
People who never have feld love for an animal have never loved at all
#5
When was I was young my family moved a long distance with two pets, a cat and a dog. My mom said that cats can try to run off to find home after a move so we had a cat collar with a long leash to hold her while we were unloading the trailers. I heard my Australian Shepherd bark twice on the back porch. Abby NEVER barked unless something was serious. I ran back there and my cat had run around a chair many times and then jumped off the chair with not enough room on leash to be on ground and was hanging there choking. When I rounded the corner Abby was trying to chew through the leash. Best dog ever. Both cat and dog lived long happy lives.
Renan Yamaçake 7 years ago
had a similar experience, with my 2 dogs, one used to sit on the tip of a balcony, and one day when it was leashed (the female was on cycle), it fell and the other dog started barking, they usually bark, but this time I got the chills so I went to see what was happening. took a second to understand why the dog was missing from his spot
Snorri Kristins 7 years ago
Cat's can't be hanged. When that happens, they instead die slowly of thirst. Google it before posting dumb retorts.
#6
I witnessed this with my uncle's dog. My uncle was lying on the couch and she was lying on his feet and legs. He let out a huge fart which was aimed directly at her face. She lifted her head and glared at him and he started laughing. She got up and walked away in disgust. A few minutes later she came back, jumped up on his chest, stuck her butt in his face and farted on him and walked away. I laughed so hard I cried and gave her so many treats.
#7
First Christmas we had our cat she saw us handing out presents and opening them and abruptly ran off. About twenty minutes later she comes back with a dead bird and dropped it in the present pile. It's uh definitely the thought that counts?
Elizabeth Butler 7 years ago
When our kids were small we wrapped up catnip toys for the cats so the kids would not think the cats were left out. One Christmas when they were older we decided this was no longer necessary. One cat was all mad while we opened gifts, beat on the other cats, was generally a pest. Suddenly realized what was wrong, hastily wrapped a catnip gift and put it under the tree. He sniffed it out, tore off the tissue, went to sleep on top of it and was Mr. Nice Guy the rest of the day. Always gave him his gift after that.
#8
I had a dog that got hit by a car. He ended up losing his front leg. This dog was a big pupper. Easily 80 pounds. Once he came home, I could not carry him, but my husband could. The dog HATED going potty in the house, so he quickly learned to walk outside with me. Three weeks in, he was walking and jumping down the steps UNLESS his daddy was home. Then he couldn't move. Just sit and whine and cry pathetically until daddy carried him.
He got busted one day when he didn't hear his dad's car pull up. Launched himself down the 3 porch steps, realized his dad was right there and fell over hard, crying. But it was too late, the gig was up.
However, he continued this type of 'I'm too weak' behavior - but only with my husband - for the next 10 years until he died of old age.
Mike Spotts 7 years ago
While recovering from a nasty bout of shingles on my right eve and forehead, I experienced my first attack of postherpetic neuralgia. In my bathrobe in the bedroom, A heat wave ran across my forehead. The pain was so intense and unexpected, I fell to the floor and curled up in a fetal position. My cat walked to my side and put one paw on my shoulders as to ease the pain and confusion.
Magdalina777 7 years ago
My dog does that too. I always make him go to the bathroom so I can wash his paws but my dad often just carries him there(doggie is a dachshund so it's not too hard but it's a matter of principle...also 12 kg is still not exactly a teacup). Result? If he knows dad is home he'll sit right on the floor before even stepping over the porch and refuse to bulge. If he doesn't see or hear any sign of dad he'll peacefully walk to the bathroom. Why walk when you can just get a taxi indeed?
Melanie Altman 7 years ago
Ha, this reminds me of when we had an elderly dog come visit, and he needed help getting up onto the bed. So my two year old dog, who was perfectly fine, was suddenly unable to get up on the bed on his own as well.
Mary-Beth Bouchard 7 years ago
love this my rottweiler/great dane mix pretends he cannot get up on the bed when my husband is home he has been lifting this dog up since he was a puppy . Wolf is as big as a horse trust me he gets up there no problem when my husband is not home. The crying whimpering helpless look amuses me greatly and he will jump down off the bed so my husband does not catch him up there without help. WP_2016122...660dba.jpg 
Leta Rivas 7 years ago
When you tell a teacher that your head hurts and she lets you go to the nurse. And then she sees you later and you are being loud with your friends
#9
I had the best dog ever. One night I was fast asleep and he was gently "biting" my hand just enough to wake me up. Once I woke up he started tugging on it as if to say, follow me. It was so weird. SO I follow him and he leads me to the side door or my house, sits facing the door and barks ever so silently. I then realize someone is outside picking the lock. I called 911. It was a drunk guy, no idea what his intentions were once he got in, but my dog for some reason managed to get him arrested. He probably would have been scared away had my dog just barked, but for some reason the old boy wanted to alert me quietly.
Shany Sha 7 years ago
Oh... laughed so much at this one! It sure takes skills!
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Jane Stewart 7 years ago
My Portie did that too. Never barked so it was an alert to someone trying to get in the front door. They left after she barked. Miss her so much.
#10
When I was an infant, I was in my crib next to my parents bed. I somehow got twisted up and started suffocating in my blanket. This cat jumped on my mom's face until she woke up, then jumped into my crib. Had it not been for her, I would have died.
Sven Mom 7 years ago
We had a goat named Cartman (yes, from Southpark). He did many things to demonstrate his intelligence but this is one I find particularly amusing. One very hot day my husband and I were out playing with him, goosing him and getting him playful where he would run around and mock rear at us. This went on for a while, but like I said it was HOT. He started to open mouth pant with his tongue hanging out and we reacted quite quickly by stopping things and attending to him to get him cooled off. From that day on, no matter what, if he didn't want to run around, he would start in IMMEDIATELY with drama worthy of broadway, replicating that day when he was overheated. He was such a funny guy. We miss you Cartman.
#11
My golden retriever leaves a shoe on the bed, without fail, for my wife or I to find if we are both gone at the same time. My theory is that she did it once, and we came home, so now she does it every time we leave to ensure that we come back. Like a doggy superstition. After doing this for years, my wife had to leave the state for a week. My first day back from work, there was a shoe on the bed. Normal. After my second day back (wife is still gone), there were three shoes on the bed. After my third day returning from work alone, every shoe and boot in the house was laid out on the bed and couches, and all of my wife's dirty socks were in a bowl. It may not be the smartest thing she's ever done, but it really made me think about how she thinks.
Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
"It's been THREE WHOLE DAYS and Mom still isn't back! Is the magic losing its effect? I'd better put some extra mojo on it today!"
#12
When I was a kid, we had two dogs: a Pyrenean Shepherd, and a Labrador Retriever. The Retriever was a goofy idiot, but the Shepherd was smart. One day, the Retriever gets loose (we had to tie him up in the yard because he kept chasing things and running away), and the Shepherd runs after him. We never even realized what had happened until we saw the Shepherd coming back with the Retriever, holding the would-be runaway's leash in his mouth, and leading him back to the house. Must have been a weird sight for the neighbors.
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
shepherds know all about keeping their flock close together.
Leah Purdy 7 years ago
My German shepherd often "herds" my husky mix back to me when he runs off. My shepherd is probably thinking, "get back here you naughty little sheep!"
Saurabh Nagar 7 years ago
Just keeping an extra dog to take the first dog for walk. Best idea ever.
Patricia Ross 7 years ago
Pyrenean shepherds are herding dogs. It was literally his job to bring the lab back.
#13
I have a blood parrot, smartest fish I've ever had. His tank contains half sand and half white pebbles. However he's very particular with where and how the floor of his environment looks like. For example, he'll move plants towards certain places if he doesn't like how the ground looks beneath them. He'll place pebbles on the sand part, and make a sand pile in the pebbles area. But it isn't random, if you remove a pebble from a little pile, he'll notice it and place another one. If you destort a little sand pile, he'll build more ontop of the remains. He'll spend about three days carving out a small hole just to see his reflection at the bottom of the tank. If you lightly dusty the empty space with sand, he'll come swimming out of his 'house,' collect the misplaced sand in his mouth and literally throw it at you against the aquarium glass. He's a very grumpy fish, but his personality is amazing!
Natasha Forchione 7 years ago
Fish are very smart, I had a goldfish that was with me for 16 years. On his last day, I am convinced that he waited for me to get home to say goodbye. I went in and found him on the bottom of the tank. I looked at him and said "oh no are you sick??" Every day, when I got home, I would put my finger against the aquarium and he would go to it and shake his fin very excitedly. This last time he did it, but very slowly and he just kept looking at me and then swam back to the bottom. I stared at him for a bit and got sad and quickly went to get fish mediation and was about to starting cleaning the aquarium, but when I returned he was laying on his side on top of one of the rocks that was in the aquarium. I stayed with him until he passed, so sad. :(
Molly Block 7 years ago
My Mom and Dad got an oscar fish when I was a teen. That fish seemed quite intelligent. If this fish could have talked, I believe he would have been communicating with us. Every time you'd sit and look into the huge aquarium, he'd come and watch YOU. He was always watching us, like he understood a thing or two. All of the other fish couldn't have cared less, hahaha. Anyone else ever own an oscar fish? Did yours seem more intelligent than the other types of fishes?
Donna Hagen 7 years ago
I have a plecostomus (hope I spelled that right) -- you know, the sucker fish that clean the algae off the side of a tank by "suckering" along on them? Well, this one has learned that when I put food in the tank he shares with two goldfish, the food floats on the top. So he has learned to swim to the top of the tank, turn over so his "sucker" is touching the top of the water, and goes along sucker-ing the food off the top of the water!
#14
If all of the spots on the couch were taken, my dog would scratch the door to go out and when someone gets up he would take their spot.
Claire Shamgochian 7 years ago
When my dog is on the couch at my grandmother's house and her dog wants to go up but does not want to sit next to him she will pretend there is something at the door and bark a lot. Theo (my dog) gets up ready to defend the house and Ginger (grandmother's dog) takes the couch.
Sheila McCarthy 7 years ago
That's my Jaden. He'll sometimes go to the door and when my husband how's to let him out, he runs and jumps in his chair. This is a dog who has a while sofa at his disposal. Lol Sometimes he just wants dad's chair!
#15
My dog cries until I pretend to put makeup on him. Any time I'm in the bathroom getting ready, he cries and stands up on his hind legs until I put the brush close to his face and tell him he's pretty. Weird narcissistic dog.
He likes to match me in degrees of makeup too. If I just put on the basics, he's content with a couple pretend brush strokes. If I'm going out, he makes noises until I use all the brushes and some pretend mascara and pretend lipstick. Then I tell him how pretty he looks and he goes right in to his crate and lays down.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
I think he wants to be a part of what you're doing. My dog absolutely must smell every new item we bring home - groceries, new furniture, clothes, whatever comes in, she has to see it too. We let her smell it in our hands and then she's satisfied, but she jumps and runs around us until we present it to her.
#16
My cat (about 4 months old at the time) hadn't come back for at least 2 days and I looked for her everywhere. I was getting worried since she never really left for more then a couple of hours. I guess my Labrador sensed how worried I was and realized it was because of the cat. So he decided to run out the door, while I wasn't playing attention. (He also knows how to open doors.) I didn't realize till later and I thought I had lost both of them. When around 8pm I heard meowing coming from outside. When I looked outside I saw my lab holding my kitten by the head.
TheRubyFalcon 7 years ago
It would probably sound more like "Mrm, eh kiddy hah eeh ouw"
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There is no way for me to fathom, why people allow the cats, or young kittens, to run free. with the many diseases, or to be hit by a car, to suffer or die. If you have that mentality, DO NOT GET A KITTEN. !!!
#17
We had a dog that liked to roam the neighborhood too much so we installed one of those wireless fences that give a shock from a collar when you cross it. The law requires it to beep and give a warning before the shock to train the dog to stop, which is good. But she figured out that if she got near it then it would start beeping. So she went to where the beeping started and laid down. Then just lay there until the beeping stopped and she knew the battery was drained and too weak to shock her so she would just walk across.
Johanna Zamora 7 years ago
The dangerous thing about those fences is that strays or coyotes can walk right in and do harm.
#18
Not current pet but a dog I had as a teenager. Dog jumps up on the couch "No, you're not allowed on the couch, go lie in your bed" Dog leaves the room. A moment later he returns with his bed and throws it on the couch. Gets back up on the couch in his bed and stares at me. "... Fair enough..."
Claire Hoyt 7 years ago
I don't get why animals aren't allowed on furniture. You're taking in an animal to share your home and life with. Fur is just part of the deal.
Tralee Aylett 7 years ago
parent's dog does that with her mat. She'd not allowed on the carpet (coz she pees when she gets excited). so she'll drag it over with her so she can lay at your feet if you're on a couch that's on the carpet
#19
My chickens held a funeral. In our flock of maybe ten bantams, there was one elderly, respected hen. Even the brash rooster, who would spend most of his time chasing other chickens away from 'his' feed, meekly made space for Grey Girl when she slowly made her way over to the chicken feed. She was mother and grandmother to many of them, and you could tell how much they esteemed her. One morning, I open the chicken coop as usual, but not a chook was to be seen. Normally they'd be all running out to find the night's bounty of bugs, but not this morning. I walk inside the pen to see what's up. There is a circle of chickens. An actual circle, with Grey Girl's body right in the middle. All the chooks are making this weird wailing sound, which I had never heard before. I am in no doubt they were mourning the passing of their elder mother. What's more, the body was lying outside the shed where she would have been roosting. There is a good chance that she was actually pulled out of the claustrophobic, poo-filled shed and placed in the open space by the chickens, so they could pay their respects. After about half an hour the chooks all wandered off and I buried the body. And I never saw that behaviour again.
Eunice Probert 7 years ago
I have two hens. They really are a lot smarter than people give them credit for.
Zori the degu 7 years ago
What do they really expect from an animal, that was once a dinosaur? I mean, no one ever said velociraptors are stupid, then why do they say chickens are stupid, when they don't even know them?
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rakuninaru 7 years ago
i read an article of how chickens are actually pretty smart and can even learn to count. Nevertheless, companies make us think that they are dull so we don't feel sorry for them taking into account how much chicken meat we eat :(
Agerrle Isnowon 7 years ago
Wow, this shook me. This deserves more upvotes. Upvote x a million.
Tralee Aylett 7 years ago
they are very smart. there are wild bird in Aust that do that too ( Not sure of the official name but usually call them "happy families". Always seen in a small group and mourn and have a funeral if one dies)
#20
I had a German shepherd when I was little that would run around our backyard and frantically (but very gently) remove any toads he found from the yard when he saw us getting ready to mow the lawn. He was the sweetest guy.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
Life saves life...Only us humans are ready to kill one another for s**t reasons.
#21
My neighbor is a zoo-keeper and he loves working with the chimpanzees and the otters. Story about the chimp: he was closing up this one male chimps sleeping cage for the night, and then realised he'd lost his keychain. He saw the chimp holding them, and asked to get them back. Chimp refused. He then said "here, I will give you a banana for the keys!" Chimp then proceeded to unhook ONE key from the key chain and hand it back to him. 18 bananas later, and the keys were returned. This chimp is quite famous in Scandinavia - he was rejected from his mom as a newborn and was raised with the zoo-keepers family until he was re-introduced to the flock around a year later. There's books and TV-series (from the 70s) about him.
glowworm2 7 years ago
Ha, I love that the chimp managed to get 18 bananas out of that deal. Awesome!
Sivi 7 years ago
Sounds like Julius from Dyreparken in Kristiansand, since he escaped alot during his teenage years. His pack leader refused him so he had be indoors alot caged. this changed of course when the leader died and Julius took over. He still remember his fosterparents: https://youtu.be/L8knplNo0nY?t=1m49s And I think he is turning 39 this year.
#22
My dog understands Christmas.
As in, he will sit where the tree goes throughout November. Once the tree is up, he'll lie beside it crying. Once there are presents, he'll paw at them and carry them to us because he wants to open them. On Christmas he starts trying to wake everyone up around 5 and begins howling around 7.
And I kid you not, he will open his presents like a 5 or 6 year old and excitedly run around with a toy or treat for a minute before looking for the next present. One year we had less than 5 things for him to open, so he stole a present from me.
JillVille 7 years ago
That's so cute! My dog gets a monthly toy subscription box. He knows when it comes and knows the postie who brings it. Those days, that dog is an ANGEL, acting all sweet and lovey, just waiting patiently to be given the new toys. So funny because most other days he's a brat!
JillVille 7 years ago
Meant to add - I've also ordered toys from their site and when a box comes that isn't filled like the monthly ones, it confuses him because he's expecting more stuff to be in the box.
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Kathy Baylis 7 years ago
I rescued Scruffy off the street as a stray in bad condition. God only knows what his life was like before then, but toys were obviously not a part of it (he now has a full toy box). His first Christmas with us, we made a big to-do over his gifts, and he was just in doggy heaven. He also quickly figured out that those toys came in packages in the mail. Now, every time a package is delivered, regardless of who it’s actually for, he thinks it’s his, and tries to get at it and open it. We don’t mind spoiling him, btw.
Lana Vasti Els (Mylah) 7 years ago
This year, you better give him more presents! Such a good boy :3
#23
One of my cats learned how to turn the internet off. I mean, he realized everbody goes crazy when he goes behind the TV stand and messes up with the wires. So when we're not paying enough attention to him (usually if we're on our phones or the computer), he just unplugs the router. I don't think he knows how much power he has.
Neha Jawale-Bhorge 7 years ago
Hehe.. my cat would pretend to tear open our couch if we dont pay attention to him..
#24
My old pit bull just knew when I was suicidal and came for cuddles. Just would sit there whilst I cried into her fur and patiently wait it out then lick me and stay longer.
Amanda Gotte 7 years ago
My cattle dog knows when my anxiety or depression get really bad and won't leave my side the rest of the day. Normally, he's very independent and doesn't want to cuddle except maybe at bedtime.
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#25
Every morning for breakfast I always eat fruit and that weekend there was a farmers market selling fruit for cheap so I bought a TON. I couldn't fit them in the fridge so I left a few bags on the side in the dining room (reachable distance) I shit you not, I woke up and was surprised to see an apple next to me. Over the next few days, my dog would get up in the morning, go in the bag, and get a fruit to put next to me on the bed. He proceeded to do this for the next two weeks until we ran out.
#26
I snuck downstairs and watched my small dog delicately push the chairs and a couple cardboard boxes around into an specific orientation, then wildly parkour across the objects in order to get to my dinner sitting on the table. He also carefully moved the fork out of the way using his claws so that it wouldn't make any noise. I notified him of my presence right before he started eating and he just froze and then looked really guilty. In addition, when I have a panic attack, my dog will sometimes bring me his favorite stuffed animal because I assume he thinks it will comfort me like it comforts him.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Dogs are really sensitive to our negative feelings. Mine will act really excited and cuddly whenever we raise our voices so that we'll stop fighting and play with her. Sometimes my dad yells at the the tv and she'll come running, wagging her tail like "don't be angry, it's all good"
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Gabrielle J 7 years ago
I had, had a cat for a a year my parents had brought a rescue case and it was very new to me and I had no idea how smart they are. I came down stairs and I saw her scratching on the front door so I pointed and said. "Go around the back I can let you in there as I don't have the front door key." Low and behold she utterly shocked me by going to the back door and never went to the front ever again...I really miss my parents cat even to this day she was a smart as hell and made me in to a full blown cat lover.
Rebekah 7 years ago
I truly believe they understand us too. They just don't want us to know it most of the time. :)
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My dog is super sneaky. He's not allowed on the furniture, and never ever tries to get up on the couch or bed unless we invite him. One day I was taking a shower and had forgotten a body wash I had just purchased, so I left the shower running and ran out to my room to grab it really fast. I found him on the couch happily rolling around on his back. As soon as he realized I was there he froze for a moment, jumped off the couch and ran to his bed. That's when I realized the little jerk waits for me to get in the shower to get on the furniture and knows to listen for me to turn the shower off so he knows when to stop!
Nadine Ducca 7 years ago
Hahahaha! My cats do something similar and we caught them once. We left to go to the supermarket, but the moment we left the building we realized we had forgotten something so we went back in. Well, we caught two of our cats frozen in surprise on top of the kitchen counter, lol. They knew we were leaving, so they expected us to be gone for a while, haha.
Lisa Catacosinos 7 years ago
Same here. She acted like she was invisible or at the very least I was hallucinating. I laughed and laughed! She was such a smart cat. That was minor compared to some of the really smart stuff she did.
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My dogs, Arrow and Beau ran off into the woods one day when I wasn't paying attention. Arrow had a leash on. Beau came back alone hours later. I asked "Beau, where is Arrow? where is he? He led me through the woods to the edge of someone else's property and started screwing around, so I figured, "ah, too much to expect from him"
I went back home. Another hour or so passed, I was getting pretty worried, I tried asking Beau again. Again, he led me through the woods, same path he took before, this time I followed him onto the stranger's land, went over a hill top and there was Arrow, his leash wrapped around a young pine tree and he was sitting in the sun, panting.
Arrow could have literally died from heat stroke stuck out in the sun. Beau understood what I asked, I didn't believe him the first time. He led me back a second time. and helped me find Arrow.
Amber Adkins 7 years ago
I had a rescue fox a year ago that would sometimes take off into the woods during the evening. My border collie realized how stressed I got when she didn't come back quickly and would run and find her and lead her back. She's such a good girl ❤️
#29
I had a cat, a good friend, a long long time ago whom I still miss. He was a big tabby with awesome tan/orange stripes. I would climb up to the roof sometimes to avoid my housemates and relax and stare at the moon. One night I climbed up there, and he was up there. He saw me and seemed to get very happily excited to see me. He ran to one edge of the roof, looked down, then looked at me. Then, he ran to another edge, looked down, looked at me. He did that at every edge. I figured out what he was doing. At the last one, I said, "ok. Thank you for showing me. Don't worry. I won't go too far and fall off." He looked very satisfied, walked to me, and laid on my chest, and we watched the moon together.
#30
My dog Bailey (Lab/Husky) and her BFF Tess (Boxer) were in our backyard playing around. Tess, being a total idiot as usual, decided to go exploring in the back (all forest, hills, creeks and such) and takes off. Not wanting to lose both dogs, my daughters called Bailey to stay. They tried calling Tess for 10 minutes before they found me to come help. I came and tried the same for a few minutes. Once I realized that there were no sights or sounds of Tess, I turned to Bailey, and said, "Bailz, where's Tess?" We played this game with Bailey regularly. She would find anyone in our family if you asked her to. So I sent her off into the forest looking for Tess. No hesitation on Bailey's part. Another 10 minutes go by. Sun is going down. Forest is quiet. We start calling for Bailey to return. Sure as shit, not 2 minutes later, they both come back. It was from some distance too as we could hear them crashing through the bush a ways off. Bailey knew she done good. Acted like she just cured cancer. Many cookies were had.
#31
I live in the country. Someone dumped a dog on me. She is a tiny little long legged thing. Anyway, my wife and I went through all the steps to make sure she wasn't just lost. Facebook, vets and animal shelters etc. No one ever claimed her so she lives here. (2 years now)
About 6 weeks after she arrived we bought a camper. A small walk in trailer rig. We were loading up for the first trip and the little dog was suddenly no where to be found. My wife found her hiding in a box of supplies in the camper. Somehow that dog knew we were leaving for a while and was trying not to get left behind.
Cynthia Allard 7 years ago
It's heart crushing, really. My dog too fear so much that he will be abandoned again. He must be the first in the car when we are leaving or else he's crying and howling until we put him in. He also really dislike having his collar removed. I brushed him one time and forgot to put his collar back and he proceeded to grab it in his mouth from the table it was on and bring it back to me, whining during the whole process, until I put it back on his neck. It made me so sad to see him like this. I never forgot to put his collar back again.
Robert Morson 7 years ago
Yeah, dogs pick up on that kind of thing. One time, when I was a teenager and my family was packing the car for a camping trip, our two dogs definitely noticed. They looked worried and followed us around very closely, as though to ensure we didn't forget about them. I took them aside and explained, in a calm and reassuring voice, that they needn't worry because we had no intention of leaving them behind, but it didn't help. After my mother nearly tripped over a dog while carrying a box, she just opened the front door for them and they scampered out to sit in the hot car (doors and windows open, but, still...). They refused to get out until we were well under way.
Masen Silas 6 years ago
Poor doggo. My one cat found us. Hed been dumped in a parking lot and when we pulled in he jumped in the car. Last time he was in a car. Its been a year and he still wont go near the car in the garage. Poor ptsd cat
Jenny King 7 years ago
I had a cat that knew when we were moving and couldn't wait for the last load. He generally chose the beds-and-dressers load to stow away. What was always funny about it though is that he would wait until we were 10 min. into the drive and then you would see him in the rear-view or side mirror, walking on the edge of the truck bed - like he was ready to join us in the cab. Of course, we'd stop and let him in. Over the years, he also stowed away in friends' (only the ones he really liked) vehicles if they had left the windows open. He would wait until they were a mile or so away and then jump in the front seat, giving little chirpy meows of greeting and snuggling up to the driver. The cat's name was Sinbad so I guess we should have figured him for a traveler.
#32
I had a cat that learned how to open the fridge, and then my dog started begging my cat for food. And then the cat started getting into the fridge just to feed the dog. I patiently await the day where my pets decide to overthrow me and have me fixed. I'm not fighting it, that'll only make it worse in the long run.
Daja Lindeman 7 years ago
We had a cat that did the very same thing!! They would eat all the cheese and meat they could find I the fridge. So cute and annoying at the same time
#33
My gentle giant of a newfoundland did that growl once. We were on a road trip and I had to pee. Accidently picked a gas station in a bad part of town but I had to go. Left the dog in the car and while I went in i got asked for money to which I responded I don't have any on me. Had the following conversation on the way out. Him: "I'll walk you to your car so you can find your money" Me: "no" Him (while following me): "it's no big deal I can wait for you to find it" I'm freaking out now trying to figure out of I can get into the car and lock the door fast enough. Come back to see my newfoundland - the gentlest dog ever baring get big ass teeth and doing the once in a lifetime growl through a cracked window. The guy SPRINTED away. Then We drove through a McDonald's and got her a whole cheese burger (which she never gets)
Amanda Schloegel 7 years ago
When they know, they KNOW. They can read a person's character so well.
Erica Welch 7 years ago
Newfs are the best doggos ever. I just put mine down. So f*****g smart, and huge personalities!
#34
One of my cats back when I was a kid, Thomas, got a urinary tract infection somehow. We would've never known because he's both an indoor and outdoor cat and usually went outside to relieve himself. One day he jumped up into the bathroom sink, pushed the plunger down to stop the water leaving the basin, and pissed in it. Afterward he stood over it crying until someone came and saw the bloody urine in the bowl. He found a way to directly tell us "Yo, something's wrong with me." He could also open doors on his own.
Cookie 7 years ago
You never know when a cat is observing you and quietly storing things away in his brain.
All With Heart 7 years ago
CAT JOB INTERVIEWS "What's your IQ?" "I can p**s in clogged sinks and open doors." "You're hired."
#35
While I was out, my dog pulled a piece of paper out of the trash and pooped on it so that he wouldn't poop on the floor.
#36
We lived in an apartment complex that didn't allow pets. Unfortunately the people who frequently drove into the complex and dumped unwanted cats & dogs weren't aware that residents weren't allowed to have pets. One evening, there was an orange tabby crying piteously in the yard behind our building just 25 yards from one of the busiest roads in our city. The neighbor across the breezeway said that she saw him tossed out of a car that morning. I was worried that he would get creamed on the road and spent two hours sitting in the grass next to him with a bowl of ground hamburger to earn his trust. I had no idea what I was going to do with him after that, I just didn't want to see him starve or get run over. After a few weeks we worked out a living arrangement - he stayed in the apartment during the day with food and water and a bed and then went outside at night. We had to keep his presence hidden so that the apartment management wouldn't fine us or evict us. We couldn't keep cat food bowls outside or a litter box inside (the staff collected garbage, so they'd know if I was dumping used cat litter). Due to his effervescent personality we started calling him Jonsey, the Shithead (Aliens reference). We were working on a solution house him permanently, but it was going to be a few more months before we could either get him into a rescue or move to a new residence that allowed pets. One night, during a round of terrible thunderstorms and heavy rain Jonsey was less than thrilled to head outside and we weren't hot on the idea either. So he curled up in the corner of the couch and we headed to bed. The following morning I woke up and stumbled for the coffee maker. My husband asked me if the reason I was so tired was because I was up late cleaning up after the cat. I had no idea what he was talking about. He told me to look in the kitchen sink. There was a dishrag lying in the bottom of the sink and when I moved it there was cat poop in the drain. It took me few seconds to figure out what I was looking at and what it meant. To my husband it looked as if I had cleaned up cat poop and, in disgust had just thrown it in the sink to deal with it in the morning. What had actually happened was that Jonsey needed to use the bathroom and, instead of using any of my many houseplants, the corner, or just about anywhere else, he had chosen the absolute best alternative to a litter box available to him - the empty kitchen sink. He'd done his business and courteously covered it over with the dishtowel I always kept draped over the neck of the faucet. He earned a forever home with us and we moved to a house a few months after that.
Agerrle Isnowon 7 years ago
Wonderful story. What a good kitty, and how good you and your husband are to keep him even though it meant moving house. May you always be blessed.
sharron lynn parsons 7 years ago
You are my kind of people, you rescue a kitten, then you move so that you can keep it. God bless you !!!
#37
My chocolate lab woke me up one night barking in my face. I was really mad because he does that. When i got up to see what was up I soon realized I was having a massive Heart Attack. He saved my life. Thanks Luke.
JadeAngel 7 years ago
Learn the symptoms. I recently lost someone because they didn't and waited hours to call 911. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/chronic-diseases/cardiovascular-disease/know-having-a-heart-attack.html
serena 7 years ago
I recently did too over the very same thing. Not all symptoms are the same. So sorry for your loss.
Load More Replies... TheAkwardGlader 7 years ago
How do you not know that you are having a heart attack (not to be rude, I'm just curious)
Kiss Army 7 years ago
It happens. My brother was having a serious heart attack and thought it was hear burn. He was convinced to go to the hospital and had to be life flighted out for immediate life saving cardiac surgery.
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#38
I had taken my german shepherd out for a hike in an abandoned conservation area. It was a hot day, there was a creek with a deep pool, so I decided to strip nekkid and go for a swim. The dog and I splashed around a bit, then we got out, I pulled on my clothes, and carried on down the trail. My dog, however, wouldn't follow. She was starting at something in the grass. I called, she looked up at me and then looked back at the grass. I went over to see what was so enthralling... turns out my car keys had fallen out of my pocket and she wasn't budging until I picked them up.
#39
I had a pair of gold fish that grew to be quite large. Their names were nemo and toad. When nemo was dying toad did everything in his power to "revive" him. Including swimming alongside him and under him to boost him up and giving up larger potions of the food. After the nemo passed away toad got super depressed. He wouldn't eat at all and spent all day moving the little pebbles at the bottom of the fish tank from one side of the tank to the next. he died not long after
Alia G. 7 years ago
Aww that’s really sad. Goldfish are really very smart, but not a lot of people seem to realize this.
All With Heart 7 years ago
I used to rant to my beta about my life. And he understood
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Andra Barnette 7 years ago
I had 2 angel fish. One died. The other one stayed up in the corner of the tank until it died of grief.
#40
When I was in high school, my cat P.C. (short for personal computer which was my Dad’s idea) woke my Dad up in the middle of the night by knocking herself into my parents’ door and meowing very loudly. My Dad began to follow her downstairs not knowing why and she stopped at the air vent in the kitchen. My Dad immediately turned off the air. Turns out something caught on fire in the vent and the smoke detector hadn’t picked it up yet.
Final score:
98points
CtrlAltDelete 7 years ago
She saved you from dying by fire and saved your ears from the smoke detector ;)
#41
Our late Italian Greyhound Elon got baths every week due to “THE STENCH” (his nickname was “The Stink”). One time, we were both sick with sinus infections and it had been about two weeks since Elon had gotten his bath. We were sitting on the sofa watching TV as a family, and Elon gets up off the couch and trots down the hall. This happened often, so we didn’t move. We then heard his nails on a different surface than we’d ever heard previously. Perplexed, his Dad and I went down the hall to find him standing in the bathtub staring at us like, “People I can smell myself. It’s time.”
#42
We had pot belly pigs when we were little because my brother and I were allergic to cats and dogs. Smart little f*ckers. My brother and I would always yell "MOM! MOM!", so one day my mom left for a couple days and the pigs got upset. One of them started squealing and then opening it's mouth so it sounded like "MMMMMAMAMA". Then the other one started doing it. So we had two pigs in the house screaming for mama. It was creepy as f*ck.
#43
There was a fire in my building once. My old kitty yelled at me until I followed her into a low corner of the bedroom. The air there was much clearer and I hid there with her until I was rescued by the firemen. She saved me that day. She's gone now, but she was my best friend for 18 years.
#44
On the few days I get to sleep in, if my cat decides his breakfast is too late he has learned to wake me up for it. early on, I apparently learned to sleep through his MRROOOOOOOWs by the bedside; as time went by, I learned to roll over & ignore him when he’d bat at me with his paws… …so he’s learned to get me up the one way I can’t sleep through: he’ll take a single claw & drag it very gently over my eyelid. it doesn’t hurt at all, but I’m hard-pressed to think of a more peculiar feeling.
Nadine Ducca 7 years ago
Yes, my Siamese cat wakes me up by purring in my face, gently brushing the tips of her whiskers against my nose and cheeks (it really itches!), and booping me with her cold wet nose. lol No claws yet, whew!
Melissa Basine 7 years ago
My cat does the MROOOOW thing AND the paw thing AND the eyelid thing AND has started a new thing... doing laps ON me, walking over my back, around my head, repeat. I usually give in at this point & get up & feed him at 5am then go back to bed. He's a little bastard but I love him.
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Lisa Catacosinos 7 years ago
When will people learn to feed the cats in the evening? I have three who never wake me up because dinner is when I eat dinner. I am so grateful. I had 1'7 years of wake up pawing and licking and meows with the first kitty.
seanemone 7 years ago
I fed my cat before bed and a little in the morning and all was well, happy kitty, happy life
Load More Replies... A S Koziol 7 years ago
My Thai cat tried walking on me and yelling, but I can sleep through that. So now she wakes me up with a whisker up the nose. I swear she does this on purpose, and I've never experienced a more shocking way to wake up. Plus the added blast of cat breath is a nice finishing touch...
Isabel Care 7 years ago
Dog put a cold wet nose on the back of my knee to wake me. Another would walk up me if she needed to go out, if she walked on my face it meant she was desperate
Donna Muse 7 years ago
I had one cat that would gently pull on my eyelashes. Then there was the one that would pee on my legs if I didn't jump out of bed at the first meow.
Esther Evans 7 years ago
My cat does all that...and now, when the claw poke doesn't work, she sits on my head.....(she's big...and really heavy)....LOL
#45
My youngest son, a two time cancer winner, was recovering from a particularly ugly round of methotrexate. He was home recovering and my Pomeranian, who was always at my heel,wouldn’t leave his side. I was curious but not concerned and continued my morning chores. I was in the next room when Ping came in like Lassie and barked until I came to see. He returns to my sons side and began to shiver. My son was playing xbox, and seemed ok. I turned to go back to my chores and Ping let out a howl I didn’t think he was capable of and as I turned my son was seizing, full grand mal seizures that I recall clearly 11 years later. I was just in time to keep him from hitting head first on the hardwood floors. We just put my little Ping down last month. He was my best friend for 17 years, and my sons hero forever. We miss you Ping.
#46
My cat sleeps with me in bed. She knows how to hit the snooze button on my alarm clock. She learned from watching my wife. And both of them go back to sleep
Esther Evans 7 years ago
I have a Big Ben alarm clock...shortly after Katy came to live with me, I had to set the alarm for the first time....when it went off in the morning, poor Katy slunk around for an hour, eyes huge....looking for the monster....
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
I have mysteriously missed my alarm several times now...Hmmm, could it be my cat?
#47
I was at the park with my dog and started talking to another dog owner. He got bored and decided to leave without me. As soon as I realised I ran out of the park to find him walking down the street toward my house, the road was pretty busy so I nearly shat myself and started sprinting down the street after him. I saw him look both ways, wait for the traffic to stop for him and then cross the road. By the time I caught up to him he had already crossed and was just having a casual stroll home. About two weeks ago, just before we had to have him put down, I went to pick him up from the vets. They said he had improved overnight, the moment they said he could go home he jumped off my lap and went straight to the door. He kept looking back at me as if to tell me to hurry up. He was a brilliant dog.
Wyndmere 7 years ago
My cat did that too. She was across the street and a few houses away when I drove up. I called her to come home. She looked both ways, and sat down to wait for a truck to pass by her - it just turned the corner after I called her. Then she casually crossed the street and strolled home.
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Larry BobJoe 7 years ago
Some times the dog is in pain and suffering due to illness or injury.
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I've had dogs all my life but the 3 I have now are all very special to me. They're seriously smart. They'll turn on the outside hose when they get thirsty on a hot day(even though they have ice water inside) but they'll also get the bathroom door open when you're taking a shower and turn the shower off when they think you've been showering for too long. They're very smart but very scary. When my SO and I were walking around after we got done setting the tent up at a family camping trip(my SOs family) I went to go take a leak. So I took two of our German Shepherds to the bathroom with me and left her with one. She can handle them all of course but with deer and squirrels and stuff you just don't know. I trust them to listen to her but why take a chance. So while I'm in the bathroom and my two dogs are hanging around outside I hear a distant but very angry and aggressive bark. Now, my dogs are very well trained and don't bark for no reason unless told to. I hear one of my two let out a "wtf?" bark and another distant bark from my SOs dog. At that point my dogs start going crazy so I'm like what the f**k might as well let them go. I let them go and they just barrel over to where I left my SO, I'm talking full run and barking. Of course I pick my pace up and I get a look at the situation. It's three guys cornering in on my lady. Only thing holding them off was the dog she had. I have to tell my SO to let her dog go right as my two get to her. All the dogs pounced at what seemed like exactly the same time and they all end up on the ground. But after that my dogs just take a seat right on top of the three guys. They don't even try to fight the dogs off at that point. Ten seconds later after I called the dogs off I figure out why. All three dogs have bitten almost through one of each guys arms. It's smart not to f**k with someone with a dog, or worse multiple dogs.
Lilly Mey 7 years ago
You can camp with them. It's just a bad decision to mess with the dogs' owners!
Load More Replies... CultOfBambi 7 years ago
Where the hell were you camping?!? Fascinating story but so many questions unanswered! Were the three guys actually intending to harm your SO? And what happened after? Surely with each of them practically losing a limb there would have been medical attention required & law enforcement involvement? Dogs can get put down for biting people - even when it's justified and I'm unconvinced by the story above that this is the case.
P.Brux FHell 7 years ago
Where was the rest of the family?? Wasn't this a family camping trip?
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
And that's why one cant f*****g camp and enjoy the outdoors , cz some f*****s will come to mess around
Kara Nelson 7 years ago
Opportunist criminals will usually f**k right off if there's a dog ready to bite them. It's not worth the rape or wallet or whatever and they'll go find another victim. I don't think this actually happened.
Kevin Braid 7 years ago
should beaten them to within an inch of their lives, probably rapists. if it was me they would be 6 ft under. scumbags. good doggos.
Mn gooze 7 years ago
significant other = partner as in girlfriend, boyfriend, fiance, marital partner
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I work at a pet store, and a big part of the job is listening to people talk about how great their average-ass pets are. But man, every now and then you get a good one. We have a family that owns a couple of African Grey parrots. When the kids were teenagers, the parents went out of town for the weekend, specifying there should be no parties whatsoever in their absence. Naturally the kids throw the party, and manage to clean up brilliantly. They almost got away with it until at dinner the night the parents returned, the Greys started making this whole new range of sounds including the sound of a beer pop tab opening, and the sounds of ping pong balls hitting plastic cups and the floor. Busted by birds.
therealpixie 7 years ago
I knew a macaw once who would make a noise like the electric can opener. When the cats showed up he would giggle like a movie villain.
Sara Kate MacFarland 7 years ago
the family that lives in the house behind my daughter's back yard, keeps a very large macaw in a large wrought iron cage on their patio...the bird has a very wide range in its repertoire...it screams like a woman in dire peril (so real that it gives me chills), but my favorite is when renders the theme from the River Kwai
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Annie Fullmer 7 years ago
A pet shop we frequented years ago had a tucan. When you would walk in it would yell "Hello" If you walked over and said anything to it, the bird would c**k his head at you and say "Stupid. Birds can't talk"
Agerrle Isnowon 7 years ago
There aren't any "average a*s pets" to the people who love them. What a rude thing to say. I didn't even read the rest of your story. :(
Caitlin Smith 7 years ago
I had an African Grey growing up. Incredible creatures. My Wabash had sever anxiety and we'd have to put him in a dark room when strangers were over. But he knew us all by name. He would make fun of us. He would tell you when he thought you had been on the phone long enough. He also used to call our dog over "come here boy, good boy" as soon as the dog walked over to the cage Wabash would start yelling at him "bad boy! bad dog!" and the dog would run away with its tail between its legs, it'd go on all day. Dog was not smart, parrot was too smart lol
sharron lynn parsons 7 years ago
Average-a*s pets, you say, I am thinking you are less than an average-a*s human !!!
#50
I have pet rats. One of them broke a tooth, and the infection spread to her brain (the teeth go all the way up above the brain). I had her on antibiotics, but she was a bit "tilted" to one side. When they were out on a table, I noticed her falling over near the edge of the table, and was afraid that she would fall. However, before I have time to react and move, another of my rats walk up to her, takes a firm but careful grip around the base of her tail and pulls her away from the edge of the table. Now, I know one should be careful in placing human thoughts in animal heads, but usually, a rat "biting" another rat's tail is a surefire way to start a fight, and I can't see any other reason to do it except that she saw ahead, noticed the potential problem, figured out what to do to solve it and implemented that solution.
CelSlade 7 years ago
I would say that is a fair conclusion - rats are brilliant at problem solving.
Cynthia Allard 7 years ago
Rats are very intelligent animals. Capable of learning really complex tricks and resolving problems. They are amazing animals. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LMgkGesoVI
Sarah Jupiter 7 years ago
Rats are very group oriented, they will split treats fairly evenly and give up treats to save other rats.
#51
When I was a stupid kid, I was eating warhead hard candies. Instead of eating them like a normal person, I was squeezing one end and shooting it into my mouth. Well, I squeezed too hard and it got lodged in my throat. I made it to the back door (my dad was in the garage) before I collapsed. My cat ran out, and started swatting at my dad and got him to follow her. That was scary.
Iapetos 7 years ago
Argh, nothing's more nasty than the feeling of choking! I'm glad it doesn't happen too often to me (anymore).
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My cat has figured out how to turn on my heated mattress pad. Its just a little foot pedal near the headboard. With out fail I come home everyday to it cranked and her cuddled down near the foot of my bed, where the coils double. In the winter I sometimes wake up hot as hell and realize she's turned it on while I was sleeping.
#53
I had a genius ferret. All of my ferrets were smarter than you might expect, but Mia was ridiculous. I have tons of stories, but here’s my favourite. My roommates and I used to hangout in a TV room that had door way with no door (entranceway?). Since I wanted the ferret to be able to run around while we were there, I put a baby gate across the exit. Took her ten seconds to climb it, of course. I then wrapped the gate in carpet runner, so she couldn’t scale it. She tried for a long time, but could find anything to get a grip on. Three of us are all kind of marveling at her commitment. She stops trying to climb, and just freezes for a minute, her eyes panning around the room like she’s concocting a scheme, and then she starts eyeballing a shoebox on the other side of the room. Eyes up on the gate, back to the box, back to the gate. My buddy says “No f*cking way. You think she’s figured it out?” She walks over to the box and starts sliding it across the floor, stopping every foot or so and checking her progress. Finally gets to the gate, hops on the box and jumps up and grabs the top of the gate. Whoop she’s up and over and dancing down the hallway.
TC 7 years ago
Wow, that's an experiment performed on Chimps to check their intelligence. But... a Ferret...? Impressive
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
One of my sons had a ferret that he left behind when he went back to stay with his dad. My son who was staying with me was NOT a ferret fan. Day to day I watched while my son took his snack to his room (with ferret) to watch tv after school. The ferret slowly made friends with him by getting close and being so gentle with my son. The upshot of the story is that the snack went two ways after the ferret finally trained my son to share. And, I loved to check on them and see my son with and ice cream cone; he'd lick it, then he'd offer it to Taz who'd lick it, then back to son, then Taz. Taz would outright bite some people, but never my son.
Heidi Pasaba 7 years ago
One time, I didn't realize I hadn't secured the cage door enough, and 2 of my then 3 ferrets escaped while my husband and I were out and about. One derp decided to party hardy in the bathroom until he passed out in front of the toilet. The other, my mama's boy albino, looked all around the house, upstairs and downstairs for me. I know this because I saw stuff shuffled around downstairs when I came in the door. I freaked out, naturally, and went looking around for them. I found my albino asleep inside a pair of my pajama bottoms that I'd thrown to the floor next to my bed. All because he figured out that mama would have to return to her clothing at some point to find him. The 3rd idiot slept through the whole ordeal.
Heidi Pasaba 7 years ago
One time, I didn't secure the cage doors enough and 2 of my 3 ferrets had escaped the cage while my husband and I were out. The first idjit partied hardy in the bathroom, tearing TP to shreds and digging out the garbage until he sacked out in front of the toilet. The second, my momma's boy albino, went looking for me all throughout the house. I know he went downstairs because I saw things out of place, naturally. Well, when my albino couldn't find me, he meandered back upstairs, followed a trail of my scent into my bedroom, and curled up in a pair of my pajama bottoms because he figured out that his momma would HAVE to come back to something smelling like her. The third idjit slept through the whole thing, and missed the opportunity to play while the cat was away. Found him in his hammock still.
#54
I have two horses, Red, and Mickey. They are yarded next to each other, and there is enough of a gap in the fence that a clever horse may work out that they can just manage to pinch the others hay through it. Red took it a step further and realised that if he could steal Mickey's hay, Mickey could steal his... So he waits until Mickey is distracted by his bucket feed, and then Red takes his own hay from his own feeder and deposits it across the yard, where it's safe. He then goes back and takes Mickey's hay and deposits it where it is safe. Then Red eats his hard feed and two lots of hay. We had to move all the hay feeders.
#55
I once tried to put my roommate's dog in his kennel. Sweet dog--he obeyed me and went inside without a fuss, then looked at me like, "okay, now what?" I closed the door, put the latch down, and told him to stay in there like a good boy. He gave me this look that said "are you serious with this?" Without missing a beat, he calmly lifted the latch with his nose and walked out of the kennel.
A S Koziol 7 years ago
Waiting for his cookie! (My dogs do this-I also use a spring hook latch to keep their kennels closed, otherwise they like to get into things that might hurt them while I'm away.)
#56
When I was raising my chicks and they were about adolescent age, my one hen died suddenly. I got home and her brother was having a fit in the coop, then when I pulled her out to go bury her he just sat and watched completely silent. I picked him up to return him to the coop, and he just closed his eyes, settled down, and sat completely silent in my arms for about an hour. It broke my heart. I never knew chickens could mourn until then.
#57
I have a three month old pup who got dirt in her eye one day. Th eye kept tearing up and she held it partilly shut for a few hours. During that time I felt really bad for her and handed out a lot of treats. Since then, when I am eating, she begs by winking that eye with a tiny whimper. Her wink is nonstop. If she's called by someone else in the home she looks at them with perfect eyes. I get the "broken eye" Once she gets the goods -fully working eyes.
Isabel Care 7 years ago
My friends' border collie was hit by a car and ended up with a broken leg. He had a cast and limped for a few months. Once he recovered he would pull on the lead using all 4 legs. He would then limp for sympathy until I said "wrong leg"
#58
She saved my life. I was sleeping, and started going into a diabetic seizure. My SO at the time was a very heavy sleeper (her dog). She jumped on the bed, whining and barking until my SO woke up. Ambulance was called, life was saved.
#59
Dogs are awesome. I had a gentle giant growing up and once a guy drove up the road at double the legal speed in a narrow, twisted medieval street near a school, almost hitting both my dad and my dog. My dad loudly yelled "asshole" and gestured at the car, and the guy, proving he was even more an asshole than previously thought, stopped his car, got out and did a few steps to threaten my dad. My dog gently sat down, managed to make his fur double in size, and did the kind of growl you only hear dogs do once or twice in their lifetime, the kind that says "You better not make one more step". My dad did not even have the time to think of an answer before the guy did a full U turn and got back in his car to drive away. My dad had a hard time telling us the story because he was laughing so much at the face the guy made. Also, seeing it's about being intelligent, my old dog understood how to open silently the doors where the treats where and close them back, but never did it when someone was around. We had to film him. He also figured out once that every now and then, some old ladies would gather up in the house next door which was owned by the municipality to host club events. He knew when they would come somehow and would climb the garden wall to get some biscuits from them. I miss him.
Carol Williams 7 years ago
I still fondly remember my dad coming in from walking a mutt terrier/poodle mix we found. He was a Master Sergeant in the Army, and didn't usually show much emotion. He was laughing so much he was crying, and it took several minutes before he could tell us his story. Apparently at the top of the hill the came upon a ball of garter snakes sunning themselves, just where the dog was trying to deficate...the hissing startled our dog so much he ended up "going" on the snake heap.....I'm laughing now, and this was over 30 years ago...
#60
We have smooth wood floors that can be kind of slippery in socks. One night I took a corner too fast, slipped, and went down hard. I wasn't hurt, just sorta stunned so I just stayed on the floor for a second (I was belly-side down, but propped up on my elbow). When I didn't get up right away, my dog leapt over the couch to get to me, wiggled her body under mine then stood up, so that she was kind of lifting my body up on hers. I'm not sure if it was at all her intention, but I like to think she was trying to help me. As soon as I got up on my own, she proceeded to tackle me and frantically lick my face in celebration. :)
#61
Carries his bone to you and pushes it into your hand. Then he starts chewing the other end of it while you hold it. When you try to pull on the bone to maybe start a tug-of-war game with him, he stops chewing and gives you a look like, "What the heck? Just hold it. You're the one with opposable thumbs."
#62
We had one remarkably intelligent pet rat. There was a number of intelligent things he did, but here are some highlights. His much larger older brother was keeping him away from one of the food dishes on the first level. He chews a hole in the bottom of a box on the top level and moves it down to the first level. He manages to move the box, with him inside it, and the hole he chewed perfectly aligned with the food dish. He camped his box right over the bowl, with him in it, blocking his brother out, where he could eat in peace. He was the master of manipulating his environment. Inside their cage was a number of levels and boxes. He would push them around, nest them, or chew them to get wherever he wanted to go. It was like watching someone playing a video game where they had to arrange boxes to get where they wanted. It was all the more impressive given he had limited mobility from his rear legs, and more than compensated in this way. We would put puzzles filled with treats in their cage to give them something to solve. Without fail he was always the one to solve them, no matter how many layers we would put on them. He had a few tumors removed over the course of his life. Without fail he always seemed to remove his stitches a day or so before he was scheduled to go back in for removal. Provided he could reach them. Everyone else would either leave them be or immediately try to remove them. No matter where you would put food blocks, he would carefully pick them up and place them in designated food bowls. He was extremely vocal in the way some dogs, like huskies are. Unlike others he would modulate his squeaks to try and communicate. RIP Felix, you brilliant little rat.
#63
The smartest thing I've seen my cat do is referee when my girlfriend's kitten was trying to fight her older cat. We were initially terrified because my cat was found as a stray and you can tell that he's had his ass kicked in a few fights back in the day. When we adopted him, when he'd hear the other cats start playfighting, he'd rush out to be there too. He weighed about twice as much as the next biggest cat, and we knew almost nothing about his personality at the time, so of course this filled us with terror. Well, we followed him out into the next room, and he had just managed to perch himself on the coffee table, above the action, and was just watching. When the older cat switched from playing to getting genuinely exasperated with the kitten, he tagged in so the other cat could get away. For months he would do this, so we figured he may have helped raise kittens when he was stray. Anyway, his personality is great, and he's a sweet dumb boy and the best lap cat you could ask for. The vet at the shelter thought he would want to be an outside cat, but once we got him home it was very plain that that was not the case. I could leave the door open all day and he wouldn't go anywhere; this cat has no interest in being outdoors again.
Ann Abdelzaher 7 years ago
we had a corgi who thought it was her job to referee and intervene in cat fights if she heard the sounds of cats fighting or a cat in distress she would go nuts until we let her out then she would go take care of the problem. we also discovered if we "faked" the sounds of cats in distress it would drive her batty LOL
#64
My dog knows my caller ID. I sometimes need to call home from my cell, and our home phone "speaks" the incoming call's caller ID. The only time my dog ever howls is when I call and the answering machine says my ID. She's done it when my mom is off somewhere else in the house and can't hear the phone ringing. She doesn't do it for any other phone call, even if I'm not home. I also tried calling while I'm still home to see if I can get her to howl, but she just looks at me like I'm an idiot.
My dog also has two bowls: one for food and one for water. Whenever I give her some crushed ice to lick in the water bowl, she'll pick up chunks of the ice and put them in the food bowl instead. Apparently, solids = food bowl, even if said solids turn into water.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
My dad has a different ringer sound set for my number on his cellphone, which my dog also recognizes and goes crazy over. She goes to my dad and asks to talk to me (she asks us for things by placing her paw on us), my dad puts the phone close to her so she can hear and I talk to her for a bit. She gets really upset when I call and don't talk to her too.
Ann Abdelzaher 7 years ago
whenever I wasn't home and my husband was if the answering machine would pick up (which had my voice) our cat would come running from anywhere in the house to here my voice. He also once saw the cat play a message I left on the machine over and over again.
#65
I had a yabbie in my freshwater tank that is a genius. I one day watched him gather some food pellets into his cave, wait for the fish today eat the rest then a few minutes later place them in front of the cave entrance, then attacked and ate a fish that came to eat the pellets. He stockpiled his meal to later bait an even better meal. That f*cker is in his own tank now.
Master Markus 7 years ago
Apparently a yabby is a kind of crayfish, just mentioning in case someone else needed to look it up.
Mizu Okaomi 7 years ago
We had a Mastiff named Max. He used to let a bit of food on his plate and lay down beside it in silence. When a bird went down to eat the food he would jump, catch it and eat it whole.
#66
I have a parrot. We have a black cat called shadow and he comes when we say his name. One day I hear Oliver (my parrot) saying "Shadow! Shadow!" while he's in the kitchen on the stool. I look outside and shadow is at the door begging to be let in. Also once I accidentally woke Oliver up and he started grumbling, "sh*t sh*t sh*t!"
Isabel Care 7 years ago
Our Persian cat could silently summon me from my attic room to let her back in when my dad had let her out and forgotten to let her in again. She could also get me to collect grass for her and request nip before I was even home from work (her influence was about half a mile) Would find her sitting by nip drawer or "grass" plate once I got in already knowing what she wanted. Have I been bred to be a perfect cat slave?
Carol Marshall 7 years ago
The Egyptians knew how powerful/amazing cats were. Seems like you’re now it’s slave lol
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Hollywood 7 years ago
My black cat is named Toothless (after how to train your dragon), but I call him 'The Shadow' sometimes.
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My dog Roger will start barking at the front door as if someone is there. My other dog Flash will immediately join him. There is no one at the front door, Roger just wanted to take Flash's spot on the bed and all the pets.
#68
My roommate's dog. We were taking care of another dog for a few days and he was staying at our house. They got along well enough, but visitor dog kept trying to play and resident dog never wanted to. One evening, resident dog walks in to the living room to find visitor dog is in her favorite spot on the couch. She immediately barks, drops into a play bow, and starts jumping around to play with him. Visitor dog gets super excited that she finally wants to play and abandons the couch. Resident dog drops the playacting and reclaims her rightful throne.
#69
My former boss had a parking lot clean-up and lawn maintenance business. He would send his two collies out around the parking lots collecting trash, and they'd bring it back to his truck. They loved it. It was amazing to see.
#70
Not my current dog, but the family dog we got when I was a teenager. I came home and went to my room and she's just barking for no reason. Not furiously, but an unfamiliar cadence and enough to be annoying. I finally come out of my room to see what she wants. I look out the window and see my car trunk lid hadn't latched all the way and was wide open. Not that I had much of value in there, but as a broke college student in a neighborhood where anything not nailed down gets stolen, I thought it was pretty awesome of her. She got extra treats and pets that day.
I_is_hoomin_I_swer 7 years ago
“Hooman,,, you. Have neglected,, to shut the back.,, of teh portable kennel,,.. you must fix this,, issue..,,”
#71
When my son was a baby, he was teething really bad. Constantly running a fever and cranky. we gave him lots of the tylenol suspension drops. One morning I had the baby wedged in the recliner while I was looking for something. Of course he was crying. Our dog, looked at the baby, ran upstairs, came back down a few seconds later with the tylenol, dropped it in the recliner where it rolled to the baby. Then the dog turned to me and barked until I picked it up.
Kalen Brown 7 years ago
Nice story but IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES should medicine be stored where a dog can get at it that easily. If they can get it, so can that kid when they get a bit older.
#72
I put a pot of water on the stove and while waiting for it to boil I went and got involved in something else and forgot about it. After a while my siamese kitten came in and started meowing at me, in a very insistent way. I figured she just wanted attention so I gave her a few pets and just kept doing my thing. She kept meowing and started poking her claws into my ankles, not drawing blood but definitely enough to get my attention. She ran to the door and looked back meowing, so I followed her. She led me to the kitchen where the pot was starting to smoke because all of the water had boiled off. You know she got her favorite wet food and so many snuggles.
Final score:
48points
#73
Husband used to have a large cat who, if his breakfast was "late", would live the toilet seat up a few inches with his head then let go . BAM-bam-bam-m-m-m
Magpie 7 years ago
Had a cat that woke me up , because Daylight savings had come in, and he thought I should be up. - he didn't need food or anything. He was good about weekends. But public holidays he would try to make me get up. But using the usual purring in my face, licking my face. Running up and down from my feet to my face over and over.
Nicole Bowman 7 years ago
Friends had a smart cat, part Persian, supper fluffy! Anyways, one day my friend gets a really high water bill, like 4 or 5 times higher then normal. Meters is checked, not broken. No leaks anywhere. My friend comes home for lunch one random day and hears the toilet flush. He lives alone. As soon as the toilet was refilled, it flushes again. This repeats several times. My friend sneaks around the corner and finds his smart cat sitting on the toilet tank with toilet paper reaching from holder to bowl. Cat reaches down, "steps"on the flush handle, and watches the paper swirl around. The smart cat found new entertainment! By comparison, their other cat, stared at a dead bug for 2 days waiting for it to move.
#74
My cat figured out how to fill up my bathtub. He learned how to close the drain and would turn the water handle and would just sit there and watch the tub slowly fill up. It took me weeks to figure out what was going on.
Magpie 7 years ago
hahaha, good luck !! I still can not get my cat to bring me coffee :D
Load More Replies... Kiss Army 7 years ago
My aunt's cat would flush the toilet, watch the water drain and flush it again, over and over and over. They tried closing the door, but the cat learned to open it. Her water bill got so high from his continuous flushing that she ended up having to reverse the knobs so the lock was on the outside and she could lock the cat out. He was one of the coolest cats ever!
#75
About the otters, one summer an otter escaped from their enclosure, and was seen around the zoo/amusement park, swimming around people who had hired rowing and pedal boats. He'd go up to guests to beg for snacks, etc. All summer the guards tried to catch him, but he learned to recognise their uniforms, and stayed away. They finally succeeded in catching him when the guards dressed in civvies.
#76
My first cat ended up going through renal failure which caused him to urinate a lot. I would clean his box every day but sometimes I would get home from work late and he didn't like that. He started using the toilet all on his own. I caught him one afternoon while cleaning the house. I was sweeping the hallway and as I passed the bathroom I heard the sound of peeing in the toilet. As I continued sweeping past the door it dawned on me that my husband was at work, leaving me home alone. So now I'm slightly disturbed and I slowly back up, broom in hand, and peer around the door jam into the bathroom. My cat is sitting on the toilet urinating and giving me a look that screams he wants some privacy. I was in so much shock I just gave him his privacy and went back to sweeping. After that day he refused to use his box anymore and in the final months of his life I actually had to go out and by him a trainer potty so he wouldn't have to jump up on the toilet anymore. The lady at Walmart thought I was playing a prank on her when I told her what I needed the potty for.
Chris Wilkinson 7 years ago
We had a cat that would use the toilet as well. Never flushed though.
Neha Jawale-Bhorge 7 years ago
In the last days of my childhood cat, he had a renal failure and would go sleep in the bathroom so we wouldn’t have to clean his pee.. miss him so much 😢
#77
Early in the morning, I open our sliding glass door to let my dog out. She stands there staring at me as I tell her to go to the bathroom and motion outside. After a 10 second staring contest I attempt to lead her outside by first going out myself. I then proceed to walk into the sliding screen door I failed to open and knock it off the rails. That was when I knew my dog was smarter than me.
#78
My cat knows that old grocery bags are what I scoop his crap into, so when I slip up and forget to clean his litter box he drags one in there to let me know.
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
They are sincerely going to make a deal if you let the litter box go too long.
#79
I had a very smart and wonderful golden retriever, Emma. She would sometimes try trading one of her gross rawhide chews for something we were holding if she wanted it--she once dropped her toy in my dad's lap, nudged it towards him, and started "speaking" (not like a bark, more like dog complaining) while nodding at the apple he held. She would also distract our book smart but not street smart other golden if she wanted the toy the other dog had. She'd take a random toy, go up to one of us and make a big deal, jumping and barking and playing with us with the toy. Then when book smart dog dropped her toy and ran to see what all the fuss was about, Emma would immediately leave us and grab book smart's toy and run off with it. One time she found a hurt dove and brought it to us in her mouth, holding it so gently.
Martha Parks 7 years ago
Goldens are know for their "soft mouths" so they can carry game without damaging it...
Kalen Brown 7 years ago
Intelligent, but far too trusting would be my guess
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#80
Back when I was a kid, my family had an incredibly intelligent Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She had somehow managed to learn several dozen different words, to the point where we could tell her to go find certain people, to wait for us in certain rooms, or to pick out specific items from her collection of about fifteen different toys. This dog would even obey remarkably detailed commands combining those elements, like "Go get your hedgehog, then bring it to Dad in his office." Suffice to say, she was a damned remarkable pet. Now, this dog's favorite toy was a little stuffed animal that was vaguely shaped like a human, which we referred to as her "baby." She would wrestle with it, tote it around the house, and keep it right next to her whenever the family would gather to watch a movie or something. After a year or so of such adventures, though, the toy started to get a little bit worn out, so my mother decided to replace it. In an effort to "surprise" the dog, she discreetly put the old baby in the garbage, then stood in the middle of the living room with the new one behind her back. "Kayodee!" my mother called. (The dog's name was "KOD," though we pronounced every letter.) "Kayodee, come here!" As expected, the dog came bounding into the room, a happy spring in her step. "Where's your baby? Go get your baby!" Everyone expected the dog to approach the corner where her toys were kept, discover the item was missing, then mount a search for it. She'd done similar things in the past, after all, with "Hide-and-Seek" being one of the many games she seemingly enjoyed... but rather than behaving as anticipated, KOD trotted over to the trash compactor and started pressing on its foot pedal with her paws. She wasn't heavy enough to get the thing open, but the intention was clear enough. In the end, KOD wound up with two babies.
Kiss Army 7 years ago
I ended up with a cat named Gray C. (pronounced Gracie) because she was a stray we were trying to find a home for. The logic was not to name her because if you name an animail, you will end up keeping it. We kept calling her The Cat, after about a week (while we were still trying to find her a home) my husband said "Let's just shorten it to TC for The Cat". I said "How about Gray C. for Gray Cat?" That was it... we'd named her... she was with us until she passed away at 17 years old.
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I had a fat cat who was once a barn cat. She was a great mouser (lived in a sketchy apartment on a first floor.. had mice, to figure). One day my hamster escaped. When I noticed I didn't even bother looking for him. As far as I was concerned, he was dead. Cue fat cat meowing from the kitchen. Just meowing, meowing, meowing. I go to see what's up and she has my hamster, cornered, and is meowing at me, like "hey man, is this yours?"
Faith Stroup 7 years ago
Why would you not even attempt? That just sounds pretty cruel to me...
Kalen Brown 7 years ago
Cats that are mousers will pretty much always kill hamsters, guinea pigs, or other small rodents, even most non-mousers will. Probably the hamster had been out for a long time before they noticed, so they just assumed it was dead.
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Not a zoo, but an exotic animal sanctuary. We have a Timber Wolf that loves to steal things from people. She has taken dozens of things from our volunteers. Scrub brushes, hair ties, walkie-talkies, cleaner bottles, water bottles, eyeglasses, you name it. My favorite though, is one day she managed to get a hold of a girl's bra strap and would not let go. She wasn't pulling her around or anything, she was just sitting there with the bra-strap in her mouth. It was one of her favorite volunteers so I imagine she didn't want her to go anywhere. We had to pay her a chicken quarter to change her mind.
#83
My step dad was a serious alcoholic (still is) however before he met myself and my mother he has this beautiful Staffie. Multiple people confirmed that if he was in the bar and the dog was worried. It could get out of the house. Onto a bus and to the main strip. It would then go in every bar one by one looking for him. If he didn't find him, he would go back to one specific bar and sit on a chair and wait for him.
Sara Kate MacFarland 7 years ago
it's more than 'rather'....I'd say it's really sad
Load More Replies... Laura Sherman 7 years ago
Sad Yes, but also incredible that it knew which Bus to take and when to get off! Still was too responsible for his human, poor thing.
Taysha Kovar 7 years ago
This reminds me of the BEST anti drunk driving advertisement I saw: picture of dog looking longingly out a window. Tagline: He won't understand why you never came home. Don't drink and drive.
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
Someone posted that on one of my social media sites and said he'd never thought of it that way, and that it had far more impact on his social drinking when he was going to be driving himself home than anything.
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And Staffie's have this bad name... They used to be considered good baby-sitters.
#84
My dog likes to sleep in the kitchen. Most nights I am up late on my desktop working which is near the kitchen. When he gets annoyed at the light he goes behind the curtain to make a blindfold that covers his eyes.
#85
Was putting up a new fence when it started to rain bad. Went inside, called the dog and he had my phone that I forgot on top of the new post
#86
Our cat hears the mailman delivering the mail through the letter slot in the door. He races to it, grabs each piece in his teeth, and then drags them - one by one - to the chair where I'm sitting. If a piece of mail is too heavy for him to move, he just sits at my feet, MEOWING, looking back and forth between the letter slot and me.
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
My cat brings me "things"...plastic bag with screws, piece of mail, catalog, sock, screw driver, etc. Now we have mice in the house, so when I hear the "kitten call", he's got a mouse for me. I no longer get random gifts, now that we have real mice.
#87
Our border collie/weimaraner mix knocks on the door when she wants to go outside or come inside. We never taught her to do this, she just started doing it on her own and I guess she picked up that when she does it we open the door for her.
She can also be given left/right/forward/back/dig directions. We will hide something in the yard and she'll find it. She knows it's a game and will run a ways, look back, we will shout the direction and she takes off the way we tell her. It usually only takes a few minutes for her to find the prize.
Amber Adkins 7 years ago
My border collie does this, she learned it from my old girl Princess, who learned it from my grandma's dogs. It was passed throughout the dog family I miss them all. Molly's all I have left of them.
Amanda Schloegel 7 years ago
I'm glad some dog owners still let their doggos be doggos.....and not train their instincts away.
#88
Cat would not let me go to sleep and insisted I follow her to the kitchen. We had just gotten a new stove with a glass cooktop and didn't realize one of the burners was still on very low. Thanks, kitty.
#89
My Corgi helps hold open inside doors for my 3 legged dog (named Wobbles) we adopted when he realized Wobbles couldn't follow him due to the doors shutting behind him.
#90
We have 5 cats and a pomeranian puppy. Our youngest cat (only a year old but already 12 pounds)(not fat just a big cat) LOVES to play soccer with the puppy they will spend hours batting a ball back and forth. So at night the puppy goes into her kennel to sleep. Well, lately the cat has been helping the dog escape so that they can play ball. (Its a soft sided kennel that the dog chew a hole thru on one side so the cat scoots the kennel away from the wall so the dog can climb out) My cat Leo also has turned on the water faucet, learned to open the pantry door, flips his bowl over when he thinks the water isn't clean enough, turns the propane stove on(...that was a huge problem lol had to get a new stove cause of him) and he seems to know when a panic attack is setting in and comes and cuddles with me till it's over. He also opens drawers, and loves to hide in them. Thought I lost him for a whole day till I found him blissfully sleeping in my underwear drawer. He also would hide in the bathroom drawers and cabinets, wait till I got in the shower then come out and jump in the shower with me. Our old sheltie used to open doors, he would frequently open the pantry door, pull a jar of peanut butter off the shelf then chew the lid off and eat ALL the peanut butter.(guess who bought a lock for their pantry?) He also learned that when my mom told us to put socks and shoes on (either spoken or in sign language) that meant we were leaving so he'd go to his kennel. He also knew how to lock, and unlock that kennel. When we would leave he would unlock it and get into the trash then when he heard us pulling into the garage he would run back upstairs, into the kennel and lock the door back. Took us ages to figure this out. We also adopted a second sheltie..who...ok he was like 50+pounds not a small dog yeah? He for some reason thought he was a cat. He would jump onto the table, counter top, bed, dresser, anything he could. He was a weird dog.
Final score:
36points
#91
My bunnies have recently learnt the " fake illness" trick. But they do it for treats. Essentially bunnies should eat constantly and If they stop eating it's a really bad sign. Death can follow shortly. . So whenever they don't immediately start on their breakfast i get concerned and usually spend some time watching them constantly from a distance . If after an hour or two I haven't seen them eat I try to ply them with treats. They turn their nose up till in desperation I plonk a few handfuls of treats in their bowls. I retreat to see what happens, both of them attack the bowl with gusto. Twice this month already they've pulled this stunt. Of course after they've eaten the treats they then return to normal food as if nothing happened. Never put bunnies on a diet. It brings out their devious side.
Amanda Young 7 years ago
I have a cat who does something similar... she'll eat a few bites, then meow at us until we put a few pieces of dry kibble on top...
#92
I had a hamster that we kept in a fishtank, with a mesh wire ceiling. He reorganized his cage so that the wheel was close to one of the walls, and he'd squeeze himself between the wall and the wheel and run up the wall. We thought it was hilarious. Well, apparently it was practice. One night he finally succeeded in his plan, which was to propel himaelf over the top of the wheel, catch his claws in the wire mesh, and chew a hole through the top, and escape.
Krista Gardner 7 years ago
I had a three legged hamster once that, at night, would bite at her cage door until it popped open, chewed a hole in the carpet under the door so she could escape and go on wild adventures while I slept. I would always find her back in her cage sleeping the next morning though, with her door still open. The thing is, we also had a cat that was a notorious rodent killer and was always attacking the hamster cage, so how my hamster went on these adventures every night without being eaten, I will never know.
#93
My cat has this thing about drinking water from a bowl. She would always tip it over lick it off the floor. We got tired of stepping on a wet floor in socks on the daily so we wedged the water bowl between two heavier objects so that she couldn't tip it over. She realized she could get a running start to jump onto a rolling office chair to create enough force to move the bowl enough to spill it onto the floor. I feel like she has a pretty good grasp on simple physics and using tools to get her way.
Chainlinks Art 6 years ago
Keep it up and then one day stop so the cat learns its not ok wet socks are a form of tourture in some places. plan planned.
#94
I used to have this 5-6 foot iguana and let it roam the house because it was badass. It would chill in the bay window and catch sunlight all day. One day he climbed the back door and clawed his way out of the screen. I found him perched ontop of our garage, he changed his skin to almost pure black and was flared up as big as he could get trying to gather all the sun he could. I guess he saw that garage everytime he was basking in the sun and decided one day he wanted to be on top of it.
#95
We had a dog called Suki, probably the smartest dog we've ever had. I had a kitten at the time, Sam, who was trying to climb into a box. She managed to get her paws onto the edge and lost her footing, hanging from her front paws. Suki watches Sam awhile with interest. Realising Sam was stuck, Suki casually walks over, puts her muzzle under Sam and flicks her head, flipping Sam to safety on top of the box. Rescue completed, she saunters away like she hadn't done anything extraordinary.
#96
My friend's pet. I was sitting on the couch with a buddy while said friend was making some food, and while we were talking, her dog started to eat food from its bowl. When he got out of food, he tried to press the button that opens the lid of the device, that releases more food to the bowl. He didn't make it. I started laughing and said "What a stupid dog...". The dog imediately stopped and stared at me. I stopped laughing. The dog kept staring, pissed. After solid 10 seconds, the dog walked away on the opposite direction. After a few steps, the dog stopped, turned his head and stared at me for 5 more seconds. Then left. I got scared.
#97
Was in the middle of packing to move and one of us forgot to close the hamster cage. Hammy gets out and is running around. Cat notices hammy and makes this loud strange meow that wakes us up and alerts us to the loose hamster. Pretty decent of that cat to not eat the hamster.
Amber Adkins 7 years ago
My cat has a policy about not eating things I've touched. Wild bird = Dinner Bird my scent is on = heck no run away, same thing with bunnies, hamsters, lizards
#98
We've got two dogs. One of the dogs has frequent seizures, the medicine only helps so much. The other dog can sense them before they'll happen. She'll warn us like 10-30 sec before we'll even notice. I know there are dogs trained to do this with humans but the other dog isn't trained whatsoever.
EHops 7 years ago
Cannabis oil (CBD would work wonders)can really help but not vaccinating? That's just silly
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 7 years ago
If you have a dog that has seizures, I sure as f**k would be very VERY careful with vaccination. I'm not anti-vaxing, no way, but if someone (pet or person) is already ill, you don't want to take risks. Of course if you need rabies-shots, that might be inevitable, but some vaccinations can be left out.
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#99
I'm pretty bad at keeping track of my 3ds game cartridges. Lucky for me, my cat isn't. I once lost my copy of pokemon x, nearly destroyed my room trying to find it. A week later, I'm outside exercising and my cat walks up to me, drops the missing game cartridge at my feet and then just walks off like it's no big deal.
#100
One time my dog had trouble chewing through a new bone...so she brought it to her water bowl and dropped it in and then went back to chew it a few mins later when it was soft. Most intelligent thing I've ever seen an animal do.
#101
We had a pair of Dobermans. They both loved to lay in the sunbeam in the living room. The male was very smart...the female very sweet. She would be laying there, enjoying the warmth of the sun. He would come to one of us sitting on the couch and put his head in our lap for a pet. He would look back over his shoulder at her to make sure she saw that he was getting a pet. Immediately she would jealously run over and add her head to our lap for her own pet. As soon as she did, he would run over and steal her place in the sun. She never did learn.
Final score:
29points
#102
I had left my dog home alone for about an hour. It was the middle of winter and my family were very poor and didn't have oil or very good insulation in some parts of the house. So I got back and I found my dog with every single blanket in the house on my bed and he was in the very center of all of them.
#103
There are two dog-parks near my home and my dog preferred one over the other, but the preferred one is a bit further away. One day I was walking her and when she realised I was taking her to the closer one, she suddenly started to limp. I stopped to check her paws. Finding nothing wrong, I continued, and the limp miraculously disappeared once I started heading the way she wanted to go.
#104
Every morning when I wake up, I step outside for a smoke and let my dog out to handle his business in the yard. He's usually done by the time I am. One day, he was sniffing something really interesting and he was not ready to come back in yet. I forced him inside and he seemed pretty pissed about it. As soon as we walk through the door, he runs ahead of me around the corner and in to my bedroom. As soon as I get to my room, he's waiting for me. We lock eyes, he lifts his leg, and pisses all over the side of my bed while maintaining eye contact.
#105
My little lovebird used to turn on the sink by himself and take a bath, and also loved the Wu-tang Clan. Specifically Raekwon, he would literally dance to it, bobbing and weaving his head in perfect rythm while lifting his legs opposite of where his head was turned.
#106
Flatmate arrived home with fast food. Went upstairs. Dog then barked at the door, flatmate went downstairs to check the door. Dog ate the food. I heard the blood curdling screams from my downstair bedroom. One of many, many stories of my Jack Russells ability to calculate, anticipate, and obtain the reward.
#107
Ages ago he had hurt his tail and had to get part of it cut off. He had to take antibiotics for a while, which he hated. First I hid them in the end of a banana, and he'd bit the end off. But, he quit eating banana entirely to avoid the pill. So I tried other foods. Long story how we got to spaghettios, but I had the pill hidden in a little plate of spaghettios. He examined them closely, and nudged them, then found the pill. I was waiting to see if he's refuse it, but instead he gave me the most hateful glare. Then he shoved a paw into the spaghettios and swiped very hard backwards, causing most of the spaghettios to spatter against the back of his cage. Then he puffed up and shook his head at me and continued glaring to make sure I understood that hiding the pill in spaghettios was absolutely not acceptable.
Nadja Lambacher 7 years ago
First line of the original post : "I had an iguana that just died in January at the age of 22." Ok that was unexpected, I really thought it would be a cat.
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ispeak catanese 7 years ago
Figured it was something like a cockatoo, but an iguana makes perfect sense! Whenever I felt depressed I went to a local pet shop where there was an old iguana lounging on a branch in a cage. I'd jiggle the branch gently and that iguana would give me the dirtiest look! Hope he found a loving forever home.
#108
The front of the bottom of our TV cabinet is glass and has a magnetic latch, so if you press it, it makes a sort of clicking sound. My cat will rub his paw pads rapidly up and down the glass, making it click in and out of position at like 15 clicks a friggin second. Drives me crazy, and he only does it in the early morning when he feels I should be getting up for food and cuddles. So, like, 4 am.
#109
My former horse was a big escape artist, so we put him in a small electrified pen. He was barefoot, so he figured out that if he stood in the sandy soil and just barely touched his whiskers to the electric fence, it would ground out. And then he could jump or bust out without getting shocked. He understood electricity a lot better than I do!
Chris Wilkinson 7 years ago
Orangutans have figured out electricity to escape their enclosures as well.
Kiss Army 7 years ago
My cat would smack the door stopper spring thing on the wall over and over making a "BOING, BOING, BOING..." sound over and over all night long...
#110
My friends cat would lay on the dryer and turn it on all day while they were at work... found out after a $500 electrical bill.
#111
I have a very fluffy white sizzle chicken named Sizzle! All the other chickens bully her and pull out her feathers so we end up keeping her inside in a cage. When ever I take her outside she will follow me around but if I get to close to the mean chickens she will run over to where it is safe and jump up and down and basically scream until I come to. She will also bawk really loud if we are being to loud for no reason to alert someone and get us to calm down. To add onto that she is best friends with my black fluffy cat name stormy and at night if Sizzle it is cold (My house is very cold in the winter my heating is not very good) he will sleep by her cage and curl up around it and some times even drag a light blanket over top to make sure she is warm.
Final score:
27points
Ann Abdelzaher 7 years ago
I had a white guinea pig whose cage was an aquarium at the time I also had a big white cat, at first was worried about the cat and guinea pig because there was no lid on the aquarium so I just kept my door shut. Well one day my door didn't latched properly came back to my room to find the cat in the cage with the guinea pig curled together sleeping... yeah they did that all the time and the Guinea pig would get mad when she left and if he wanted a nap he had a certain squeal to call her to come .. she'd come and lay in the cage curled around the guinea pig....
#112
I watched a chicken teach another chicken how to get out of the coop. My parents have chickens and my dad built their coop himself. For the first six months or so they found new ways to escape into the yard until my dad sealed up all the escape routes. Tipsy, the boss chicken, was hanging out in the corner of the coop, and once she saw that two of the three other chickens were in the house, she rustled her feathers to get the third chicken, Digsy, to look at her. Then she hopped up onto a branch and wiggled through s gap in the wire. Then, she got back INTO the coop and looked at Digsy with that little side eye thing chickens do until Digsy tried it herself, then followed her out into the yard. I let them have that one, and until dad patched the hole a week later I only saw Tipsy and Digsy out in the yard, not the other two.
Bored Birgit 7 years ago
Would like to know the names of the other two - Tipsy, Digsy, and who? ;-)
#113
My yabbie used to arrange plastic rocks in different colour combinations every day; one day it may be one pile for each colour, and the next all the blue and yellow on one side of the tank and the pink and green on the other, etc. He was probably really bored.
#114
Had a cat that used to go #1 and #2 on the toilet. We had him in Arizona then moved to Nebraska during the winter. We didn't have a litter box and it was way too cold outside for him. One day I went into the bathroom to see him perched and meowing at me like I was intruding his space. Smart little bastard.
#115
We used to keep my childhood dog in the garage while we were at school. She once found an old garage door opener, figured out how it worked, and buried it in an old dead potted plant in the garage... when we left for the day she would nose around in the dead plant till the door opened and go play with the neighbor's dog.. in their living room, because she also figured out hot to open their sliding door and let herself in. Edit: Finding out was actually just luck. I had a half day from school. She had been getting out pretty much every day and we had no idea how the door was getting opened. I was walking up the driveway, the door opened and I saw her coming from over in that direction. Her nose had dirt on it and there was dirt on the ground, wasn't too hard to piece together once this happened.
Magpie 7 years ago
Smart dog. ... Different days now tho'. Don't think any dog would be happy locked up in a garage all day.
diane a 7 years ago
We had 2 boxer girls - sometimes when we were both working they had to spend half a day by themselves - in summer they had the run of the house, secure garden and garage - Got a call from a neighbour to say our dogs were loose on the street. They had managed to get the remote garage door opener from a shelf and chew it until the door opened and they could escape - little sods
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My dog went to follow me outside. Stuck his paw out to see how bad it was raining then immediately went and sat on his couch.
#117
When I was going through a really bad spell with depression my dog used to come in to bedroom and check I was okay. He would lay his head down on the bed just standing watching me. He could also open every door in the house save for the front door, and one night he was out a walk with my dad off the lead in a field when my dad lost sight of him. He somehow made his was to my grandparents house. We think someone may have tried to steal him as he had managed to wriggle out of his collar.
#118
My blood parrot would greet everyone who walked in the front door. It wasn’t a ‘feed me’ thing, because he didn’t do it when you walked past randomly it was just when you were coming home. Super smart little dude, and a dedicated decorator also- the fake plants all had certain spots and if you moved them an inch he would notice immediately and drag them with his mouth back to their special spots.
#119
My cat gets really ashamed when he hacks up a hairball. He will sit there looking very sad until its cleaned up. Well one day I was at work when he threw one up, and since there was nobody in the house to clean it up for him, he tried to clean/cover it up it on his own. He found one of my dirty socks I kicked off the day before, unrolled it, and then neatly placed it over the hairball. I still ended up stepping in it though...
Magpie 7 years ago
no no no, it is the witch that use the broom.... I'll get my coat and go.
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Hahahahahaaaa...been there....still funnier when it happens to someone else....
#120
My dog is afraid of the smoke alarm. After a while he discovered the toaster could set the alarm off if toast burned. So he became scared of the toaster. Eventually he figured out the noise the bread bag made as it preceded the toaster noise, so he became scared of that. Eventually he figured out the kettle turning in usually accompanied the bread bag noise, so he became scared of that. Now we have just reached the point that he has figured out the time of day we go into the kitchen to turn on the kettle and open the bread bag, so he has scheduled his fear to that. I am always blown away how he has been able to figure all this out. Not sure if it is really that smart but it impresses me
Amanda Schloegel 7 years ago
Daylight savings day is HORRIBLE for my dog: the day our smoke alarm batteries get changed. He already had a history of anxiety from prev owners that wasn't fully disclosed when we rescued him BUT he's awesome. Anyway back to the story. One day we were all at work and the smoke alarm batteries must've just needed to be changed. The alarm was going off for HOURS, and my poor doggo, Starbuck, who can't even tolerate fireworks, was probably freaking out. Now, every year, when we need to change out the batteries, we try to get them done super-fast. He still has a PTSD moment. I would take him out for walkies next year.
ispeak catanese 7 years ago
I love the line "he's scheduled his fear," it's something many of us cluelessly do!
#121
My dad had a cockatoo that would mimick the can opener noise and would yell "C'MERE BOYS!" and the dogs would come running into the kitchen expecting dinner. That's how I learned about 'the boy who cried wolf' and Pavlov's bell.
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Pavlov never trained a dog to salivate to the sound of a bell. The iconic bell would have proven totally useless to his real goal, which required precise control over the quality and duration of stimuli (he most frequently employed a metronome, a harmonium, a buzzer, and electric shock).
#122
One of my pet rats was kinda smart. When they would walk around on my bed, they were able to step onto the windowsill. I used to have blinds in front of my window, and the little cord hung over it down to the ground. At the end of the cord there was this little weight. So my pet rat tried to lift the cord upward, but when of course it kept falling back down because of the little weight. He thought for a minute, and then lifted the cord again, put his front paw on the cord, gripped another part of the cord with his teeth, lifted it upward a little further, put his paw on top of it, etc. He managed to get the rest of the cord and little weight on the windowsill. He did that every day after that. I thought that was pretty smart. Also, I used to have 2 rats that could spin around their axis on command. They knew they would get a snack if they did that. So whenever I opened a bag of potato chips (for myself!) They started spinning around like 10 times hoping they would get some. I never give my rats chips, for the record.
#123
One of my dogs would walk next to me without a leash and no matter what he would never bark or leave. All I did was give him attention and take good care of him, he learned all this stuff by observing my behavior. When one of my dogs died he would cry at night and one day I laid on the floor and slept next to him, he started crying even more until one day he became silent again.
#124
I used to have a border collie/German Shepherd mix named ash. We had a 6 foot chain link fence with about an acre-sized backyard for him to roam freely. One day, we couldn’t find him and an hour later he was back in the yard. As his escapes happened more often, I decided to watch him from the window. He would stick his front paws in the fence, pull himself up so his lower legs went in the fence, then put his front paws on top of the fence and climb over it like a goddamn human. He could do it from the other side as well and never hurt himself doing it. I was so impressed I wasn’t even mad at him when he continued doing it for the remainder of his life. He was the smartest animal I ever had.
#125
Probably my emu. He greets me in the staff car park every morning and we have coffee together.
#126
My samoyed knows he can use his nose to turn off my Xbox and get my attention. He always gets a drink of water before going on a walk. He also knows he can sneak more food off of a platter left too close to the edge of the table, if he slowly takes nibbles when nobody is watching, instead of knocking down the whole tray.
#127
We were looking after a friends dog. We came home from work in the evening with a huge pile of dirt by the front door. The dog (unlike every other time we came home) was lying on the couch looking very guilty about something (you know the look). It took us forever to figure out where the dirt came from. We had an old flower pot downstairs on a shelf. The pot had been emptied by the front door and the pot returned to the shelf like nothing had happened.
TC 7 years ago
That's extraordinary. We should all have cameras at home to discover our pets private life...
BusLady 7 years ago
We might discover that they walk and talk and wear our clothes..... No, wait, that's a Disney movie....
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My friends St. Bernard is about 6 months old. She's somehow figured out how to lead people to what she wants. She will come up to you and, very gently, grab your hand with her mouth and pull you to where she wants something from. I was visiting the other day and she took me to the door to let her out back. Later, she took me into the kitchen and kicked her empty water bowl at me. He has no idea where she learned this, just started doing it one day.
#129
This rescue dog’s behavior is very interesting. Donnie began arranging his toys into complex shapes like triangles, half moons, and parallel lines. Additionally, the toys are often sorted into groups (like all frogs, or all monkeys). He also will put them all face up, or all facedown, or with their little paws touching each other. Animal behaviorists have filmed his behavior and are studying it. They believe Donnie has a real understanding of spatial relationships and some believe he is indeed communicating and creating through artistic expression. Other people have theorized a ghost is instructing Donnie on the arrangement of his toys, or that he is obeying psychic commands from somebody
#130
Our family's border collie would ring the doorbell when he wanted to come in. He was never trained to do it. My dad figures he had learned it from my childhood friends coming over to invite me out to play.
#131
He was a muscly tabby. He knew how to one up me when we played cat games and hid on each side of the long long couch I had. He waited til I would look away for less than a second, and then he would run across the top of the couch and attack my head, claws retracted. So fast! Then he would walk like a lion all proud of himself.
Carol Williams 7 years ago
My mom cat Dutchess, (and she really acted and looked like one), gave e a life long laugh...mom said this quiet, well-behaved cat would lead her to the back room and then attack her. I didn't believe. One day, mom hissed at me, "she's leading, watch!" I got flat on the floor and watched around the corner. Dutchie got her in the room, looked up, then jumped up on her back legs and started swatting the heck out of moms legs....I started laughing, the cat heard me, and dropped back like she'd been shot. Then she just sauntered off....not one guilty whisker twitching...miss them both...
#132
Turns out when the litter box had been used a couple times but not cleaned out, the cats would use the toilet instead. Never did get them to flush though.
#133
My dogs know the name of every person in the household (5 people). You can hand any one of them anything and say a name, and they go running off to find that person.
#134
My cat liked to be in the bathroom with me when I was taking a shower, but halfway through she'd always want to leave. I would leave the door closed but not latched so she could pull it open with her paw. One time I threw my clothes on the floor in front of the door, making it too heavy for her to pull open. I went to open it for her (not having gotten in the shower yet), but before I could, she put her paw on the clothes, pulled them out of the way, and then pulled the door open.
Final score:
18points
#135
During my teens I had a cat and a dog. The dog door that led outside had a door that we could close and lock with a latch. The cat learned how to not only shut the door but lock it as well. So she started locking the dog outside when he went out. He was a cowardly dog, so really she just had to sit inside in front of the door and he'd be too nervous to come back in.
#136
We used to have this dog when I was younger, she learned how to open our fridge and she would eat almost everything in it. It got so bad that my mom had to buy a child proof lock for our fridge, she ran a daycare so it was always funny when parents asked about it and she had to explain it was for our dog and not the daycare kids.
#137
Obligatory "not a zookeeper" but a volunteer at a rehab place and definitely the turkey vulture. He likes biting things. He greets you at the door every day and loves your shoes and his leash and a Kong. He is like a puppy but in vulture form.
#138
Cat peed in the toilet completely untrained.
#139
Theo (my dog) really loves hunting. When he sees an animal he will chase it and try to kill it. Sometimes he thinks a log or bag is an animal he could kills and he runs up to it. As soon as he realizes his mistake he does a double take then quickly pretends that he was chasing something else and that he NEVER thought this was an animal! Really cute and funny to see.
Final score:
4points
Pets are known for their intelligence and ability to communicate with humans in unique ways. Interestingly, just as a dog can cleverly navigate complex situations, such as the canine stories shared above, some dogs go to great lengths to capture our attention. A notable example of this is a golden retriever named Stella, who ingeniously picks up random objects to make her presence known.
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Magdalina777 7 years ago
As a kid I lived in a block of flats and the entrance to the house(now replaced with a metal door with a code/key lock) was a simple wooden door, chipped at the bottom corner. Our neighbors had a dog and cat they didn't seem to care for much, but they cared for each other instead:) They'd always sleep together, walk everywhere together and the dog, feeling himself stronger and responsible, would always appear to look after the cat. For instance he'd always open that wooden for her(by grabbing at the chipped corner with his paw) and hold it til she came in(she wasn't strong enough to do that so would have to wait for a human to open it otherwise), then enter himself. A true gentleman :)
JMQ 7 years ago
This is the kind of content I expect from BP. Interesting, amusing and (as far as we know) real.
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My grandparents' dog was one of the smartest creatures I met in my life. When she was still a puppy, my grandfather passed out during gardening and cut his head open during the fall. She led my grandmother and my parents right to him. RIP Bella. I will always love you.
Kärolyn Nigula 7 years ago
I used to have two fish (swordtail). One of them died of unknown reasons and when she was fading, the other fish would swim under her to supoort her etc. A few days after she had passed we found the male fish dead in the middle of the living room. He had jumped out of the tiny hole that the cords for the aquariums air vent came out of, landed at the back of the aquarium, jumped all the way to the front, fallen down on the carpet and jumped to the middle of the room. My fish committed suicide because his mate had passed. We buried them together.
Krystal 7 years ago
This isn't as cool of a story, but my dog can sort of tell time. At the exact same time every day (about ten minutes before my husband gets home from work) she sits up and stares at the wall/ceiling in the living room. Its the part of the room where the car light shines in from the window. She knows when to expect him home, its pretty neat. AND...every single time my husband and I discuss what we want to eat and have delivered to the house, she knows that we just ordered food, and she sits up and watches that spot on the wall/ceiling. She like...understands what we are discussing.
Madb vonMesser 7 years ago
My cat won't let me go to sleep if I haven't taken my meds. She just sits there bapping me until I get up and take them.
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
all of these are super great examples of why animals have emotions and intelligence and should be treated with respect and love.
Patricia Ross 7 years ago
My dog understood Christmas too. Weeks before Christmas, the tree would go up and presents would go under and my dog never reacted to any of it. But on Christmas morning he would start yipping around the house to wake everyone up around 5 am. We never knew for sure how he knew the exact day to get excited. But my mom always started her turkey in the middle of the night and let it cook while we slept. We think the combo of tree, presents and turkey let him know that it was Christmas day. Or probably for him, I get stuff day.
Magdalina777 7 years ago
As a kid I lived in a block of flats and the entrance to the house(now replaced with a metal door with a code/key lock) was a simple wooden door, chipped at the bottom corner. Our neighbors had a dog and cat they didn't seem to care for much, but they cared for each other instead:) They'd always sleep together, walk everywhere together and the dog, feeling himself stronger and responsible, would always appear to look after the cat. For instance he'd always open that wooden for her(by grabbing at the chipped corner with his paw) and hold it til she came in(she wasn't strong enough to do that so would have to wait for a human to open it otherwise), then enter himself. A true gentleman :)
JMQ 7 years ago
This is the kind of content I expect from BP. Interesting, amusing and (as far as we know) real.
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My grandparents' dog was one of the smartest creatures I met in my life. When she was still a puppy, my grandfather passed out during gardening and cut his head open during the fall. She led my grandmother and my parents right to him. RIP Bella. I will always love you.
Kärolyn Nigula 7 years ago
I used to have two fish (swordtail). One of them died of unknown reasons and when she was fading, the other fish would swim under her to supoort her etc. A few days after she had passed we found the male fish dead in the middle of the living room. He had jumped out of the tiny hole that the cords for the aquariums air vent came out of, landed at the back of the aquarium, jumped all the way to the front, fallen down on the carpet and jumped to the middle of the room. My fish committed suicide because his mate had passed. We buried them together.
Krystal 7 years ago
This isn't as cool of a story, but my dog can sort of tell time. At the exact same time every day (about ten minutes before my husband gets home from work) she sits up and stares at the wall/ceiling in the living room. Its the part of the room where the car light shines in from the window. She knows when to expect him home, its pretty neat. AND...every single time my husband and I discuss what we want to eat and have delivered to the house, she knows that we just ordered food, and she sits up and watches that spot on the wall/ceiling. She like...understands what we are discussing.
Madb vonMesser 7 years ago
My cat won't let me go to sleep if I haven't taken my meds. She just sits there bapping me until I get up and take them.
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
all of these are super great examples of why animals have emotions and intelligence and should be treated with respect and love.
Patricia Ross 7 years ago
My dog understood Christmas too. Weeks before Christmas, the tree would go up and presents would go under and my dog never reacted to any of it. But on Christmas morning he would start yipping around the house to wake everyone up around 5 am. We never knew for sure how he knew the exact day to get excited. But my mom always started her turkey in the middle of the night and let it cook while we slept. We think the combo of tree, presents and turkey let him know that it was Christmas day. Or probably for him, I get stuff day.
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