Presently, I am not getting a dog. But I am thinking about it for the future, possibly when I retire. I don’t want a pretty dog that is better looking than me. I would be so jealous. And I like dogs of 2 or 3 colors preferably low key personality and very smart. I had an extremely bright child. I don’t think I can lower the bar. Love, Mom
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Clearly, this woman needs a pug :) But then again, I’m biased!
November 14, 2008 at 1:28 pm
a few years from now that dog will be in therapy because it won’t be able to live up to Mom’s expectations. it will try to make up for his shortcomings by humping her leg.
November 14, 2008 at 2:12 pm
wow. someones a little picky
November 15, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Sometimes I catch myself thinking that my keeshond is smarter than most 4 year-olds
November 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I personally don’t want a dog constantly trying to figure out how to outsmart me. My husbands moms dog is that way. He’s a great dog but SO sneaky, always testing his barriers to see if we’re paying attention (like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park). My great dane is so much better. He’s extremely sweet and extremely trainable but not very bright. He sits, stays, walks on a leash without pulling, never goes to the bathroom or barfs inside, shakes, stands up on his hind legs but doesn’t jump on people, speaks (on 2 separate commands!), comes when called, knows he’s only allowed on the bed when invited and then only on the comforter AND knows he has to get off the bed when my husband and I go brush our teeth for the night without being told and yet is too dumb to find ham dropped on the kitchen floor or realize that he could destroy the rickety cheap baby gate we use to contain him. It’s a fantastic combination. Man I love that dog!
November 16, 2008 at 9:09 am
@Pademelon
So basically what you’re saying is – ignorance is bliss for everyone else.
November 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I have a border colie-too smart for it’s own good. I’m know she’s smarter than either of my brothers were between the ages of 14-23.
November 17, 2008 at 7:29 pm
You must be an only child! My mom says she didn’t have any more kids because the first one was perfect. Yes, I have issues…
November 18, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I actually didn’t really mean anything for EVERYONE. Just a biased personal observation. Dogs that are a little dopey, or even outright dumb, get a bad rap but they’re often super sweet (I’m not in any way implying that smart dogs aren’t often sweet as well). Sometimes people say smart and want trainable because it’s easy to forget that dumb dogs can still be really easily trainable too. I happen to see it a lot in my dog because he really doesn’t find ham dropped in the kitchen and yet picked up that us brushing our teeth meant he should get off the bed completely on his own. We just praised him when he started doing it to enforce it. So I really didn’t mean that everyone else should get dumb dogs (or that the mom in question shouldn’t get a smart dog or doesn’t know what she wants or anything else when she perhaps in the future gets a dog) and I apologize if it came across that way, I was just appreciating having one that takes to training really well.
November 20, 2008 at 8:30 am
OMG, the “lowering the bar” comment made me snorfle. This woman sounds like she has a GREAT sense of humour.
November 20, 2008 at 10:01 am