"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> We had a smart dog too. She was half boarder collie and English Cocker
> Spaniel. The dog had skills in pointing and herding when he was a pup. If
> you wanted a working dog, it would be very easy to train a dog with such a
> predisposition. It's amazing the complex behaviors that can be passed on
> through the genes.
>
> Both the cat and the dog were aware of the space around them and the
> relationship of the people to themselves in that space. The dog would
> constantly be changing his place in the room according to our movement.
> The dog is living with my son now and what a great life he has living in a
> house of dogs.

Wonderful

Ours was affectionate and settled in from the second we brought her home,
yet she growls at strangers and won't go to them to be petted whatever they
try and do. We had only met her once before we brought her home and that
was just for a short walk. Normally there is a bit of a process to go
through before you can adopt a dog from there, but they knew us because we'd
had dogs from them before.

She knew which side her bread was buttered <g>



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