Any time I start messing with water bottles before leaving Tobie goes to his bed and doesn’t give me a problem, because he knows those are never “let’s go for a Jeep ride” Jeep rides. But other times are up for grabs: I’ve been going to S&L’s every morning this week and Tobie always meets me at the door for that with his whole butt wagging.
But early this afternoon I had to go to town on the bike to do some business, and while I was getting ready he never even hinted at a desire to come with. I kind of wondered why, because whenever I go outside he at least indicates a willingness if that’s the way the wind is blowing. And while I was gone, a possible reason occurred to me…
If I’m going to town, I usually swap my belt gear around. If I’m going somewhere inside the Gulch, a ride he’s usually welcome to tag along on, I never do. I wonder if he picked up on that clue, and I just never noticed before today. 🙂
Dogs pick up on every thing that clues them in.
Dogs (and cats) are serious students of human behavior.
Paul and Ben, Roger that!!
Some dogs are smarter than people.
Your dog is smarter than my dog?
As far as I can tell, my dog is smarter than ME!
He’s a Belgian Tervueren, the third I’ve had, and they have all been highly intelligent, totally loyal, and FIERCELY protective of family members.
Sendarius, that’s a breed I had to look up because I don’t recall ever having heard of it before. Looks cool. Maybe a little shedding- and energy-intensive for my liking but still a cool dog.