Things I know
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I know that I've never liked anything Paul Simon ever sang.
AND....
AND....
my Collie/shepherd/chow mix can jump, from a standing position, 5'10". (Ive measured the moist nose marks on the wall)s1m0n wrote:
#1. Border collie crosses are the best dogs.
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Re: Things I know
Second this question. Sincere. I had a pureDale wrote:Really? More than pure bred border collies?s1m0n wrote:#1. Border collie crosses are the best dogs.
border collie who was a great, great dog.
Are crosses better? With what?
It's kind of interesting when you realize your dog,
except for not having a syntactic language, is as smart
as you.
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I am trying hard not to say... not to say anything derogatory... trying so hard...jim stone wrote:It's kind of interesting when you realize your dog,
except for not having a syntactic language, is as smart
as you.
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Freaking dog wrote my doctoral dissertation.Walden wrote:I am trying hard not to say... not to say anything derogatory... trying so hard...jim stone wrote:It's kind of interesting when you realize your dog,
except for not having a syntactic language, is as smart
as you.
OK, I had a pen in the back yard, about forty feet
from the house. When I would go out the back
door with Max (the dog), he would figure we
were going to the pen and run away. Long
chases, etc.
One day I picked up a doggy treat on my way
out the door, figuring I would lure Max down
the path, throw it into the pen, and close the
gate.
Max looked up, saw the treat in my hand,
ran down the path into the pen and turned,
waiting for the treat.
Consider the strategy. Max believes I want him
to go in the pen. He realizes I will give him the
treat if he runs into the pen. So he does.
You can't have strategies like that if you
don't know you exist. You have to
be self-aware, to be able to think about
yourself. You have to be able to think
about what somebody wants you to do.
You have to be able to think about
what they will do IF you do
something.
Max was a person. We are approaching
human intellgence.
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jim stone wrote: Freaking dog wrote my doctoral dissertation.
There ith no way a dog could have dithertated... I mean... it ith about ath likely ath a cat crosthed Wile E. Coyote,
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Hi
As for dogs, I find that mixes are generally more intelligent and have fewer health problems. My Scuba (Doberman/Labrador mix) lived to the ripe old age of 15 1/2 and was never ill a day of her life apart from one problem caused by bad quality dog food (no, it wasn't cat flavoured). It is very rare for Labradors or Dobermans to live that long. My Mom had two of Scuba's daughters. Their father was a Kleine Münstländer, a German hunting dog. They also lived to around 15 with no health problems.
BTW, never keep two puppies from the same litter unless you have an adult dog to help you keep them in line!
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Have you ever wondered why they don't make cat flavoured dog food, or mouse flavoured cat food?fyffer wrote:Cat mixes make the best Coyote food.
As for dogs, I find that mixes are generally more intelligent and have fewer health problems. My Scuba (Doberman/Labrador mix) lived to the ripe old age of 15 1/2 and was never ill a day of her life apart from one problem caused by bad quality dog food (no, it wasn't cat flavoured). It is very rare for Labradors or Dobermans to live that long. My Mom had two of Scuba's daughters. Their father was a Kleine Münstländer, a German hunting dog. They also lived to around 15 with no health problems.
BTW, never keep two puppies from the same litter unless you have an adult dog to help you keep them in line!
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I know that problems and triumphs both pass away.
I know that floating around on the pond in a boat with my wife makes me happy.
Likewise fireworks, airplanes, sneaking around the hills with my bow, honest talks with God, and playing music with people I love.
Those things pass away, too, but they leave something behind that doesn't.
Tom
I know that floating around on the pond in a boat with my wife makes me happy.
Likewise fireworks, airplanes, sneaking around the hills with my bow, honest talks with God, and playing music with people I love.
Those things pass away, too, but they leave something behind that doesn't.
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No longer funny in my world... lost too many cats to the coyotes!fyffer wrote:Cat mixes make the best Coyote food.CountryKitty wrote:Coyote mixes make the best cats.
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Really? That's unfortunate, then, cuz you're gonna hear a lot of it from me. And, oh, look what just arrived in the mail:CHasR wrote:I know that I've never liked anything Paul Simon ever sang.
If you're down and confused
And you don't remember
Who you're talking to
Concentration slips away
Cuz your baby
Is so far away
Well, there's a rose
In the fisted glove
And the eagle flies
With the dove
And if you can't be
With the one you love
Love the one you're with
- Stephen Stills
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