Post by nhg on Jun 5, 2015 0:14:00 GMT
I think this is a cute story so I thought I'd share it. Brodie is our chocolate lab/cocker cross and Amigo is our pittie/spaniel cross. Last year, right before I had the blood clot, both of them were being treated for ear infections. Amigo was bad for scratching his ear and tearing the skin and then screeching every time he scratched it again so I'd get all agitated and be yelling 'Amigo, no!' when he scratched his ears. They were becoming a real mess because of it. Brodie, Mr Smarty Pants, decided that he'd help me by barking at Amigo every time he scratched his ears. Often I didn't even know he was scratching them until I heard Brodie barking.
So that was last November.
Today Amigo started scratching his ear. He doesn't have an infection, he was just scratching. Brodie jumped up and started barking at him. After all this time he remembered that I didn't like it and was trying to help. Smart little cookie. I had to stop him, of course, I don't need him provoking Amigo or starting an issue.
Brodie also recently trained Jim to give him cookies. Jim thought he was being a smart guy by giving them all cookies every time he called them inside so they'd come in right away when he called them. Brodie quickly figured out that he could get Jim to let him out more often and just stand there for a minute and then want back in and get a cookie. Jim fell for it over and over. If I was by the door and Brodie wanted out and I said something like 'no, you're not going outside' Brodie would look at me like 'whatever, I don't want you to let me out anyway' and then look back at Jim.
I love all of our dogs but he's definitely the smartest one.
