Actually my GSD are just as “on it” for a doorbell or the mail dropping in as when they hear the icebox open. My parrot certainly knows the sound of a cheese wrapper and acknowledges it by saying, “Hi” until she gets a piece.
And believe me, I sleep very soundly knowing they can hear a pin drop.
Still, that’s a funny montage.
A couple of dogs ago, Gracie, husky mix, had gone deaf with age. She’d be asleep on the living room floor and the UPS man would come, and Gracie would sleep right through it. An hour or so later, she would wake up, see the UPS package and run to the window and start barking like mad.
Hilarious.
Penny, my terrier(ist) hears EVERY. LITTLE. SOUND.
She is barking incessantly now. But then again, that’s her job.
Cheese wrapper? No just about everything that makes a crinkle sound from the pantry! Or as I put it the other day, anything that is presented higher than their heads. Funny too, I eat string cheese right in front of their attentive stare and tell them there’s sound scientific proof that dogs hate the shit!
I’ve tried and tried to get them to ignore people food by never giving it to them. Unfortunately I have a daughter who thinks she’s smarter than me, she won’t do it in front of me. But it’s damn apparent by the dog’s enthusiasm that she feeds them behind my back.
Actually my GSD are just as “on it” for a doorbell or the mail dropping in as when they hear the icebox open. My parrot certainly knows the sound of a cheese wrapper and acknowledges it by saying, “Hi” until she gets a piece.
And believe me, I sleep very soundly knowing they can hear a pin drop.
Still, that’s a funny montage.
A couple of dogs ago, Gracie, husky mix, had gone deaf with age. She’d be asleep on the living room floor and the UPS man would come, and Gracie would sleep right through it. An hour or so later, she would wake up, see the UPS package and run to the window and start barking like mad.
Hilarious.
Penny, my terrier(ist) hears EVERY. LITTLE. SOUND.
She is barking incessantly now. But then again, that’s her job.
Cheese wrapper? No just about everything that makes a crinkle sound from the pantry! Or as I put it the other day, anything that is presented higher than their heads. Funny too, I eat string cheese right in front of their attentive stare and tell them there’s sound scientific proof that dogs hate the shit!
I’ve tried and tried to get them to ignore people food by never giving it to them. Unfortunately I have a daughter who thinks she’s smarter than me, she won’t do it in front of me. But it’s damn apparent by the dog’s enthusiasm that she feeds them behind my back.
Thanks I needed that. 🙂
my tripawd iz my bestest friend. nuff sed.