[lit-ideas] Re: Canine Companions
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:03:33 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jun 10, 2004 7:51 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Canine Companions
Actually I did read that article, I just didn't have anything to say about
it, because I don't really see the special difference between the dog in the
article and every other dog that knows how to fetch. So the dog understands
German words and can recognize objects by name. So what? My dog
understands English words and can recognize objects by name. He knows what
a treat is, he knows what a mat is, he knows what a walk is etc. He perhaps
does not recognize 200+ words, but I frankly didn't spend that much time
"training" him, at least not to fetch a zillion kabillion different things.
The dog in the article was very well trained. Big deal. My dog, on the
other hand, can vomit several times in a row. Someone should write an
article about _that_.
A.A. Dogs actually have a sixth sense, a sort of ESP. Cats don't have it I
believe. In the absence of an infective organism or something organic, I
wouldn't be surprised if the dog simply has a case of "nerves" where he was
picking up your hostility, not understanding it, and reacting to it in his own
way. Especially if he's new to your home, he might be scared. Try a little
tenderness and see what happens.
Who was it who said, dolphins have been taught to understand English, but no
human has ever understood dolphin.
Andy Amago
Erin
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From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:33 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Canine Companions
> on 6/10/04 3:51 PM, Erin Holder at erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> my little
> > Sheltie.
>
> Had you, in your hectic day, had time to read the piece at the web link
> Andreas posted, you would know that your Sheltie's cousin--and possibly
> therefore your Sheltie itself--speaks German. My advice is to try "Beejay,
> oder Herr Ausstossen, wo ist die Banane?... Die schokolade?" If he comes
> back with, "Ich bin ein Berliner," you know he ate the jelly doughnut.
>
> David Ritchie
> Owner of a Border Collie who responds to "sit," "come" and "bog off" in
> Portland, Oregon
>
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