[ SHOWGSD-L ] do dogs have memories

From: sheila lieberman <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: the list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:42:09 -0800 (PST)
I loved all these stories.  I have many like yours and we all know our dogs 
have memories.  But other breeds are not all the same.  Some do and some don't. 
 Some memories in some dogs, regardless of breed, are limited.
   
  And I promise no dog, including ours, remembers what we would like them to 
remember, or worse, they remember but don't care.
   
  I see dogs completely rewrite their own existence with what I call training 
in the time I am at the home, a whole new set of memories to build from.  And I 
see dogs that clearly will get the picture, if it is repeated often enough and 
the old and considered to be bad habits are dropped entirely, things get better 
with time.
   
  I see dogs who know I am just visiting and so they just don't care about what 
I have to say, and the owners are not strong enough to do what needs to be 
done, the dogs win.
   
  I tell my clients, they do remember, mostly through repetition, and some 
through what we think of as memory.  But they will not remember what you want 
when you want them to or for the reseaon you want them to remember it.
   
  Amber, the Pharaoh Hound knows me, remembers me, and is clearly too bright 
with too good a memory.  She knows what day of the week it is and when to 
expect me.
   
  I am having to be inconsistent about taking her so she does not expect me.  I 
don't like being expected by a dog.  Just does not sit right with my alpha 
nature.  This is too much memory!!!!!
  sheila
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