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From: skybluepinko2
Date: 04-06-2005, 03:53 PM (1 of 26)
 I was working on some college work yesterday and happened to look up and see that my two dogs had taken my Tomato pincushion, carefully removed every single one of my pins,( I havn't figured out how they managed this one) strewn them all over the living room, and were using the tomato to play fetch with one another. I'm wondering when the benifits of having smart dogs will come in. Mine only use their smarts to get in trouble. Gotta love them. 
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User: skybluepinko2
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 16 |
From: carman
Date: 04-06-2005, 05:54 PM (2 of 26)
| lol that must have looked funny though, my spaniel can eat a whole bowl of rice and it i have hidden a little white pill, i will find the bowl empty and the pill right beside the dish. even i could not see the pill. |
User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-06-2005, 06:35 PM (3 of 26)
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All animals are funny....one thanksgiving (just like on a t.v. commercial) our beagle, Duke, jumped up and pulled a 25lb turkey off the table. He was 'maybe' 30 lbs himself and the table was tall. He didn't even bother to eat any, just wanted to pull it off... Same dog, like to pull the crab apples off the trees in the backyard. He didn't eat'em, just didn't like'em on the trees once they turned red. (didn't bother any of the green ones....) I watched one of my in-laws cats pull the candles off a birthday cake once. They weren't lit, and the cat never touched the cake. just grabbed the candles by the little flower holders and popped'em off...and then left'em in a neat little pile, all lined up in the same direction. Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-07-2005, 08:02 AM (4 of 26)
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My little dog is so good. She has lots of toys and is very good about leaving our stuff alone. She expects the same of us though. She doesn't get in the garbage but one time her ball was torn in half so I threw it away. She got in the garbage and got the ball -- both pieces -- and just the ball out. Sometimes when I pick her toys up (it looks like we have a toddler in the house) she will get something out of the basket and put it in the exact place I took it from. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: skybluepinko2
Date: 04-07-2005, 09:02 AM (5 of 26)
| Yeah, my dogs leave the pills too. I try to bury them in hotdogs but they always leave me a soggy pill to find. I guess I'm lucky that they were smart enough to pull out the pins before playing with it instead of just leaving them in there |
User: skybluepinko2
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 16 |
From: Magot
Date: 04-07-2005, 09:46 AM (6 of 26)
My cat just sets light to herself 
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: KayTee
Date: 04-07-2005, 11:42 AM (7 of 26)
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My tabby and I used to do battle over my tomato pincushion as well. I'd leave the room and she'd have pulled the pins out and made off with the tomato. I finally just gave in, took all the pins out and GAVE her the tomato. She plays with it all over the house and it's nothing to see her trot through a room with it in her mouth! I bought myself one of those magnetic pin holders. She likes to try and get the pins out of it too but because of the magnetic pull, it's more of a challenge. She's especially helpful when I'm pinning a large pattern - I'll be pinning at one end and she's removing them at the other.
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User: KayTee
Member since: 12-06-2002 Total posts: 98 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 11:48 AM (8 of 26)
Dorothy my dog and I play the same game every day. Every night at bedtime I pick up all the toys and put them in her toy box and the next morning she gets them all out and puts them all over the hallway, kitchen and living room floor. On the days I'm at home and the doggie door to the patio and back yard is available, she also carries toys outside to play with. DH says that because she wants a toy available wherever she decides to lay down, etc. She certainly knows how to take them out of the toy box. Now, if I could only figure a way to teach her to put them back.  Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 04-07-2005, 12:26 PM (9 of 26)
| My sister has a Golden Retriever that is not playing with a full deck of cards. He will go over and get all the stuffed toys out of his box, line them up in a row and then lay down on the floor in front of them and just watch them to make sure that none of them disappear. He does have one that looks like a hedgehog, that she calls " hog-baby" that he will get under his front paws and then hike it like a football. Many a times he has hit lamps, TV, pictures on the wall. Then he will get it and bring it to you just covered with slobber and want you to play with him. And if you tell him "no" he will just sit there with his head turned to one side and stare at you, as if to say " But I want to play with you!!" |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 04-07-2005, 01:09 PM (10 of 26)
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If you are not enticed to play with the toy my dog brings, she'll get another -- and another -- and another, until she finds the one you just can't resist. And she'll drive you nuts with the squeakers, following from room to room squeak, squeak, squeak. We spoil her terrible. My kids say we were never that good to them. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: mamahoogie
Date: 04-07-2005, 02:46 PM (11 of 26)
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We had a little dog that used to love to untie my daughters friends shoelaces. The kids would tie their shoes to leave and as they were tying the second one, Buffy would reach over and untie the first one. It was hilarious to watch because the kids would just keep retying their shoes as the dog untied them. Once I watched for awhile and could stop laughing I would go and pick up the dog so they could leave. Violet I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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User: mamahoogie
Member since: 12-25-2002 Total posts: 461 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 03:09 PM (12 of 26)
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We do the squeaky thing every morning and evening at our house announcing "walk" time. If you don't move along on her schedule she'll drop the toy and bark at you. I have a very bossy little girl Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: carman
Date: 04-07-2005, 04:30 PM (13 of 26)
i love reading these stories, and who says animals are not smart 
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User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692
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From: Magot
Date: 04-07-2005, 04:34 PM (14 of 26)
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My cat. Set light to her eyebrows sniffing a candle. Twice. I rest my case. love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-07-2005, 04:45 PM (15 of 26)
| I once had a beagle that was almost as dumb as Jan's cat. |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Magot
Date: 04-07-2005, 04:53 PM (16 of 26)
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Not forgetting she has fallen off a roof, got shut in a garage for 3 days, played on the railway line, and poohs on the lawn (this last is bound to get her killed!) She is only 6 months old - lucky to each 1. Beagles are dumb Dorothy it's true. love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-07-2005, 06:16 PM (17 of 26)
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My poor little girl is so tired these days. Daylight savings time has her bedtimes all messed up. She normally goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. but now feels compelled to stay outside and harass the racoon living in the tree outside our backyard fence until at least 9:00 or later now that it is staying daylight longer in the evenings. Last night at 10:15 she was wandering around in my dh's office with big sleepy eyes that kept going closed everytime she stood still for a few seconds like where is everyone and why are the lights out. Hopefully, she'll get it all sorted out in another few days. LOL Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: skybluepinko2
Date: 04-08-2005, 09:03 AM (18 of 26)
| I'm going to have to try the magnetic thing. My dogs aren't so much interested in the pins as they are in the fact that the pincushin looks like a ball. It wasn't an issue with my pom, as she is only five pounds and can't get to the table. The sheltie puppy keeps growing and recently discovered he can reach all the fun stuff. |
User: skybluepinko2
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 16 |
From: Magot
Date: 04-08-2005, 09:32 AM (19 of 26)
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You know those magnetic things that you can get to put on cat collars to stop other cats from using your cat flap? My daughters friend had one but it was stronger than the cat and they used to find the cat occasionally attached to the radiator or the iron bedsted. I think cats win on stupidity! love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: DorothyL
Date: 04-08-2005, 10:22 AM (20 of 26)
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Oh Jan, That just cracked me up. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: skybluepinko2
Date: 04-08-2005, 03:24 PM (21 of 26)
| Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard. That poor cat. I can't stop picturing it |
User: skybluepinko2
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 16 |
From: mamadus
Date: 04-09-2005, 01:33 PM (22 of 26)
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oh jan.. what a visual!!! MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
Member since: 12-31-2004 Total posts: 492 
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From: Magot
Date: 04-09-2005, 03:12 PM (23 of 26)
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It the way the cat hasn't learned -it jumps up onto her bed in the morning to say hello - Clang! - one cat, parked on the bed head, eternally surprised. A definite no-brainer.
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Bama
Date: 04-10-2005, 02:12 PM (24 of 26)
Poor kitty.  We had a cat once that liked to investigate candles. Another one was caught pulling pins out of a pincushion. I don't know why they like to do that. Last week I left my tomato pincushion (with a threaded needle in it) on the arm of the recliner for less than a minute and my daughter started screaming that the dog had a needle in her mouth. She was smacking her mouth opened and closed. I thought she had the needle stuck in her lip but when I grabbed it I realized she had swallowed the thread but not yet the needle. I pulled a long piece of thread up her throat. 
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: Magot
Date: 04-10-2005, 02:17 PM (25 of 26)
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That is scary Bama. What is it with animals and pincushions? I found my cat with a 3" long feather stuck down her throat a while back - she didn't seem to mind me pulling it out - hadn't really bothered her it was in and a bit sticking out of her mouth. I should be thankful she is too stupid to catch anything. love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 04-10-2005, 05:31 PM (26 of 26)
| Jan, while I was reading about the cat and the collar, all I could see in my mind was a commercial that they show here with a "ding bat guy" riding around on a Dry Cleaners clothes rack, his arms and feet just flying in the air. I could just see a cat doing that not able to get away from the magnet, howling it's head off!!!!! |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
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