I babysat my sister's chi for 6 weeks while she was out of country. I'd send her proof of life pictures.
you're brave babysitting a chihuahua π³
my sister has one, Robin. man is she the ruler or what.
they are manipulative and bossy, but so endearing. we can't resist π
I used to live with my sister. We had three dogs, one of which was her chihuahua, Odin.
If one of the other dogs had a toy he wanted, Odin would go ring the bells on the door. (We had a string of bells the dogs could ring to ask to be let out into the yard.)
The other two would run to the door, excited... and Odin would take the toy, then get up on the couch with it.
Absolutely manipulative and clever little shit.
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I LOVE a smart dog. You have to be on your toes, but worth it.
I have 2 Shepherds now. They are not smart. They're trainable, but trainable is not the same as "problem solving smart".
The others were mutts, but one was likely a shepherd mix of some sort... Lovely boy, super loyal and loving, but definitely not smart.
The smartest dogs I've met were a challenge to train.
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Because the really smart ones are willful and have their own ideas of what constitute "training".
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I think a lot of people confuse trainable with intelligence. Sure, some is needed to be trainable, but it's definitely not the same.