Yes, the dog is clearly possessed. I suspect demons. Or at least one.Dog Trembles From Ghost Sighting
I'm sure that when I was really young (I'm 65 now), maybe 4 or 5 years old, my dad took me to a circus and one of the acts was poodles that did tricks.I don't think breeders are purposely breeding dogs to be smarter. My experience is that they don't care about the same things that breeders did 50 years ago. The breed I know best has gone down hill in alot of ways in the last 50 years. Standard Poodles used to be the smartest of all dogs, they could be trained to do any job, though they did need a job and that was hard on people who just wanted a dog that lay around and looked good on a leash when they were taken for a walk. It was hard on the dog, who was smart enough to create it's own job if one wasn't given to it. They are hunting dogs and you can see a big difference between the U.S. standard poodles and the german standard poodles, because they are much stricter with their breeding practices.
Son's dog will do this sitting down and not budging in the middle of the road type thing. He has to pick her up and carry her across the road. (And boy is she big and heavy- there's no way I could pick her up.) Presumably they suddenly decide on a particular occasion that they want to go another route. Strangely she will not do this when daughter in law (very very petite) takes her for a walk.Last week, the dog took me for my walk and we tried to do a route that we have done hundreds of times over the last eight years.
We walk up the main road for a short distance until we are opposite a turning into a cul de sac. Usually she pulls me to get over to the other side and I have to run to keep up. Once we are over we have a choice of paths to take.
As I left the house, I thought to myself that for a change, I will stay on the main road for a bit longer and get on the canal further up instead.
When we got to our usual crossing point, I had changed my mind and decided to do the same route we always do after all.
As I was about to cross over the main road, she rooted her bum to the floor.
I asked her what was wrong and she looked up the main road in the direction I had originally intended to go and would not budge until I set off that way.
Similar incidences like this have happened before.
Very strange.
Yes, ours does it sometimes, but that's usually when we've done the same walk for a few times and then I want to slightly change it.Son's dog will do this sitting down and not budging in the middle of the road type thing. He has to pick her up and carry her across the road. (And boy is she big and heavy- there's no way I could pick her up.) Presumably they suddenly decide on a particular occasion that they want to go another route. Strangely she will not do this when daughter in law (very very petite) takes her for a walk.
They do tend to like their routines especially as they get older, I gather it's less hassle for them sniffing out a new environmentLast week, the dog took me for my walk and we tried to do a route that we have done hundreds of times over the last eight years.
We walk up the main road for a short distance until we are opposite a turning into a cul de sac. Usually she pulls me to get over to the other side and I have to run to keep up. Once we are over we have a choice of paths to take.
As I left the house, I thought to myself that for a change, I will stay on the main road for a bit longer and get on the canal further up instead.
When we got to our usual crossing point, I had changed my mind and decided to do the same route we always do after all.
As I was about to cross over the main road, she rooted her bum to the floor.
I asked her what was wrong and she looked up the main road in the direction I had originally intended to go and would not budge until I set off that way.
Similar incidences like this have happened before.
Very strange.
Ewe would easily mistake them for sheep.
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Image caption, The Maremma sheep dogs' white coat means farmers can easily distinguish them from predators such as wolves
Specially-trained guardian dogs from the Alps could be used to help protect new born lambs from sea eagles.
Highland falconers are training two Maremma sheep dogs to look out for the large birds of prey in the sky. The breed - which have white coats and are easily distinguishable from animals like wolves - typically live with herds driving away predators.
Farmers believe white-tailed sea eagles have killed hundreds of lambs over the last decade. It is Scotland's largest bird of prey and was reintroduced on the west coast almost 50 years ago.
For years, Italian shepherds have used Maremma sheep dogs to scare off wolves - but falconers hope to train the dogs to look out for predators from above.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66270061
When I saw a Maremma I thought it was a Golden retriever.Ewe would easily mistake them for sheep.
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Image caption, The Maremma sheep dogs' white coat means farmers can easily distinguish them from predators such as wolves
Specially-trained guardian dogs from the Alps could be used to help protect new born lambs from sea eagles.
Highland falconers are training two Maremma sheep dogs to look out for the large birds of prey in the sky. The breed - which have white coats and are easily distinguishable from animals like wolves - typically live with herds driving away predators.
Farmers believe white-tailed sea eagles have killed hundreds of lambs over the last decade. It is Scotland's largest bird of prey and was reintroduced on the west coast almost 50 years ago.
For years, Italian shepherds have used Maremma sheep dogs to scare off wolves - but falconers hope to train the dogs to look out for predators from above.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66270061
Yes, but that's not what happened here.They do tend to like their routines especially as they get older, I gather it's less hassle for them sniffing out a new environment
‘We meet at an excavation site and then the first dog searches over this limited area as it wants to search. It can go left, right, how it thinks it has to search, where it gets its scent from. And this search gives us certain insights,’ said Dietmar Kroepel, founder of Archaeo Dogs.
Afterwards a different dog is told to start searching, with the owner not being told about the previous dog’s findings.
Two years of training is needed for a dog to become an Archaeo Dog, according to Mr Kroepel.
He added that the dogs hit a ratio of over 90 percent and being able to smell bones as deep as 14 metres (45 feet).
Oh. So dogs can be useful after all.
Commander continues his war against the Secret Service.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s dog Commander bit or otherwise attacked Secret Service personnel at least 10 times between October 2022 and January, including one incident that required a hospital visit by the injured law enforcement officer, according to records from the Department of Homeland Security.
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch on Tuesday released nearly 200 pages of Secret Service records that it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The group said it filed suit after the agency, a division of DHS, “failed to respond adequately” to its request last December for records about biting incidents involving the purebred German shepherd. The group said it filed the request after receiving a tip about Commander’s behavior.
Commander is the second dog of Biden’s to behave aggressively, including biting Secret Service personnel and White House staff. They eventually sent the dog, a German shepherd named Major, to live with friends in Delaware after those incidents.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-dog-secret-service-commander-bite-89448214f0832edabd28940f7a2c8d4c
Another agent bitten.
One of President Joe Biden’s dogs bit its 11th victim, a U.S. Secret Service agent, on Monday evening at the White House, a spokesperson for the agency told HuffPost on Tuesday.
“The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex” after the incident, the Secret Service chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, told HuffPost.
Commander is a 2-year-old pure-bred German shepherd that replaced Major, the Bidens’ German shepherd rescue who also had several instances of biting people at the White House.
The numerous examples of Commander — and Major — injuring people has forced the White House to respond and has prompted conversations about how the dogs may have made the complex an unsafe workplace.
“As we’ve noted before, the White House can be a stressful environment for family pets, and the First Family continues to work on ways to help Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds,” Elizabeth Alexander, a spokesperson for first lady Jill Biden, told NBC News in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bide...cret-service-agent_n_65139295e4b0fa72d69d40ef
Sounds like the dog has good taste. Biting spies is an excellent idea, even if they are your own spies.Another agent bitten.
One of President Joe Biden’s dogs bit its 11th victim, a U.S. Secret Service agent, on Monday evening at the White House, a spokesperson for the agency told HuffPost on Tuesday.
“The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex” after the incident, the Secret Service chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, told HuffPost.
Commander is a 2-year-old pure-bred German shepherd that replaced Major, the Bidens’ German shepherd rescue who also had several instances of biting people at the White House.
The numerous examples of Commander — and Major — injuring people has forced the White House to respond and has prompted conversations about how the dogs may have made the complex an unsafe workplace.
“As we’ve noted before, the White House can be a stressful environment for family pets, and the First Family continues to work on ways to help Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds,” Elizabeth Alexander, a spokesperson for first lady Jill Biden, told NBC News in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bide...cret-service-agent_n_65139295e4b0fa72d69d40ef