DaisysMom
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| 05/02/2007 6:38 AM |
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It never ceases to amaze me that Daisy can find and bring you her toys by name. Right now, she can identify her frisbee, flump, crab, rope, heifer, bone, and bear. As I add a new toy, the first few times we play with it, I make sure the say "get your ___________" and by the end of the day, she can go get it herself.!!!! Such a smart girl  |
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Tracey - Darlin' Daisy's Mom
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Mari
Terrier Terror
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| 05/02/2007 6:44 AM |
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Yes Tracey amazing that they know the english language...Sassie knows all her toys and gets very mad when one of them disappear b/c they are so rough looking or nothing left to them.... |
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May your shadow include your four legged friend.
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DaisysMom
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| 05/02/2007 6:46 AM |
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Ha ha ha... Daisy's crab, bear, and bone are just "carcasses" at this point, no stuffing left  |
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Tracey - Darlin' Daisy's Mom
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Mari
Terrier Terror
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| 05/02/2007 6:54 AM |
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I will have to post a pic of her puppy since she was born to what it looks like now!!!!!hardly nothing... |
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May your shadow include your four legged friend.
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swatson6
Attention Starved
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| 05/02/2007 8:18 AM |
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| LOL! How true!! |
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Sarah
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PamWh
Attention Starved
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| 05/02/2007 12:21 PM |
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If I tell Bob to go get his ball, he will pick up the nearest ball. Then I'll say "no, the red one" and he'll go get that one! I think they understand English, they just can't speak it. I wonder if they can read it?  |
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PamWh
aka Bob's Mom
If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! |
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Bailey's mom
Bratty Ratty
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| 05/02/2007 8:47 PM |
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| I know that Bailey understands English. wouldn't it be great if they could speak it. |
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~Nancy~
aka Bailey's Mom |
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BonitaKaz
Bratty Ratty
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| 05/02/2007 8:49 PM |
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| oh the things they would say..... |
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*Bonita* Mom to Nibbler!
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kimrose
Feisty
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| 05/02/2007 8:52 PM |
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Mic knows all his toys too! I swear he knows english, I just have to stop telling people that (who don't own a rattie ) because I think they might start thinkin I'm a little kookoo 
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JRT_Rattie_Mom
Rat-A-Tat-Tat
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| 05/03/2007 4:30 AM |
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Our pups are SO smart... and it is amazing how many words they can learn! I don't know if you have seen this story about Rico, a Border Collie that has vocabulary of 200 words?
This is a link to the story about Rico: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/06/10/smartdog.php After Lucy went blind we had to teach her a lot of extra words to just make things easier for her. I didn't realize until then how many words they really can easily learn.
Tracey: We have LOTS of carcasses too! Neither Lucy or Holly ever want to part with their carcasses.. and when they know I have the broom out to sweep the floors they follow me all over the house to make sure I'm not sweeping up one of their beloved carcasses!  |
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Karen G.
Lucy (JRT) & Holly (Rat Terrier)
Blind Dog Resources & Adoptions
Ratbone Rescues ~ Oregon Fostermom
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tiggarat
Rat-A-Tat-Tat
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| 05/03/2007 2:34 PM |
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| Yep, my dogs know the names of their toys, although the pups are still learning! We call the stuffed toys 'babies' and they go find one when we ask for them. Some of them don't last very long...they get ripped open or taken outside never to be seen again. Others I am able to save in time and they are put up until I find time to sew them back up. Goofy dogs...they actually line up and wait for me to finish sewing up the babies just so they can rip them up again! Why do I even bother? |
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Lisabeth
furbabies: Lucy and Molly (1 1/2 yr old decker ratties), and Rosie (3 yr old dobie)
Buddy - gone but never forgotten.
"I don't think he has any idea he's a dog, really. Of course, he thinks he has a rather odd figure for a man" - Dodie Smith |
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Sassy'sMama
Firehouse Big Dog
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| 05/03/2007 2:47 PM |
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Yup they do amaze me how well they understand English..
Ken and I raised a dog, Friendly (named by my Grandson) who understood at least 200 words... She is now 12 years old and Kens daughter has her.... |
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~~Jan~~
Mama to Sassy
Religion is for people afraid of going to hell,
Spirituality is for people who have already been there. |
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CaseyOtis
Terrier Terror
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| 10/20/2007 2:33 AM |
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Casey knows his toys by name. All my friends think i am crazy. But really..we will tell him to go get Mr. Moose, or GuokaMole (he is a mole), or his squiral, or Timon. And he trots right over and gets it. Or he will dig through his toybox until he finds the one he wants. he is soooooooo smart. Mommy is so proud. |
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You have two hands, you might as well have two ratties....right?
-Summer (Mommy of my two ratties Casey and Lilly |
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buttonbutt
Firehouse Big Dog
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| 10/20/2007 9:34 AM |
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| Yeah, Button know all hers by name, too, Tracey. Zipper does not, however. But the new Kong Wubba she is finally playing with may make a difference in her "education". I've noticed this week when I say "Where's Wubba?" she will go over to it in particular, amongst a grouping of lots of toys on the rug. Sometimes she'll even start playing with it on her own, unlike before, when she only wanted to take it away from Button to hoard things. Paul, I think this stray is finally learning what a toy is, albeit very slowly. This toy has been her Helen Keller "breakthrough". To be grasping it has a "name" already is fantastic, I think. |
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Peggy
Mom to Button & Zipper
My sweet RatTexans
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tauney4
Pack Leader
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| 10/20/2007 10:15 AM |
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| GOOD GIRL! |
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