RE: [pyrnet] Is this a sign of intelligence?

["Ferreira, Elaine (ING)" <FerreiraE@ING-AFS.com>]

> I've only seen one Pyr that can catch, but
> I have had several that are very good at figuring ways of getting to
things and keeping
> track of moving things.

I wondered if it was a coincidence that my 2 Pyrs don't catch. With Garth, I
would throw food at him and it would just bounce off his forehead. I've
tried the same thing with Pico and exactly the same thing happens. It
doesn't matter if I let him smell it first or even toss it very slowly. It's
always a two smack result, smack on the forehead and smack on the floor. The
one exception is snowballs. I can throw a snowball 10 feet in the air and he
will jump and dive to get it. Go figure!

Elaine and Pico

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack & Charlotte Perry [mailto:pyreau@erols.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:52 PM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Is this a sign of intelligence?


Carol, are you sure she isn't a white shepherd?  I've only seen one Pyr that
can catch, but
I have had several that are very good at figuring ways of getting to things
and keeping
track of moving things.  I did think that they were pretty smart.
Charlotte


Carol Brescher wrote:

> Hi fellow pyrnet listers,
>
> Now that it is quiet, I would like to ask a question of this group. My
husband and I
> have had Pyrs for over 30 years, and dogs all our lives. We currently have
a 5year old
> bitch who exhibits a phenomenal understanding of spatial relationships.
She plays
> "catch" in the house (a really odd Pyr behavior), and either hands the
ball back
> to you or rolls it back across the floor (hits it with her nose to direct
it - I know,
> this is really odd behavior for a Pyr). But what amazes me is that if the
ball rolls
> under a table or chair, if she can't get at it the way it went in, she
goes around the
> other side to see where it came out. When guests leave our house using the
front
> door, she will go from door to window to window to watch them get in their
car
> and head out the driveway. These doors and windows are not in order and in
> separate parts of the house. The reverse occurs when visitors arrive. Also
if she spots
> something from our yard, she will sometimes run in the opposite direction
from
> the object (usually an animal of interest - a wild turkey or deer) up onto
the deck
> to get a better view. One side of the fenced yard has shrubbery, and this
prevents
> her from seeing everything.
>
> Has anyone else had a Pyr that exhibits this type of behavior. And am I
correct
> to assume this is a sign of intelligence? Or something else?
>
> I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carol
> www.naturaldogfood.com
>
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