You think you've got a stupid pet? On Sunday Toby (Jack Russell, normally an intelligent breed) and I went round to have dinner in my oldest friend's great-nephew's house (sorry about that, but life is complicated). I gave Toby a bone type chew. He spent 5 minutes walking round in circles trying to find somewhere to bury it. Finally he noticed the mat just inside the front door, industriously dug up one corner of it, tucked about 10% of the chew under it, carefully nosed the imaginary soil or sand or whatever back over it and went off satisfied.
Okay, symbolic thinking is supposed to be an aspect of human intelligence, but in this case... no.
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Date: 2006-12-05 07:28 pm (UTC)On Sunday Toby (Jack Russell, normally an intelligent breed) and I went round to have dinner in my oldest friend's great-nephew's house (sorry about that, but life is complicated). I gave Toby a bone type chew. He spent 5 minutes walking round in circles trying to find somewhere to bury it. Finally he noticed the mat just inside the front door, industriously dug up one corner of it, tucked about 10% of the chew under it, carefully nosed the imaginary soil or sand or whatever back over it and went off satisfied.
Okay, symbolic thinking is supposed to be an aspect of human intelligence, but in this case... no.