Re: [PyrNet-L] pyr intelligence

[Dancingpyr@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-07-20 09:33:19 EDT, you write:

<< The Labs were very
 "trainable" the Pyrs are, by far, more intelligent!
  >>

Border collies fall in the same catagory as the labs.  We have one - all you 
have to do is look at her and she does what you want.  It's as if she can 
read your mind.  She is intelligent - but is generally there to please and 
take orders.  Now the pyrs - well that's another story.  They are intelligent 
to the point of being very independent.  For example, the "come" command 
isn't the first word in their vocabulary.  Guess this comes from them being 
working dogs - being out with the herds without guidance from the shepherd.  
They had to "think on their feet", and they are still doing that.

Regards, Robyn - who's afraid of being outsmarted one of these days by the 4 
big white flufflies :-)