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Originally Posted by GeoGeo
I was just curious if others have to spell in front of their dogs? There were many words that we could not say without them going crazy. Golf cart became the G.C., for example. You couldn't use the word at all no matter what you were saying about it. Bye-Bye was B-Y. Eat was E-A-T. One of them even once picked up a word on TV and got all excited.
And do any of your dogs watch TV? I had a Basset that would howl when wolves were howling on TV or if you sang. I had a Dachshund who was fascinated by the TV. My other Dachshunds could have cared less about TV. It was fun to watch him watch TV.
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I love hearing about other people's dogs.
Our little dog Biggins doesn't watch television and doesn't know a lot of words (but of course he knows cookie, out, truck, dog park, and our names). He is extremely well behaved and anxious to please. He has been trained as a therapy dog. His big sister would be much too excitable for that job.
The people who previously owned our rescue Portugese Water Dog (our 70 lb dog) had one big complaint. Lollipop loved to watch television, and she would get so excited when watching animal shows that she would lick the screen of their plasma tv. So they got rid of her. At our house she is allowed to watch television, we just put it out of her reach.
Lollipop also knows an amazing number of words, even sound-alike ones. She listens attentively to all conversations. Dog park is her favorite phrase.
She does tend to get a little over excited at times and she craves attention. But she is easily trained and smart as a whip.