#19 Coonhound Who Trained Her Humans
My Coonhound/Doberman mix is incredibly smart… One night she asked my husband to go out by standing at the door in the living room that went into the garage, and from the garage there was a door that went into the backyard. I watched as my husband opened the door to the garage and walk out to open the door to the backyard. Our other dog ran out ahead and picked up a ball to play. My husband started throwing the ball (I could see this through the open doors and the windows that faced the backyard) and my Coonhound/Doberman girl watched them for a second before heading into the kitchen to counter surf.
I thought it was just a one time thing, but started watching her more closely after this. Turns out, she had both my husband and I trained to this. If we were cooking, she’d bring a shoe into the kitchen and while we were putting it back she’d eat our other dog’s food or again try to counter surf. She KNOWS she’s not supposed to do this, we took her through three levels of dog training where she graduated “top of her class” in each level. She just figured out that if we’re distracted she can be naughty. She has no remorse when she gets caught. Does not care at all.
