Reply #90: I think so too...

[pipi_k]

My dogs have the daily routine memorized. They remember certain words that mean things. That doesn't mean they're intelligent.

What does make them intelligent is their ability to figure things out on their own. To make up their own little games or to observe and act on their observations.

This is what I think is intelligence...one of them has a toy the other one wants. Instead of fighting over it, the one who wants the toy creates a diversion by running out into the yard (fenced) to bark at an imaginary squirrel. The other one hears the ruckus and runs out, at which point the first one runs back in and snaps up the toy.

They're never boring...

:)