Quote - oh dogs can be WAY smarter.

take for example my Smiley  - a Treeing Walker Hound.

he problem solves using TOOLS.

one time he wanted the garbage bag on the other side of the fence. he sees the bag is sitting on the hose and the hose is going under the fence by him. so he carefully pulled the hose to bring the bag to the fence where he can put his muzzle through...

or taking the jar of cheese whiz off the counter and opening it... did'nt break the jar or damage the lid (which was on firmly)...

or defeating every 'animal proof' garbage can we bought until I found one that has a padlock bar lock on it..

or climbing a six foot chain link fence paw over paw...

I could go on.

LOL...smart pup ;o).

Laurie