A woman told a marriage counselor that her husband's complaint
that he leads a dog's life is probably well founded.
"He comes in the house with muddy feet," she said, "tracks across
my clean floors, barks at nothing, growls at his food and makes
himself comfortable on my best furniture."
Seeing Eye dogs are a familiar sight as they steer their sight-impaired companions through crowded places and help them to avoid obstacles. These dogs are carefully selected and highly trained professionals. Seeing Eye dogs must possess a great deal of alertness and intelligence to respond to a wide variety of unexpected challenges.
It is no secret that dogs are smart. They can do almost anything! I once had a dog that refused to use the newspaper when he was being potty trained until he had read the whole thing! This same dog understood everything we said so that we were forced to spell certain words, like hamburger, bye bye, and "give the dog a bath," this last one would send him under the bed to hide. - Unknown