A Beautiful Mind?

[Sally M]

Our backyard and driveway are on a slight slant. The front of the yard and driveway are uphill and the back is downhill. When I play fetch with Penny everyday, I stand down at the bottom of the driveway and throw the ball up the driveway where Penny fetches the ball, and happily brings it back to me...or she used to, until she got smart. Now this takes some serious thought; I'm not even sure I would have thought of it. LOL! When I throw the ball, she retrieves it and instead of bringing the ball back to me, she simply drops the ball and it slowly rolls downhill to me. My dog has discovered gravity (the center of everything!)! And an apple didn't have to fall from a tree! I think she's leaps and bounds ahead of Sir Isaac Newton. This is amazing, don't you think? I believe I have the only dog that understands physics! How did my 8-month-old puppy figure out that gravity would cause the ball to roll down to me, saving her the effort of bringing it back? Add, that by staying at the top of the driveway also means she doesn't have to run as far to chase the ball because she's already there. That's just plain laziness, however it still requires some thought also. All of this from a puppy who took forever to housebreak. I guess Penny's mind is so brilliant that mundane things like learning to go outside just aren't important. :-)

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

That is amazing!!  Some dogs are really smart, and think.  Penny sounds like one of them.