Examples of Your Doodle's Intelligence...

[Richard Crowe]

We all know our Doodles are very smart dogs but, every once in a while Holly, my seven-month old F1 Goldendoodle, simply awes me with what she knows and what she can figure out.

As an example; each evening after T.V., I give Holly some exercise letting her chase a red laser dot around our very large yard. She really loves the game and looks forward to playing it. We like it because it gets rid of some of her youthful energy and seems to enable her to sleep better.

Last night, when I shut off the T.V.; Holly left the family room. I left a minute later after I extracted a DVD from the player. I found Holly calmly sitting in front of the drawer in which I keep the flashlight with the laser spot. She had made the connection between the flashlight and the game and was waiting for me to open the drawer, take out the flashlight and start playing with her.

Let's hear of some other examples of your smart Doodles!

[2b06k8j6scx1s]

When Nadal was about 8 months old. I was outside talking on the cell phone and gardening at the same time. When I finish my conversation I left the phone in a big rock outside. I went back in, took a shower and I was sitting on the desk with my laptop when Nadal put his big head on my lap and something fell from his mouth on my lap. It was the cell phone and it had no one scratch!
Another amazing story is when my 10 year old was cleaning her Gerbil's cage and the little creature scaped his plastic ball where he's kept during the process. We though, after seeing the empty ball, that he was gone for sure. Nadal was very patient next to us sitting down waiting with a tiny tail hanging from his mouth. We told him drop it and he did, the Gerbil was fine, very wet, but without a problem. I guess he's a true retriever. Now my daughter asks him to "watch the ball" while she changes the cage in case Stitch tries to scape again!

[Jersey, Jasmine, Jypsy and Diane]

Jersey will push her water bowl around when she wants a drink or pick it up and drop it.

She "reads" other dogs very well and know when they want to play, or not feeling well, or don't want to play and acts accordingly, even if she has just been playing wildly with another dog in the same room. She will go lie next to the dog that doesn't want to play.

If you block her way in several directions, she will figure out another way to find a way to where she wants to go. Loves to find shortcuts to places.

She knows when I am going to groom her and will not come near me. I have to get the grooming tools out and hide them in the room, under something, while she is outside. She hates getting the knots combed out.

I think she is one smart dood.

[ulalwutkancg]

Maggie loves to swim with the kids, but she hates being left outside to dry when we're done. I started putting her in her kennel so she doesn't use the carpet and sofa as a hair dryer. Now as soon as I let her in the house after we're swimming she automatically goes to her kennel and stays there, even if I don't shut/lock the door.

[3lf12ffyckhuk]

Dandi has a sensitive tummy, one day she was throwing up and I put her just inside the bathroom so it wouldn't be on the carpet, now every time she gets sick, she runs into the bathroom or her crate so she dosen't get it on our carpets. Doodles just amaze me!
Pam

[Richard Crowe]

Now after the TV goes off and all our dogs are outside, Holly waits to chase the red dot. However, I have been teling her "Go Pee-Pee Holly" and then we'll play. She quickly goes off; squats and then returns to start playing.

I have noticed that since I flash the red dot in just about the same pattern each night, that Holly has been anticipating where the dot is going to be and runs there to get the dot before I have shined the dot there.

[Jacquie Yorke (DRC)]

For your discussion Richard...

[Val MacQueen]

I think Rusty has a very good understanding of how our family works, for example if I just get clothes off the shelf for every day round the house wear he is happy, knows we are staying home that day, but if I get clothes off the hangers in our wardrobe he gets clingy as he know we are going out and may not be taking him. 5.30 at night he sits in front of the fridge because it's teatime, 9.30 is bedtime even if we are not going to bed at that time he thinks we should but will not actually go until he hears someone turn on the alarm system. 5am it's time to go outside to the toilet and if one of us dosen't get up he will get up on the bed and flop on you but he will stop in front of where the alarm pad is on the wall to remind us to turn that noisey thing off before we open a door. If he's looking for his dad and I say he in the bathroom he runs into our bedroom pushes open the sliding door to the ensuite and walks in, my DH has often asked when is he going to learn to close the door after him. Also when my son is home on leave and he takes Rusty out he sits in the front passenger seat but if he comes in our car he knows it the back seat for him though a few times he has tried to pretend he deaf when told to sit in the back.

[Beth davis]

Tilly is very smart. You ask her to go get her wubba, ball or other prised item and she will. She also catches on to new commands very quickly. Sometimes she is to smart for her own good.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Peri is only 10 weeks old and is already ringing the bells to go outside most of the time, getting water and food when I tell her to, and peeing on command outside. I am very proud of her :)