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!

[Tamara & Giada]

That is too cute!!!

Mine also make the connection of turning off the TV and going outside one last time:) Also, they both get very excited when I get dressed in the morning, they know what comes next.....a nice walk!

Tonight I went to get a drink of water out of the fridge dispenser, and Giada came running and sat right next to me. I said "Are you thirsty?" Sure enough, her bowl was empty, and she was thirsty. She knew that is where I get the water:)

[Marion Carmickle]

This sounds EXACTLY like Riley...she is so smart and catches on so quickly that we know she is always a step ahead of us.

[Tammy]

Zoe totally has us trained to get water when she's thirsty. She takes her paw and slides her bowl across the floor and we hear it from the living room and go fill it for her. She also knows the names of her toys, "Pedro, teddy bear, rope, snugga, and Barbiedoodle" she will go get which ever one we say. She also gives kisses on command :)

[5a54ofb5qk1d]

Ok Tammy, I have to know. What is her Barbiedoodle?

[LucyR]

Ozzie has an incredible vocabulary. Sometimes I feel like I am talking to a child, not a dog. I ask him to go find a specific toy and he does. I ask "do you want water?" and he will go to his dish. I say "Do you want to eat breakfast" and he goes to his bowl. I say "bed time" and he goes and jumps up in the bed. In the morning I say "I'm going to make coffee. Do you want to take a snooze?" He looks at me, puts his head down, and goes back to sleep. These are just the ones that I can come up with quickly. Oh yes, he LOVEs a party. All I have to see is "We're having company tonight" and he runs to the window to wait!

[AndySharon BoomerShaynaMariner]

When Shayna was about 3 months old, she ran out of the house. It was snowy and cold outside, all I ahd on was a bathrobe, no shoes or slippers. Boomer is a year older than Shayna. I let him out while I went to put shoes on. I looked outside - Boomer was circling Shayna , moving her away from the street and towards the house. By the time I had my shoes on Boomer had Shayna by the front door and kept her their until I let her in.

[2b06k8j6scx1s]

That's a great story!

[Adina P]

Okay...honestly I was drawing a blank LOL. Rosco's intelligence is about average for a dog, I'd say. Thule's a bit brighter but maybe I expect a lot from doodles so most of what they do I take for granted. That and I also live with a border collie...who is actually a human in furry clothing--our Cass is amazingly intelligent and makes my doodles seem like...well...canines!

So we'll stick to Thule. Thule will sometimes ring the bell by the door and we think she wants to go out, but she is actually ringing to let Cass or Rosco in...Heehee. She will also ring the bell if she's thirsty. So she has learned that THAT is a great communication tool. I discovered this because I opened the door a few times and she just stood there like "um THAT ring didn't mean potty...that ring meant something else!" So I filled her water bowl and she happily drank.

Rosco will often kick his balls or bones under the couch. So I kneel over and with Clark's cane I aim to kick the ball/bone out from under the couch. Rosco waits RIGHT next to me...but Thule will figure out WHICH end of the couch the cane will make the item go to and waits there, ALWAYS outsmarting Rosco in this.

I'm sure I'll think of more now that I have somewhere to make note of those brilliant doodle occasions.

[1v200f3rbrnxk]

Max used to thump his food bowl with both paws at dinner time or if he wanted more food
then he worked up to bringing me his food bowl and putting it my lap
now he pushes them along the floor moving them to my feet.

in the past we had terra cotta glazed water bowls that is till Max learned how to roll them across the floor if they were almost empty. They break eventually hahhaaaaaaaaa

if i ever get the chance to sleep in till 8am ......peanut knows how to wake me up and get me going quickly: she brings me a sock and puts it on my chest. Believe me i get up cause i know what would happen next.

Lastly i swear they understand complete sentences . i talk to them as if they were kids
when at the door if i say Max, who goes first, he circles around and stands behind me

when i was very sick this past winter Max once came running and broke my fall so i landed on him and not the edge of my coffee table

when my daughter had knee surgery every time she got up to go to the bathroom max would lean into her good leg and have her use him as support. he never left her side while she healed.

[2xdygsowlg4a0]

We live on a pretty busy street thus we had to teach Mayzie to stay in our front yard. Well she is pretty good most of the time but if a VERY strong temptation presents itself (dog, cat, squirrel) she is down the street in no time. THUS we got a shock collar for her. This dog is so smart ....now....if the shock collar is on....angel dog! If we let her out just to see if she will be good but we don't put the collar on her...she is up the street with the first distraction. SHE KNOWS!

She also picks up socks and we taught her to give things to us and we would give her a treat. However, she is so smart that now if she doesn't see the treat she won't bring the sock/toy/ect. to us. As soon as I show her the treat she is over there to trade.

I swear this dog is smarter than us sometimes!

[Adina P]

If you are using an electronic collar...check out a really helpful site on training with it: loucastle.com -- he is one of the best when it comes to the e-collar.

[2m42srv7vi6sq]

Cealeach needs to be told a command, along with the accompanying hand signal just once or twice. After that, she immediately understands the hand signal. It has made training her a snap! I wish I had found doodles, years ago!