Too cold and wet out there

Not a bad description Sel

Looking up Llasa's on wikipedia [I like to find out about different dogs] I found a reference to a study done on the intelligence of dogs. Now, this study was based on how many times a command had to issued before the dog obeyed or understood it [I'm not too clear on that because you'd argue that a more intelligent dog would disobey a command if it didn't really want to do it]. Anyway, top of the list, unsurprisingly [which must mean it's about understanding, I guess] was the Border Collie and German Shepherd. However, in the top bracket was the Papillon. I once spoke to the owner of a Papillon [I tend to accost dog owners in the street and ask them about their dogs ] and they said these little dogs will walk for miles. Not that that would be much good to me these days as I can't . But it's an interesting list all the same. Whippets came very low down, but I'm not surprised about that.

Thanks folks, I do love my dogs.
crimson I don't know about showing but a small Lhasa and a big Shih Tzu are hard to tell apart.
anno they are the most laid back dogs I've ever had. And very loving.
jeni

I want one! But I can't walk them and I'm either working or cruising.

The Lhasa Apsos are gorgeous, Nanad. My friend's daughter has one. He's very cuddly and so soft!

I get Lhasa Apsos and Shih Tzus mixed up; in showing one has a top knot and one doesn't I think?

Got it at last "JO" If you don't log in to these threads every two hours you find the plot ?(if their ever was one) has moved on too fast to catch.

Oh did I? Sorry.

They are lovely aren't they? And the grandchildren are not bad either. They're Lhasa Apsos (next size up from Shih Tzus. I did have a Bichon once....mad as a hatter he was.

As you said yesterday, jo5 - and indeed a weird story. I wonder if any teenagers nowaday would read a bit of that ilk?

It's the other name for 'She' isn't it - Ayesha? The book by H.Rider Haggard. (otherwise known as She Who Must be Obeyed)

I think.

Weird story. Read it in my teens!

london good to see you again - I was worried you'd been intimidated I'm slowly getting a mental picture of Gransnet and it's looking like a school common room with some patrolling head girls, prefects, some naughty girls in the form, lots of attainment lists on the walls..with stars for some and lots of rules policed by the Head Girls. Then, in the playground the bemused and amused. Hey ho. Back to the bike sheds

Thanks, jeni. I hadn't liked to ask! Didn't want to appear thick.

She who must be obeyed aka Ayesha aka jingle

SWMBO??? Please explain someone. Only if its decent of course! I have not been on line much the last two days.

They look like Shiz Tzu's [sp!]. I've been nosy and looked on your pofile page, nanadog...the photo's of your grandchildren are lovely.

nanad are they bichon frise (?spelling)

Ooh, gracesmum, you are a one!
Er...I mean one of many, of course....
One in a million?

I'll stop digging!

Never thought I was even in a minority.

ur not alone grace mum i have been warned

Just come back from paddling the dogs. Couldn't get on racecourse as it was flooded and would have come over the top of my wellingtons. Plus my two are only little dogs so they would have had to swim for it. The car park was flooded too and a fast flowing steam running from there onto the main road... that ought to have alerted me had I been paying attention, but we paddled up that only to find a lake with seagulls on it.
The Avon's burst it's banks just to the north of us, this flood is 100 metres to the south....hope there's no more rain up there as its getting very close

Drew the curtains, saw the weather and went back to bed. But struggled out again because I have promised to take senior GD to lunch. I hope she is in a cheerful mood.

Perishing cold here Faye. I would probably like George if be hadn't been rolling in dead birds.

Has JO changed her name yet again or is that her pet's name? What kind of animal would be called Ayesha?

My chickens have lovely names except for Heklyn.

Welcome back gracesmum

I've lost the plot a bit on this thread. Not sure why the doghouse visit.

Why can't we post through our pets then?

I was going to get my cat Heidi to do this post but she is asleep on the bed here.

My rabbit Basil would but he can't spell and his grammar is bad.