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Pet News and Views Animal Intelligence Contest

I so enjoyed reading Alex & Me that I decided to host a contest asking you to send in a brief comment about your pet’s intelligence. If you missed the post, Alex & Me: A Story about a Scientist and an African Grey Parrot, click on the previous story.

YOUR CHALLENGE: Come up with THE MOST AMAZING and TRUE STORY about your pet’s intelligence.

THE RULES:

1. Your entry must be posted in the comments section of the Alex & Me blog post by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9.

2. You may only enter once.

3. Your comments can be up to 200 words. Short works–so if it’s 50 words, that’s good too. Just brag about your pet’s intelligence.

THE JUDGES: Me—I’m Michele who writes Pet News and Views.

THE PRIZES: The author of The Most Amazing and True Story about his or her Pet’s intelligence will receive the following:

1. Power, glory, and the ability to boast about your amazing pet.

2. My admiration.

3. A copy of the book Alex & Me.

The winner will be announced Friday, December 11.

Readers’ Comments:

  • 12/3/2009 11:00 AM Dawn wrote:
    My kids hamster is potty trained! She only pees in one corner of her cage.
  • 12/3/2009 11:37 AM Robert Roundtree wrote:
    Oh what a great contest. I’ll have to think hard on what would be a good show of the dog’s intelligence. Only problem is sometimes she seems smarter than me, so this may be hard. Lol
  • 12/3/2009 4:37 PM Joy Ward wrote:
    Thanks for talking about the amazing Alex! I am such a fan of Irene’s work.
    My story is about my now deceased Nigel. Nigel, a male Weimaraner was loved by everyone.
    When I traveled he would stay with my friend Mary. Mary had 3 dogs but they were confined to the kitchen and den areas of her home. Not Nigel. When he visited Nigel had the run of her home and slept with her and her husband.
    One time while Nigel was visiting Mary left a bag of opened and shelled pecans in her bedroom. Mary came home to find that he had divided the pecans into 4 roughly equal piles. One pile was on her bed and the other 3 were in a triangle on the floor. As best we could figure, Nigel decided to divide the pecans into piles for the other 3 dogs and himself.
    So not only was Nigel trying to treat the other dogs but he could count too.
  • 12/6/2009 12:19 PM geri wrote:
    My dog Fluffy was just a puppy and definitely trained to wait to go outside to relieve himself. However, we were stuck in traffic and he obviously couldn’t wait. We returned to find 3 neat poops around the toilet in our bathroom. In addition, the first time he vomited, I ran him into the bathroom so he wouldn’t mess the rug. Now, we sometimes wake up to find he’s vomited overnight–in the bathroom, away from the rug. Not the most pleasant topic to write about, but a much appreciated intelligence and self-training!
  • 12/6/2009 3:20 PM Kenda wrote:
    The other day our 7 month old puppy (an SPCA variety of Aussie Shepherd and Lab +?? mix) found her way into the master bedroom of our house. She knows she’s not allowed in there, because we have new bamboo floors that we’re trying to preserve at least until she is over her manic puppy stage. I found her in there with toilet paper hanging out of her mouth, which means she was also up to some shenanigans in the bathroom. I firmly said, “No Stella. Out.” She quickly scrambled out of the room and went right into her crate. She crated herself! I was shocked and couldn’t help but chuckle that she gave herself a time out! My heart melted, and I immediately went to her with gobs of love and attention. She’s too cute to resist! That’s only one of many ways she’s shown her intelligence. That little one is so darn smart it astounds me!–Kenda of http://www.earthsouldiers.wordpress.com
  • 12/10/2009 3:07 PM ori wrote:
    Joey is a rare albino Mangabey monkey. Joey was borne in a petting zoo and his mother abandoned him for some unknown reason and refused to raise him. Since the ISPF ( IPSF – Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation) serves as a rescue center for all monkeys in need, the petting zoo called for help and IPSF & wildlifesaving immediately responded and agreed to adopt him. Joey came to us bruised and tired and we fell in love with him the moment we saw him. We gave him a wooly doll to hug and baby formula to eat. Joey was hand raised for the first months of his life by the sanctuary keeper as a human baby; he was fed every two hours including night time; he wore dippers and was never left alone. When Joey was four month old, we gradually introduced him to his biological grandmother who was the only monkey from his original group that showed any interest in him. Shortly, Joey and grandmother developed a wonderful relationship and they live together ever since. Joey acts like a monkey when he is in the group, but when ever he sees one of us it’s like he returns to be a human baby; he returns to his early habitats. Whenever we go, he returns to his group and acts like a monkey. You can see more about Joey’s story in http://www.wildlifesaving.org/files/soundslide/84/index.html –Ori of http://www.wildlifesaving.org
  • 12/11/2009 10:27 AM geri wrote:
    I really enjoyed these stories… maybe you should do this on a regular basis! This is my favorite pet blog. Keep up the good work!
  • 12/12/2009 2:14 PM audrey hagar wrote:
    We had a rescued Lab named Jesse who was fostered with a hyper kitten named Linde who liked to pounce on Jesse when she was sleeping. Linde liked to ambush all the animals in the house but something about startling Jesse in her sleep gave her the greatest pleasure. The only thing that calmed Linde down was when we brushed her. One day, the brush was on the floor, and Jesse the Lab picked it up in her mouth and Linde the kitty began rubbing herself on it and fell asleep. From then on, the next time Jesse wanted to take a nap she put the brush in her mouth and shut her eyes. Linde would come and rub herself on the brush and both would sleep soundly. I don’t know who was smarter, the dog or the cat.–from Audrey Hagar of www.hopeforpaws.org.

    • December 17th, 2009 | Category: Pet News

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