Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Impressive dog smarts
I was tremendously impressed by the intelligence of an 'emotional service dog' belonging to an older lady at the Safeway bus stop. The dog (German shepherd) was laying down, semisleeping. When the CORRECT bus appeared on Maple, a block away, the dog got up, shook off sleep, and prepared to board.
Why so impressive? The correct bus is not the first one that comes along. At that time on Sunday morning there are a variable number of buses that come up Maple and continue straight, then the correct one comes up Maple and turns onto NW Blvd. Variable because Sunday morning is when STA trains new drivers, and the straight-up-Maple route is part of the training. The dog knew, before the bus stopped at the light and showed its directional signal, that this was going to be the right one. He wasn't picking up the cue from the lady because she was busy knitting.
How? Maybe he was listening to my brain?
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