My dog of twenty-three (yup!) years used to bring me the mail (sometimes holes, sometimes not), close doors when they were left open, brought me my shoes and his leash if asked to, bark for me when my little ones fell down in the yard, if anyone was crying, he would come and sit with you, he loved to play on sliding boards and such AND even though he was deaf and mostly blind (later in life) he could be a quarter-mile away from me in the woods and if a stranger approached me, he would silently (and suddenly) be right by my side watching over me...If there was ever a doggie that should've worn a cape, it was him...and all of this he did out of love, not training...Animals are amazing creatures when given the chance to be themselves