Bwild: MANY service dogs will bring you a blanket when you are cold,or a bottle of water,or pick up your shoes.So,just because my dog doesn't know I am cold means what??? he doens't FEEL???? THAT is ridiculiuos! Animals are so much BETTER then humans..we have to rationalize EVERYTHING,they just live..they play,they hunt,they love,they mourn.they FEEL.

anastasia: Animals are so much BETTER then humans.

 Yes they dont answer back for one Pedro Martínez:

anastasia:

anastasia: I understand your bitterness,though I really dont care.
It is not, however, necessary to put words into my mouth.
I quote:"Dolittle: dont know that I said they dont.
pain,hunger,thirst,comfort.....all animals have these feelings"

Bwild: no bitterness,just hate people that think an animal is just a thing.I never put words into your mouth,simply stated my opinion..and how's this,if you don't care,don't post..this IS an animals board

anastasia: Last dog I had used to tell me when the phone rang, when someone was at the back door and when someone was at the front. If the postman had a parcel for me she used to come in the bedroom and nudge me to get up and the postman would wait untill I got to the door. You don,t hear of many postmen and dogs working together as a team lol!
All this was without any training, somehow she just knew I was deaf.
She also used to bring the mail in too but I had to put a stop to that as she was putting her teeth through bills and I would,nt have liked her to do that to a cheque lol!
When she went blind and deaf herself it made a big difference to my life as I could no longer hear who was at the door or when anyone rang so I had to have equipment installed to overcome this.
She sure looked after me and kept the house free of univited guests.

Mousetrap: i had a dog Nipper who carried his tin of meat home from the town and the papers from the shop but he hated the postman and quite often pushed the post back out..lol

"Snoopy": LOL! Poor postie!

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

srnity: Pets are smarter then SOME humans, that is for sure.

Rose: LOL - so true - nature's way of balancing it all out, maybe? Cat, dog, frog...I think they all have potential, just like humans, only difference is, we're mostly guaranteed our chance at using it, for them, not so much

Rose:  That's for sure! 

Gr☺uch☺: Animals RULE!!!!!!!!!

anastasia: Woof Woof

"Snoopy": Dogs are my favorite though. Especially cute ones ;)

Gr☺uch☺: oh Snoopy is cute..lol

"Snoopy":  He is that for sure.  I have a Joe Cool cap.  ;)  lol.  I'm a Snoopy wannabe  :)

anastasia:  I agree.  Our neighbor has lots of cats.  Half of them think they live here.  We feed them and when it gets too cold, we give them a warm place to sleep.  We have three little shelters for them and when it gets too cold we let them in for the night.  ;)  The neighbor has dogs and goats too!  The dogs come over for treats in the summer.  I always keep a good supply on hand  :)