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rebeccaC

JH
Posts:25

07/14/2007 10:25 AM
Hello all! I have a quick question. A friend mentioned lately that my GSP Hannah has "big vocabulary" meaning she understands many commands and even certain words in conversations NOT directed at her ( i.e. walk, cabin, toenails, lake and Scout-- the neighbor dog) My question is, do GSPs as a breed generally understand more? Does anyone have other breeds and what has been your experience with their "vocab"? I should note that I am a reading teacher and am prone to using more words than necessary so maybe my poor dog HAD to learn extra words. LOL

WildRose

Seymour Texas

MH
Posts:471

07/14/2007 2:48 PM
A well bred GSP is definitely intelligent, maybe moreso than most other pet breeds. They are also typically trained to do lots of different things, from hunting and all the skills therein, to playing frisbee, agility etc. GSP people because of this lifestyle spend more time doing more things with their dogs or with their dogs along than dogs of many other breeds. It simply tends to follow then that with the close contact with their owners in lots of different situations and training scenarios you would end up with dogs that seem to have a better/larger understanding of words and commands than many other dogs. Maybe it's just that GSP owners are smarter and it rubs off on their dogs? HA!

There's a reason I like dogs better'n people... .

GunSmoke

Posts:40

07/14/2007 6:45 PM
Doubtful! GunSmoke is very smart as far as I'm concerned, but when I call for Dixie (i.e. the Rotty), along comes GS to sit as dutifully as the one called and commanded.

GSP is GunSmoke, and my Rotty is Dixie

Texas Belle User is Offline

Austin, TX

MH
Posts:6941

07/15/2007 12:01 AM
I have two GSPs and I believe they are smarter than most breeds. My oldest is amazing. I truly believe that she reasons things out, sometimes wonderfully and sometimes...well not what I expect. I have had many different breeds over my lifetime, and I have to say my GSPs have been quick learners and have vast vocabularies. Their intelligence is one of the things that makes them so special. My oldest has exhibited her intelligence from day one. She can even differentiate between two similar commands (wait and stay). I use stay on long sits and down when I don't want her to do anything else. Wait means to stay, but expect another command. I am training her in obedience for her CDX and I use wait when retrieving the dumbbell. Also, if I tell her to stay and then walk off I have jerked my arm several times as she is solid on the stay unless I release her. She doesn't budge, thus the arm tug. I also work both my girls together and precede commands with their name. When I do that they know what I want them to do. So when I say Bellez (my oldest dogs name) sit, Belle will sit. Halo (my younger dog) knows she has to continue with whatever command I gave her. When I work them by themselves they are smart enough to figure out I that I am talking to them without using their name first. z Exceptionally bright dogs, with (in my opinion) a clear ability to think.

Bev Quarles, the Pointer Sisters (Belle and Halo), the Outlaw GSP (Johnny Ringo) and the little Princess (Fauna) Yellow Rose GSPs "A dog has the soul of a philosopher." - Plato

tucker

WAY NORTHERN MINNESOTA!

MH
Posts:599

07/16/2007 7:34 AM

I do think that gsp's are very smart, but I think that some are even smarter than others. We have had them for over 22 years & they have all been smart, but Ruger is by far the smartest one yet! Just the other day my husband & I started laughing because we were spelling things so he wouldn't know what we said LOL, Ruger knows many words, like fishing, boat ,go for a ride, post office [ means go for a ride lol ] cabin, ball, daddy's home,4-wheeler[ means go for ride ] etc.. He also knows the name of his toys & will go get the one you tell him to get!

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Ruger,
Tucker RIP 1995-2009,
& Gunner
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Cathy

Middleville, Michigan

Posts:10

07/16/2007 11:53 AM
Molly and Bridget are fashion conscious. They can tell by what I am wearing what it is that we are going to do next. In fact, if I come out of the bathroom in the morning not fully dressed yet, they won't even stir off the bed. But if I'm fully dressed, they're up and ready to go. If I am dressed in slacks for work, they know the routine, but if I'm wearing weekend jeans or slacks, they are much more relaxed. Could it be the earrings?

Lucky7

Long Island, NY

MH
Posts:105

09/02/2007 9:46 PM
That's sooooo funny my husband and I started spelling things too we also have made up abbreviations for certain things. We have to spelling running and go for a "walk" otherwise he starts spinning at the door. However Seven has caught on to our spelling and abbreviations, so we have to change them periodically. I swear he gets smarter by the day!!!

Kim & Rob Seven GSP 6.5 years Lucas human 3 years Hanz GSP 1 Year http://www.freewebs.com/jumpngspseven

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