Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
When I was a kid living in Tucson, we had a swimming pool in the back yard. In the summer, Dad would pop a cold beer, set it down at the shallow end in the shade of the house and begin to swim some laps. Our schnauzer, Morgan, would run along edge chasing Dad. One day Morgan happened to tip over the cold beer, and licked some up. Yum! Next day, Dad would innocently continue his routine, not knowing the dog had taught himself a new trick. Morgan would run along a lap or two, then linger at the shallow end. When Dad was at the deep end, Morgan would knock the beer can over and help himself. Took Dad few days of knocked over beers to realize the dog was doing this on purpose. Drunk schnauzer is rather amusing, but hung over, not so much.
What a smart dog!
Mr. Chli dog, pictured at left, will gladly finish your cup of coffee for you, if you take your eyes off it for too long. Here we were thinking, "When did I finish my cofee? Did I finish drinking my coffee this morning??" ...until we realized what was going on.

He's devised a trick of running to the back door, with the "Alert! Doggie danger! Must protect family!" routine. He can sometimes get two adults and the other dachshund to follow him and open the door to look out. Then he runs back to steal whatever it was he wanted in the first place.

Sometimes my dog is smarter than the average human...