tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post6026071132641606965..comments2013-02-25T09:16:38.483-08:00Comments on Impressions...: I'm cute and clever, and I can reason, too!Michael Serafin-St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-77030333256049415162008-04-05T08:36:00.000-07:002008-04-05T08:36:00.000-07:00Yes, Lori, and what about all the amazing things o...Yes, Lori, and what about all the amazing things our pets do to TRY to communicate with us, and we are too unintelligent to understand! <BR/><BR/>Thanks very much for coming, Deborah, for what is the first (but I hope not the last) time to "Impressions...". I hope you have the time to visit some of the other sites in our "family", which are essentially laid out for you at "Everything in Particular", our home site. From there you may also click to about 50-plus other sites we like, too.Michael Serafin-St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-87733972200734842882008-04-05T08:20:00.000-07:002008-04-05T08:20:00.000-07:00My parents had Border Collies and they truly were ...My parents had Border Collies and they truly were brilliant dogs. Interesting post. JP/debJP (mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03120439923927414464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-33329522771543842732008-04-04T19:25:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:25:00.000-07:00I used to raise Cocketiels. I had one that learned...I used to raise Cocketiels. I had one that learned to speak with an American accent and a German accent, because my parents had a foreign exchange student from Germany staying with them. I had another that would say, "Hello Lori" when I got home from work in the evening. And last, [I actually have a dozen more stories, but I won't tell them all here] I had one who would only mimic the phone when nobody was in the room, because he knew that when the phone rang, people came in the room and paid attention to him.bluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454168542120117493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-40481774025117864542008-03-31T09:41:00.000-07:002008-03-31T09:41:00.000-07:00This amazing article (read the whole thing by clic...This amazing article (read the whole thing by clicking on the author's name) actually made me cry at one point, when the 30-year-old parrot Alex, raised entirely in captivity, utters one poignant question, "take me see tree?" We humans don't deserve to coexist on this planet with such beautiful and awe-inspiring creatures.Michael Serafin-St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-41731700395703446232008-03-30T18:11:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:11:00.000-07:00Interesting article. There was some dog I read/hea...Interesting article. There was some dog I read/heard about a while back who was also very smart and capable of incredible intelligence based activities. We so underestimate other species. Most domesticated animals are bi-lingual - my cats clearly understand me when I talk - but I don't understand a word they say... who's smarter?Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-25051001783586591072008-03-30T17:17:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:17:00.000-07:00We had a border collie named Shiloh who had a huge...We had a border collie named Shiloh who had a huge vocabulary and better yet, could be taught to do anything possible in an incredibly short time. He was amazingly incredibly smart--and cute too, but also "naughty" and crafty about his naughtiness!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.com