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Aww man, I'm kicking myself.
Dogs are way smart too. We also (at the same time as Nikki the cat) had a miniature Shetland Colly dog called Shandy. As my father lost his sight, the dog (which was ancient even by dog standards) learnt new tricks such as finding empty seats on buses or guiding him to empty places at the pub bar. Once completely blind my dad had two (the first was taken back after about a year because it developed an instinct for chasing cats, broke my old dads heart) guide dogs. The first was an alsation called Gilly, the second was a labrador called Nina. Nina, after my dads death was taken back to be retrained for another blind person. The proper thing to do but still a massive gut wrench for the family.
If you've ever seen a guide dog work with a blind man, you'll know what I mean. They can do things cats could never do. I love all animals btw.
[ 02-09-2003, 05:52 AM: Message edited by: Charlie ]
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