Oh yeah, Sharon, now you're getting downright,
flappin' oticular! I realize canines are pretty intelligent(sometimes scary/intelligent); my old girlfriend has a Chessie, and I swear she can understand at the eighth grade level!
When it hits you - that d@mned dog understands what it is you are saying to her, it almost floors you!!
But now you expect me to believe the dog knows he/she is just going through a phase?
penn