Cheeto

Our doodle, Cheeto, is a good example of the difference between intelligence and wisdom.

He is an incredibly good-tempered dog, very loving, very intelligent, yet he seemingly makes horrible decisions.

A doodle, as I’ve come to find out, is another breed of dog mixed with a poodle, which is allegedly one of the smartest dog breeds.

He has proven himself to be quite intelligent. He was housebroken within days and learned several commands very quickly. Cheeto learned to “sit” in two pork rinds.

I am both surprised and impressed with his speed in learning.

He also makes very questionable decisions at times, with poor accuracy and judgment of distances.

He will pounce at things that don’t exist, at least not in my realm of sensory observation, and seemingly miss. We’ll be walking along, all casual, cool, calm, and collected, when he will suddenly pounce at nothing, sit there for a moment with his ass in the air, then sprint off as if this invisible thing is now chasing him.

It’s very interesting.

It might have something to do with a lack of oxygen to the brain. Not from birth or anything, it’s what he does now for fun and for free.

Sue occasionally catches Cheeto shoving his whole face into his water dish to blow bubbles. He sticks his entire nose under the water and slowly exhales, blowing bubbles out of his nose.

At first I thought, “Well, that’s rather intelligent, actually. I’ve never had a dog that even thought of doing that just for fun!”

The problem is, he forgets to pull his face back out on the inhale and goes into sneezing fits. After he calms down from sneezing, he shoves his face back in and the cycle repeats itself over and over.

I figure he’ll eventually think, “Hey! I bet I can play this game in the toilet, too!”

That’s probably in our future.

Thanks for reading!