Areas of uncertainty
November 28th 2010 06:57
Is that an edible camera?
The petrix.com Dog IQ Ranking List rates greyhounds at number 77.
Petrix.com, when it compiled this list, did not use Scratchy as its greyhound breed representative. If it had, the reputation of greyhounds in terms of natural intelligence would have suffered greatly in all areas except that of food foraging.
Which leads us to the subject of doors. This is the one area in which Scratchy is brighter than Daisy. Scratchy knows how to open a door which is ajar - with a prod of the nose from one side and, more impressively, a deft flick of the chin from the other side. He even knows how to test a closed door by leaning on it.
Daisy thinks doors are things humans go through for all sorts of reasons, and which are closed to prevent her from jumping on the bed. Scratchy thinks doors are a world of opportunity in that, being opaque, one can not be certain there isn't food on the other side until one checks.
Regularly.
If petrix.com had judged greyhound intelligence solely on Scratchy's door-opening capabilities, greyhounds would rank well ahead of border collies and just behind burglars.
Not that Scratchy cares. He's too busy leaving no door unopened in his search for food. He scoffs at the idea that windows have any meaningful relationship with opportunity. His world contains only doors of opportunity.
When it comes to acts of calculation, Scratchy knows to think not with his heart, but with his stomach.
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