The smartest dog in the world is, as everybody (*) knows, a border collie! The stupidest dog in the world is my dog Nero. But that is OK; it makes us relate quite well.
What kind of dog is Nero? He is black. And he has a tail. Personally I believe he is a mix of every single dog type ever invented, apart from the border collies naturally. And he is a son of a bitch, but he doesn’t object when I remind him of that.
Border collies are really smart (**) because they can execute a new order after just one example of their handlers. Brilliant. Nero however can’t follow an order even after a million examples. Even more to the point, he doesn’t want to. He only does exactly what you don’t show him to do, like eating your flip flops, smelling your… arms in public or being angry at horses for being horses. The retrieving game he does not understand. If you throw a stick at him he either looks at you upset or runs off with it to later show up begging for another.
But still Nero is my new friend. He says good morning by running straight into me. He follows me around, which I didn’t teach him, everywhere on my father-in-law’s propriety, from the kitchen to the fishing pond, from the football pitch to my bedroom. He lies his head on my lap when I am sitting down and he keeps an eye out when we are all a sleep. He is a stupid, but good dog. And I understand: there is nothing more infuriating than a horse!
(*) I really mean: only people to have to much spare time to spend on wikipedia
(**) I was bored, OK, not because I am actually interested in Border Collies
fijn dat je je hond zo goed door hebt. Ik ben benieuwd naar zijn foto, want die staat niet on line.
Ik vind paarden gewoon veel te groot.
ah, de foto is gearriveerd. Prachthond, karakter. Net als Lodewijk, die bijt de blaast naar Barbara omdat ze naar Luca ruikt.
Love it. He’s probably trained by your father-in-law to keep an eye on you.