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Posted by branchvillekell on 08-07-2011 03:24 AM:

thanks hobo, just trying to envoke some smarter thinking. outside the box, if you may.

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Posted by Bill(Chew) on 08-07-2011 03:30 AM:

I've watched dogs working a bad track stop, look around like they are thinking where the coon went, move over aways, and pick up the track and go on.

Yes, I beleive they can think. But I don't beleive that they have deep thoughts nor much reasoning power.

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Posted by pawoodrum on 08-07-2011 03:42 AM:

evolution

if we evolved from monkeys why are there still monkeys? I would like to know this because my biology teacher in highschool and college never could answer this question for me?

Posted by hillbilly56 on 08-07-2011 04:10 AM:

dogs thinking

im just a dumb ole hillbilly but ithink animals are like humans they all got some kind of brain to think just like people some are smarter than others jmo

Posted by chuck west on 08-07-2011 04:12 AM:

btt

quote:
Originally posted by HOBO
Sure they can think... But I don't think they can reason what they are thinking...

ok heres my take on this i ll agree with you Hobo all the way ,but you need to say they cant ponder,stew or fret over what they think ,,they are a reaction creature ,,,jmho ,,,,chuck west

Posted by HOBO on 08-07-2011 04:18 AM:

Re: btt

quote:
Originally posted by chuck west
ok heres my take on this i ll agree with you Hobo all the way ,but you need to say they cant ponder,stew or fret over what they think ,,they are a reaction creature ,,,jmho ,,,,chuck west

I'd agree with that.

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Posted by Mike Van Dusen on 08-07-2011 04:40 AM:

Yes I think dogs can think.
Example, a good friend of mine had a dog named Joe.
He hunted the hair off Joe,the dog had a heart big as all out doors.Many nights I would drive to my friends house, about a 40 minute drive and we would pleasure hunt.At the end of our hunt, usually real late, I would load my dog back in my truck, my friend would get Joe out and send him hunting from his drive way.He would say" go find 1 man" and Joe would trot off.Now my friend lived in the country, and the nearest woods was a long ways off.Joe would go and find a coon,somewhere!We would sit on my tailgate and talk,I would leave and my friend would sometimes go in the house.Later he would get his tracker out and go find Joe.He would be treed somewhere!Many times I have drove down that country road and seen eyes off the side of the road, so I would slow down,and there would be Joe, backed off in the grass, or ditch and watch me drive by.He was road smart!
Kokomo Joe was a heck of a dog!!!!!

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Posted by skeets on 08-07-2011 11:00 AM:

iam pretty sure a dog can think if not what do their brains do? and if they cant think why do they make seeing eyes dogs out of them or when a stranger walks in the yard they bark, something got to tell them to bark. lol

Posted by Majestic Tree H on 08-07-2011 11:47 AM:

If they Can't "Think" then How could they "Dream" ?????????

And Believe Me with 8-10 hounds in my office during the Hot Days their may be 3-4 Dreaming .. Heck I had one Treed Up Solid the other day, Dead asleep beside my chair !!!! lol

What ever could be "Reactionary" During the REM Cycle WithOut High Levels of Thought ??

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Posted by jmillerky on 08-07-2011 12:44 PM:

dogs got to be able to think.they know wht they like and dont like. some just arnt as smart a other and most are just as smart as there owners/trainers.

Posted by Big R.D. on 08-07-2011 01:08 PM:

think

hey H L your talking about some of the stupid things dogs do but there are alot of stupid things people do to.so can people think?

Posted by Bluedogman on 08-07-2011 01:10 PM:

Re: think

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so can people think?

Only certain ones!

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Posted by patches9452 on 08-07-2011 01:27 PM:

Re: So

quote:
Originally posted by H. L. Meyer
Lets see if a dog can think then why would he run a Deer rather than a coon he should know by thinking that running a coon is what you want him to do.
Do you realy think a dog is wired the same as a human. then if he is and wants to please you why do they take a dump on the living room carpet that don't make you happy.
Is being smart the same as being able to THINK.
My buddy says the same thing about quitting and thinking but that don't mean i believe it .
Don't bash me I am just wondering about THINKING it's too hot to hunt might as well see what people "THINK"

just because they do stupid stuff just could mean they were not thinking clearly i see drug addicts and kids smoking all the time... they can think just didnt do it very well

Posted by wildbill on 08-07-2011 02:13 PM:

Re: Re: So

quote:
Originally posted by patches9452
just because they do stupid stuff just could mean they were not thinking clearly i see drug addicts and kids smoking all the time... they can think just didnt do it very well

good point,,

if they can't think,,
then why do they make a liar out of you everytime when you brag on them??????

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Posted by rockett42 on 08-07-2011 02:41 PM:

think

Why does he take a dump on the floor. Hell I know a few people that have done that before. Why do they go in caves that they cant get out of. People do it everyday. Why do they run a deer when they know they are not supposed to. Why do people go out and rob and steal when they know they are not supposed to........Can they not think!!!!!

Posted by branchvillekell on 08-07-2011 02:48 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Majestic Tree H
If they Can't "Think" then How could they "Dream" ?????????

And Believe Me with 8-10 hounds in my office during the Hot Days their may be 3-4 Dreaming .. Heck I had one Treed Up Solid the other day, Dead asleep beside my chair !!!! lol

What ever could be "Reactionary" During the REM Cycle WithOut High Levels of Thought ??

this has had me thinking for years. dogs dreaming. you just wonder. so if they have the capacity for dreams their capacity for thinking has to be higher than anyone thinks.
i believe that a dog will do whatever sometimes when they want a reaction from a human, whether it be a good thing or bad. i believe it is in the way the human raises the dog up and has it excel to the highest level possibly achieved in the short life span a dog has.
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Posted by Lee Currens Jr. on 08-07-2011 03:10 PM:

some get to smart

Posted by branchvillekell on 08-07-2011 03:31 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Lee Currens Jr.
some get to smart

you got that right. what if people started breeding more for intelligence than anything else. would it be a hunting machine??? i think so. it would up the anty i think.

a dog that can hunt and think independantly is worth its weight in gold in my book.
and that is what i got. he is very , very intelligent.
he has never shown the capacity for being a me too dog ever.

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Posted by Majestic Tree H on 08-07-2011 03:53 PM:

Actualy Quite the Contary ... You want to Deminish the Capable Thought to Only a Very Few Objectives ...

Case in Point the Elhew Bred English Pointer ...

Breed them till they can Only Eat, Poop and Point Birds ........

Posted by branchvillekell on 08-07-2011 03:57 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Majestic Tree H
Actualy Quite the Contary ... You want to Deminish the Capable Thought to Only a Very Few Objectives ...

Case in Point the Elhew Bred English Pointer ...

Breed them till they can Only Eat, Poop and Point Birds ........

this could turn into a real philosophical debate. hmmm, got me thinkin.

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Posted by GA DAWG on 08-07-2011 04:04 PM:

Next time my young dog runs a deer. Im gonna holler and ask her what the @$*&% are you thinking

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Posted by branchvillekell on 08-07-2011 04:06 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by GA DAWG
Next time my young dog runs a deer. Im gonna holler and ask her what the @$*&% are you thinking

and when she answers you, you might be on to something,lol.

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Posted by Majestic Tree H on 08-07-2011 04:15 PM:

Heck I've asked that question 1281 times and Have Never gotten a Answer !!! ...

But Now They Hang their Heads in Discrace !!! When I ask

Posted by Lee Currens Jr. on 08-07-2011 04:17 PM:

#6 before 3 barks will get you a answer

Posted by Richard Lambert on 08-07-2011 04:35 PM:

My dog "thinks" up ways to p+ss me off. He knows that he is not supposed to do something but he does it anyway. He will tree a possum but he will leave right before I get there. I know that he is "thinking" and laughing at me as he sneaks off!

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