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

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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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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?

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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

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Sure they can think... But I don't think they can reason what they are thinking...

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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

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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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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

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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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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.

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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?

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so can people think?

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Only certain ones!

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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"

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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

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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!!!!!

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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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some get to smart

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some get to smart

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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 ........

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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 ........

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

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

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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

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#6 before 3 barks will get you a answer

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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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