【龙腾网】你是否曾养过智力超常的宠物

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Have you ever had a pet that was almost unnaturally intelligent?

你有没有养过一只智力超群的宠物?

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Adam Welch, Just a regular guy with lots of life experiences.

亚当·韦尔奇，有很多生活经验的普通人
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Yes and sometimes it freaks me out.
We have no real idea what her breed is, but I'd suspect it's about 5 things. She is the smartest dog I've ever met, so much so that I rarely have to speak to her at all. I'll give you a few examples. Winter's favorite place to sleep is on the ottoman at my feet. I don't always let her though, as I want to stretch out myself. In order to ask permission, she'll sit behind the ottoman and look at me. If I look away then she knows she can't. If however I nod my head, she'll climb up and lay down. The whole interaction is completely non verbal.

是的，有时这让我很害怕
我们不知道它是什么品种，但有5件事让我怀疑它是我见过的最聪明的狗，聪明到我几乎不需要和她说话。我给你们举几个例子。冬天最喜欢睡觉的地方就是我脚边的沙发。而我不总是让它睡，因为我想好好伸展身体。为了得到许可，它会坐在沙发后面看着我。如果我看向别处，她就知道它不被允许。但如果我点头，她就会爬上去躺下。整个互动完全是非语言的。

When I take her out to use the restroom, sometimes I'll let her run around a bit before coming back inside. I don't always because there might be people around and she's very territorial and protective. She'll do her business and sit in front of me. If I turn towards the house, she'll run back inside. If however I lean against the house, she'll take off towards the field to play.
If she's getting into trouble, I can stand up with my hands on my hips and look at her. She'll stop what she is doing and sit down embarrassed. If however I jerk my head towards the bedroom, she'll walk towards the room and lay in timeout untill I whistle for her.
So this probably sounds pretty unremarkable right? I'd imagine most any dog could be trained to do these things by a professional. But that's what's crazy. I've never trained her! I haven't, my wife and kids haven't. I've never taken her anywhere. She just figured out how to communicate with me. I'd love to say it was my doing but trust me it was all her.

当我带她出去上厕所时，有时我会让它跑一会儿。我不总是这样，因为周围可能有人，而且它很有地盘意识和保护欲。它会“询问”我，然后坐在我面前。如果我转身朝房子，她会跑回屋里。不过，如果我靠在房子上，它就会跑到田野里去玩。
如果它在制造麻烦，我就站起来，双手叉腰，看着它。她会停下手里的活儿，尴尬地坐下。然而，如果我把头朝卧室一扬，她就会走到房间里，等待我吹口哨叫她。
这听起来很普通，对吧?我想大多数的狗都可以通过专业的训练来做这些事情。但这就是疯狂之处。我从来没有训练过她!我没有，我的妻子和孩子没有。我从没带它去过任何地方。它刚知道怎么跟我沟通。我很想说是我教的，但相信我都是它天生就会。

Kathie Lee, former park ranger

凯西·李，前公园管理员

This is Milton, a sweet chocolate Labrador my sister adopted from the shelter when he was seven years old. Why he was abandoned we will never know but it’s obvious he was a well loved dog.
My sister had a farm of 200 chickens. Every morning she and the kids collected 200 eggs and sometimes they missed a few. Milton watched their activity every day. He was supposed to be a pet not meant to be a work dog, but I guess Milton had other ideas.
One day I came for a visit and found about half dozen eggs on the floor of the back deck. I brought them inside and asked my sister about it. She said that after she and the kids finish collecting the eggs, Milton will go into the chicken coops and check the boxes, if he finds an egg he picks it up with his soft mouth and carry it to the house. Unless one of the barn cats is around to open the door for him, Milton leaves the egg on the deck floor and returns to the coop to search for more wayward eggs.
Nobody trained Milton to do this, he watched his new family collect eggs and figured that’s what he should do too. From there he decided it was his duty to patrol the property and keep other dogs and foxes away from his chickens. Even he wasn’t able to keep the hawks from making off with one of his chickens now and then.

这是米尔顿，我姐姐七岁时从收容所收养的一只巧克力拉布拉多犬。我们永远也不知道他为什么被遗弃，但很明显，他是一条深受爱戴的狗。
我姐姐有一个饲养200只鸡的农场。每天早上，她和孩子们收集200个鸡蛋，有时他们会错过一些。米尔顿每天都观察他们的活动。他应该是一只宠物犬，而不是一只工作犬，但我想弥尔顿还有其他想法。
有一天我来拜访，在后院的地板上发现了大约半打鸡蛋。我把它们带进来，问我妹妹这件事。她说，在她和孩子们收集完鸡蛋后，米尔顿会走进鸡笼检查盒子，如果他发现一个鸡蛋，他会用柔软的嘴把它捡起来，带到房子里。除非谷仓里的猫在附近为它开门，否则弥尔顿会把蛋留在地板上，然后回到鸡舍去寻找更多的鸡蛋。
没有人训练弥尔顿这样做，仅仅看着它的新家庭成员收集鸡蛋，并认为这也是它应该做的。从那以后，它决定它的职责是巡逻房屋，让其它狗和狐狸远离鸡。即使是它也无法阻止老鹰时不时地叼走一只小鸡。