Marmaduke by Brad Anderson for March 07, 2021

Toulouse-Lau"trek"

Phil is going to need a lot of linament for that arm!

Just bring him to the dog park, Phil. Sit on a bench for a half hour.

Marm’s like my Norwegian Elkhound: if you want it, why are you throwing it away?

More likely Gigi farted and startled herself.

They know words spoken or thought. If I want to get rid of one of my dogs all I have to do is say BATH. If I want to call them to come to me, I just crinkle an empty chip bag.

And I thought poodles were smart

Better luck next time, Phil.

I know dogs can teleport. I saw my 2 dogs do it in October of 2008.

We had an ice storm, and everything was coated by a quarter inch of ice.

They wanted to go out and do their business. So I let them out into the backyard (which is fenced in – about 1/2 acre or so).

We have a yard shed about 15 yards away from the little porch step at our back door. There is a passage behind it that leads to the larger yard. They used that to get to the yard to go pee.

There is a tree right at the opening of the passage. Just as they got to the passage right under the tree, a fairly large limb half way up the tree broke off and plunged right down on top of them.

I was watching the whole scene play out – one moment they were standing there frozen… in the next moment, just as the limb crashed down on where they were standing, they were suddenly standing next to me on the little porch step.

Thats right… they disappeared, and reappeared right next to me.

I have always wondered about that incident. I’ve replayed it over and over in my mind, and it is always the same – they disappear, and reappear standing next to me on the porch step.

I just don’t know.

Poodles understand speech. I had a standard one, was sleeping under the couch, and heard my wife say," The baby dropped some food on the floor." My poodle came into the dining area, and stated looking under the table.