There is no doubt that
dogs are intelligent creatures. But on the other hand, trying to
reason with a dog is a bit like typing your life story on a keyboard
with only numbers. I know that dogs are extremely intelligent because
ours have made up a set of rules for a ball game that is more complex
than football.
The rules of the game:
There are three players
in the game. The tall one with two legs is the banker. The banker
starts the game with two squeaky balls about 5cm in diameter.
There are two four
legged players, one is Brown and one is Black.
The Black player is
faster than the Brown player, but has no sense of smell. [in fact not
much sense of any sort].
The turn starts when
the banker squeaks a ball to get the attention of the other two
players.
The ball is then
thrown.
The Brown and Black
players chase the ball.
If the ball lands in
plain sight the Black player will get it and bring it back to the
banker. A squeak of the second ball is the cue for Black to drop the
ball at the bankers feet. This is a win for Black.
If the ball lands out
of sight the Black player will give up first. The Brown player will
search for the ball and bring it back to the banker. A squeak of the
second ball is the cue for Brown to drop the ball at the bankers
feet. At this point the Black player will rush to get the ball and
take it back to where it was thrown, before returning it back to the
banker. This is a win for Brown.
The turn does not
finish until the Black player has returned the ball to the banker.
The game ends when one
of the balls is lost.
