Kenya always pays some attention to the movies I watch. I know because she gets very excited whenever a dog appears. And she behaves appropriately. If the dog is snarling she gets angry. If the dog attacks someone, she goes into her own snarly bitchy mode of telling other dogs how they should be behaving. If the dog on the screen is benign, she merely cocks her head and pricks up her ears and walks closer to the screen.
But last night was different. She watched the whole movie. She followed the movement of the horses with her eyes. She was upset by the buffalo stampede. But it was the wolf who fascinated her. You could tell she really wanted to interact with him. There were things he did that annoyed her. She watched very carefully as he slowly, ever so slowly, took the piece of jerky from the man's hand, and then dashed off. And she cried when he was shot.
If you have a dog, rent Dances With Wolves for him or her. Your dog will love it. (I think. Maybe I am the only person who has this kind of dog.)
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I was surprised that while Rob and I were watching the Ididarod race to Alaska that our dogs didn't pay more attention to the sled dogs, especially when they howled.
I suspect Kenya would have howled along with them ...
Do you think Kenya is a reincarnation of ....?
(You would know better than I.)
Barbara ... too cryptic for my small brain ... a reincarnation of whom or what?
Sorry, I thought you might know ...
Kenya just seems too humanish to be a dog!
So sensitive and bright.
Maybe a reincarnation of a human who likes movies with dogs in them??
I think there are likely all kinds of very bright dogs out there but not all of them live alone with a retired hermit so they haven't become as communicative as she has.
I am reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle which is about a breed being developed that reminds me a lot of Kenya ... except that they are better at obeying orders as well as being innately intelligent and knowing when to think for themselves. I suspect that the writer's dog, Lola, is probably like Kenya.
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