Is manipulation a sign of intelligence?
Ok, this is a weird one but in my house we’ve noticed something strange lately…
The dog has learned to manipulate me.
No, i’m not crazy, you see it works this way: dog sees me, starts barking, runs towards the garage, into the garage and looks up at the dogfood. If I don’t respond immediately it runs to me and barks at me.
And it’s always me.
It has learned to do the same with the rest of the family, not just me though, but at the same time it only does it to the others if i’m not there…
We have to lock her in at nights in the garage bacause she barks and keeps us all awake (though mainly me, as my room is on the same side as the kennel) but now in the morning if you are awake early you can hear her scratching at the door to be let out.
So what?
You see, she didn’t do these things before. She has learned to manipulate us only since the summer began.
Anyway, this disturbs us (though mainly me) greatly.
After 13 years in the family, has the dog finally started becoming intelligent?
Or is manipulation something different?
And more disturbingly, what’s next?
