# My dog is the smartest dog ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-the-smartest-dog-ever/193024 "2003-08-05T01:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-the-smartest-dog-ever/193024/17 "2003-08-05T16:46:04Z")
Flash, the World’s Best Dog ™ can be _scarily_ intelligent. A few years ago, I told him to go find his ball. He looked all over the room (excited 'cause he knew we were going to play fetch), but couldn’t find it. I said, “Well, don’t look at me. Maybe you left it in the computer room?” He jumped up and shot into the computer room, and came out a few seconds later, ball in mouth. The thing is, _I never trained him to know that the first bedroom is the computer room!_ Every now and then, I’ll look over at him and tell him I KNOW that he can understand every word I tell him. He plays dumb, though. He knows he’s got a cushy job, and if I know he can understand me, I’ll have him doin’ all sorts of menial tasks. THAT’S a smart dog. Damn… I want a puppy again. I miss that smell- there’s something about the smell of a puppy (well, as long as it’s clean). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-the-smartest-dog-ever/193024)._