Earlier in life, the dogs would all seem to be downstairs and the cats would all be outside roaming around, so, it was rather hard to see what new skills/habits each had learned. Sure, they learned some things. How to sit (sometimes), how to catch a ball, chase string, come inside if we shook the pounce can enough times (cat treats), etc...but none seemed to learn much from each other.
Granted, I was younger, but as time went on... the cats tended to stay inside and the dogs got more spoiled!
Take these pics of Homer/Mikey. I've seen cats sit like this prior, but Homer didn't do this (at least that I saw) until hanging out with his buddy Mikey a lot.
When Doja was still with us, Molly would follow him everywhere! Doja was best known for his yawn/curly tail and while Mollys tail isn't quite as snake-like as Dojas...she very quickly picked up the yawn! She still does it to this day, not quite to the standards of her brother, but everyone can't be the same and it's the effort that counts!
Has anyone else noticed these types of things with their pets?!
That's funny how they learn from each other like that. I never had two dogs at the same time living with me, but when I would take my dog to my parents house, their dog would teach him which cupboard the cookies were in, so now every time my dog goes to my parents house he sits in front of the cookie cupboard and stares at it, waiting for a treat!
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