Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34343471-20180512213046/@comment-35319541-20180514022126

Ok I cannot stand it any more, Zeus the wonder dog-I call him that cause you never know what he is up to. He was a pup when my daughter bought him. YES he is highly active and could play catch or frisbee for hours on end. I was at the worst of my illness when he came here. He learned to push his nose, then head and finally use his legs to help me sit up in bed, I think he learned mainly cause once I was up I could sit at the table and play ball with him. (he doesn't know he's a herder, He is a ball player). I would slide the ball to him on the opposite side of the table, and he learned to bat it back directly to my foot! He learned to open and close the back door(I partially closed it so he could open it from the outside, and when we got back in he would close it tight) It was too hard for me to get up and down the stairs, so mostly I left the door open, he let himself in and out. Now when he comes in and I tell him to close the door, he does just that! He learned to fetch my shoes (without eating them) and to open the fridge door. When we were able to play outside he takes the ball to my bench swing and waits for me to get there, always brings the ball back, we even have hand signals as I could not always get my words out right. I point to him, then the ball, wiggle my fingers, say gentle and he puts the ball in my hand and makes sure I have a good hold on it before letting it go. He learned to entertain himself by batting the ball with his paw, sending it under furniture and then going around the furniture (which I had pulled all of it away from the wall) and getting it himself. He also figured out how to bounce the ball off the wall and then fetch it himself. He learned to move the rolling cart to get the ball from behind it as well. When I had trouble waking up and he needed to go out he would nudge my side and lick my nose. He is amazing.