| I was introducing a Labrador
retriever to a restaurant under renovation that he was
to guard.
The dog had a strange quirk in that he would not go
through a tight spot.
A door had to be wide open or he would balk. (I
guess he had been caught by a spring door when he was
younger.)
There was a section of the building with posh furniture
and Carpet.
Access to the section was through an opening in a
planter wall. I didn't want the dog to go into that
section,
so I placed a "THIS SECTION CLOSED" sign in the middle
of the opening,
and said "See that?".... The dog looked, and we walked
on.
A workman shouted "Hey are you saying that dog can
read?"
I replied "Well, watch.", and I
squeezed past the sign but the dog who had been at my
side in perfect obedience,
planted four feet and wouldn't go
through, no matter how much I shouted and tugged.
I moved the sign (now there was
lots of room), and the dog walked through as though
nothing was wrong.
Each time the sign was in the
doorway, the dog couldn't be forced through; remove it
and he would trot on through.
Somewhere there is a work crew
that believes my dog can read. ....
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