Smart Dog

Hey there most humans and many others,

Today is trash day in our neighborhood. It is Mr. Nelson's favorite day because he likes to go out to take the big cans down to the curb and to go out to put more bags of trash into the cans and to take the recycling down to the curb. He gets to go into the front yard lots of times, and then he gets to bark at the big trash trucks when they come.

It is Tio Kane's job to take out the trash, and Missy Linda takes care of the recycling. Sometimes when Tio Kane has already taken the trash out, Missy Linda will come out of nowhere with a whole other bag. She sets it sort of by the front door (inside) for Tio Kane to take out when he comes by. Sometimes these bags are fairly heavy.

Anyway, Mr. Nelson has recently been guilty of getting into these bags to get at any morsels or treasures he sniffs in there. The thing is that he doesn't tear the bags, though. He only opens them at the top by untying them. If he can't open the top, he leaves them alone!

Missy Linda, as she was cleaning up the mess one time, was surprised to discover how he had gotten into the bag. She says that she has to give him credit for not tearing into the bags, but she wants to know how he unties them! She says that makes him smarter than some of the adults she knows! You humans are a pretty sad bunch.