The Cat on the Bus

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447527&in_page_id=1770

This reminds me of the red dog who used to use street-crossing buttons in Gaithersburg. He’d trot up, reach up to the button, press it, wait patiently for the “walk” signal, then trot across. Pets are much smarter animals than we give them credit for, I think.

Particularly Happy. He’s scary.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447527&in_page_id=1770

This reminds me of the red dog who used to use street-crossing buttons in Gaithersburg. He’d trot up, reach up to the button, press it, wait patiently for the “walk” signal, then trot across. Pets are much smarter animals than we give them credit for, I think.

Particularly Happy. He’s scary.

3 thoughts on “The Cat on the Bus”

  2. Red dog

    Did that really happen? I’ve never seen a dog capable of pushing a button at an intersection and waiting for the light to change unless the dog was a seeing eye dog and his master was with him. That is worthy of the 5 o’clock news. I love dogs but I’m not a good trainer and I think the “red dog” must have been trained. I’d like to know more about this phenomenon.

    1. Did that really happen? Yep,

      Did that really happen?

      Yep, happened at an intersection in Gaithersburg, MD. I believe Sam was with me in my Volvo when it happened, but I think I was more excited about it than he was. It was on the way up to Ben’s house to do some recording when I was 17 (17 years ago, more or less).

      I love dogs but I’m not a good trainer and I think the “red dog” must have been trained. I’d like to know more about this phenomenon.

      I don’t know dogs well, but I just looked it up, and it was one of these types (very lanky and tall):

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Setter

      However, their stated limitation on size seems off, I recall him being taller. Then again, I also think that eyewitness accounts are the single most unreliable thing that we commonly rely on in our society, so I could just be off my rocker and not know it.

      —
      Matthew P. Barnson

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