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My neighbors had a Collie, and the dog had paced around the fence perimeter so often there was a dirt trail. If you don't give them a task to do, they'll invent
by jldugger 9y ago
My neighbors had a Collie, and the dog had paced around the fence perimeter so often there was a dirt trail. If you don't give them a task to do, they'll invent their own.
- rleigh 9y agoMy old border collie would invent games and play them by herself if she was left to her own devices. Other breeds (and even others of the same breed) not so much. It makes me wonder if the ability experience boredom, and to undertake activities to alleviate boredom, is part and parcel of higher level intelligence. Most lower animals don't have sufficient time aside from basic survival activities to allow it?