Let me tell you about my loony dog. She thinks she is a person, no really, she does. I am having a conversation with someone and debs buts in. Not barking but making a funny grumbly yowly noise as if talking herself. She answers me like this too if I say something to her.
She loves bath time, and if the bathroom door is open she will jump in the bath with the kids and splash in the water. This tends to be rather messy so I have to shut the door when we are bathing the kids. Last night I asked the kids to come upstairs for their bath, walked upstairs and went in the bathroom to find the dog sitting in the bath with the sponge in her mouth looking at me expectantly. I wish I had a camera, I really do.
She is by far the cleverest dog I have ever met and is so tuned into people it's untrue. Why these amazing dogs have such a bad reputation is entirely beyond me. Only spend 5 minutes in their company and you can't resist them. Don't get me wrong there are some who are troubled, but knowing how loving and tolerant they are as a breed, I shudder to think at how badly they have been treated to make them snap :0(