Dogs are smarter than we think.

Has your dog ever surprised you by doing something you said the first time? You are not alone! Here are 50 stories about amazing dogs who understood what their humans said. Some even saved lives in the process!

Chloe the golden Beagle braved a hurricane to obey the new command, “I need Dad, Girl.”
Ellie the Coonhound helped her human family escape from an angry bear by obeying the new command, “Get it!”
When her human brother said jokingly, “Maybe Cocoa could dig again and find it,” Cocoa did just that!

One night after we had cleaned up slobbery grass off the living-room carpet, I was making dinner. Some canned green beans spilled onto the kitchen floor, and Raffle walked right by them. He wasn’t doing his job of keeping the kitchen floor cleaned of food spills. I said to him,

“Oh, so you’ll eat grass, but you won’t eat green beans, eh?”

Of course I wasn’t expecting a response, but I just about fainted when Raffle came over and gobbled up the green beans! He understood what I said!

Instinctively, I knew Raffle couldn’t be the only dog who ever acted on something his human said but had never taught him. There are fifty great stories in this book. Some of the dogs saved lives. Some just did silly things. Some are really funny stories. Others are just cute. All of them demonstrate how dogs are man’s best friend. I hope you enjoy all the stories and share them with your family and friends.