She sure does look smart :-)

Smart AND adorable!

She's pretty...now we're expecting big things from her now Weed LOL
btw I play organ and I find if I practice a song for a bit then come back the next day it's like a miracle, all the parts I got stuck on previously are so much simpler.. it must have something to do with the brain working on the problem while you sleep. So it could also be the same with dogs.

Lola needs a big bright pink bow :-)

Looking at her, who could doubt it?

I've had shepherd hound mixes too! And yes they were very smart dogs that looked alot like Lola!

Be prepared for her to learn how to open cupboards and how to open screen doors, by sticking her fingernails into the screen and sliding it aside.

Smart dogs are fun, but there are times when you will wish they weren't so darn smart! :-)

Do I see a little beagle in Lola? Does she have the beagle bay?

She really is a sweet looking puppy. I always like the way a dog will turn their head when you talk to them.

joepyeweed - Yikes! I didn't need to hear that {{gwi:540344}}

housefairy - I hope there is no beagle in Lola - I have another rescue, who is 100% beagle and 22# of TROUBLE! lol.

I was trying to think of some other smart dog disasters...

like when he learned how not only to open the cupboard but how to spin the lazy susan in the cupboard... he drug out all of the flour, cake mixes, oatmeal, and shook them all over the house. We had chocolate cake mix ground into the white carpet.... oat meal spread out into the burgundy carpet... and then of course the subsequent vomit and diarrhea that results from eating 5 pounds of flour, 5 pounds of sugar and two boxes of cereal... aren't dogs great!

I had to reorganize all my cabinets and get child proof latches. I relocated the pans to the bottom cupboards and he liked to play with those too... fun stuff!

I would suggest that you get child proof cabinet latches right away!

ALL dogs just want to please us...reward your pup with good food, lots of walks and love. Exercise, combined with Discipline, then Attention. Good job.

Weed, Coda (full blown beagle! ;)) is very much like that, too! She learned everything instantly. One of the best times was one afternoon when my boyfriend was heading to work. We hadn't taught coda "Paw" yet, and he told me good luck, she hates having her feet touched.

He came home 2 hours later she had "Paw" "Other Paw" and "Both paws" down pat - never had to work on it again! He couldn't believe it. Neither could I really. Too smart for her own good!

But Jopey is right! Their smarts can translate into disaster. Coda isn't sooo bad, but she can still figure out just about anything. But I have heard of others opening the fridge and the cupboards, doors, screens are a big one. Coda opens the door like it's nothing.

And if this makes you feel better (maybe worse) The 22 pounds of trouble you have already, is probably purely a HOUND trait, from everything I've read, they're all similar in disposition, smarts and stubborn ways, they just come in different sizes! So she'll probably have a lot of the same trouble packed into her, regardless of the kind of hound!

It's what makes them so much fun though!

Mazer, how many hounds have you owned?

I've owned hounds, labs, terriers... I can tell you that hounds are different... they are not that into pleazing the leader...they will, but smell first, leader second...

Weed- she is adorable. Now why haven't we heard about her before now? No fair keeping such cute secrets. LOL

Linda (formerly Bessiedawg_

Beauty AND brains- great combo.

What a beautiful pup! It's a real joy to work with a quick learner...and a real humbling moment when they outsmart you!

Just wait until you find yourself saying to friends and family: "not in front of the dog!" to stop them from doing something the dog can learn. Our dog figured that out that means "someone is doing something interesting!" ... We had to switch to N.F.D. for now.

Example, one night our dog saw my husband open the fridge door with the dish towel that was hung threw the handle. Soon as my husband went back to the stove, our dog went over and yanked the towel off the handle. Husband put a freshly one out not realizing what the dog was up to. The dog went back over to yank the towel and I told him leave it. He left it, until I went to set the table! When I returned it was on the floor again.

Well, the towel kept appearing on the floor the next 24 hours. The next night while we were cooking dinner. The dog went up to my husband nosed him in the leg, then trotted over to the fridge, grabbed the towel and opened the door :D He looked so proud!

Thankfully he likes shutting the door almost as much as opening.. something else we did not teach him.

Life with a smart dog is never boring. :)

OK, I was really excited about my smart dog, and had to post about it.

Now I am just scared.

Linda ~ she's not a secret anymore :) I have been kinda busy since I have *three* dogs now!

joepyeweed, munkos & northy, I am no longer reading posts from any of you!
Just look at how good she is! She knows nothing of cabinet/fridge opening! Shhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: more Lola

Hounds are definitely a different type of dog. For roughly the first year of her life, Coda wanted nothing to do with physical attention. She struggle away to smell your hand, and if you didn't smell edible, BUH BYE!

She is a big suck now, but you're definitely right with the 'smell first, please later'. They like to please themselves first, and if they've got time for you in their busy little lives, they'll do what you want!

The cutest thing (and one of the worst, manners wise) Coda ever did was when she was about one year, still kind of puppyish. We'd bought her one of those long, rubber tug toys with the two handles. I came home, opened it, put it on the kitchen table and finished putting other things away. Didn't show the dogs the toy, didn't even realise they were up and about yet.

Turn around And Coda is sitting on the kitchen chair, ever so daintily pulling this toy off the table, trying not to let her face or body touch the table. She'd never even looked at the table before, but somehow she KNEW that was hers, and she wanted it. She got it, took it to bed, and slept on it.

What a goober!

Which reminds me of another hound story.... it was christmas time and I had diligently got my shopping done early and all gifts were wrapped an neatly stacked under the tree.

I was flabbergasted when I came home from work and found christmas wrapping and boxes strewn across the living room. OH NO! that darn dog!

As I cleaned up the mess, it was evident the only packages that he had unwrapped and chewed open were his?! Now I could understand him smelling the nylabone, but how in the world did he know the package with the dog brush and the other package with rope toy, were his? I swear he was reading the gift tags! ;-)

Weed she's darling!

As an owner of a not-so-smart but otherwise perfect dachs-HOUND, I can relate to the hound stories. My short-legged hound doesn't see the point of some commands. He will obey if he feels like it (or if I am holding food).

People don't understand that dogs have their own minds - they are not robots you program. They have choices.

Mine is expert at communicating with his eyes. Like the "you must be kidding me" look, and the "talk to the paw" look.

Notice you do not see many dachshunds walking on leash. There's a reason for that, LOL!!!

What a cute, fun dog. Keep teaching her things; it's so good for dogs.

Cute dog! Love her!

Maybe she can do something really smart one day!! like dial a short phone number or fetch pop for you out of the fridge. I have heard of "Freak" dogs that have actually said words in a garbled way! Every now and then a dog comes by that well... VERY COOL!

Super cute dog. I have a Dachshund and she does seem to be the smartest I have ever had and I have had dogs for over 50 years. Smart as in manipulative, she knows how to get what she wants when she wants it. As my FIL put it, "She's got you well trained!" LOL Also the most expressive in barks, whines, whimpers and noises I have never heard another dog make, as if she is talking. And the looks she gives us, worth a thousand words.
Clare

Clare, mine grunts - sometimes sounds like a pig, other times like a monkey!

Weed, the "down-stay" pic looks like "Your wish is my command..." LOL.

keep the pics coming - of all THREE doggies!

She is adorable! I do agree with other posters, smart dogs can be "trouble". They can outsmart you on a regular basis. If you have time and can do obedience and agility etc it would be great. Or if you want even more exercise you can learn "Freestyle dancing" with her. Then we will want a utube video.

Great!...have you seen that smart one on Opra show??
I'll see yours there soon!.

Konrad