I was in the bathroom and sent Oz off to "find his ball". He took
off and after about a minute he came back sans the ball. I
asked him why he didn't bring his ball back and he barked at
me, then took off to the bedroom. I followed to find him staring
under the bed. Sure enough there was his ball under the
bed where he couldn't reach it.

I was trying to teach him to touch a target with his nose, using
a clicker and he wasn't quite getting it. My friend with the JRT
asked if she could try. Well her dog got it within 2 tries. After
about the fourth rep, her dog was picking up the target and
dropping it at my friend. Oz watched on intently, during all this.
I was duly impressed with her dog and we were discussing how
smart her dog was, the dogs momentarily ignored and the target
forgotten. Meanwhile as we were talking, Oz went and picked up
the target and brought it to me and dropped it at me, with no
prompting. He figured out the value of that lil' yellow target all
on his own. He says he now wants one of'em for the car, so
when we drive through taco bell, he can exchange it for a taco.

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