I don't know if this has been discussed before, but check it out and tell me what you think:


http://www.jimthewonderdog.com/

Here's some more links for everybody:

http://www.john-bauer.com/jim.htm

http://www.arockinmyshoe.com/wonderdog.html

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/jim.html

Jim was able to pick out colors a person was wearing, although dogs are apparently color-blind.
He could pick out a car by its owner, color, make, or license plate number.
He could pick out a variety of trees or shrubs, name of a business, or the occupation or home of a stranger.
As Jim could not speak, a variety of answers were written on slips of paper even in different languages and Jim would always pick out the correct one.
Jim was taken before a Greek class and given several requests in Greek which he successfully answered.
Jim picked the winner in the 1936 World Series.
He correctly predicted that Roosevelt would be re-elected in 1936.
He also correctly picked the winner in the Kentucky Derby for seven years.
And most amazingly, he could predict accurately the sex of an unborn infant.
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wow... quite the dog. Hmm...

You should check out the first site on her seoncd post. It provides quite alot of information. But, boy was that a dog. He's smarter than most people I know, which is a shame.

whoa...

HAHAHAH!!!!! thats funny!!! i bet he was smarter than me too!

Jim was from right near where I live, actually. Incredible dog! I always liked the fact that the people never exploited his gifts to make money, even though they showed him off a lot. When he died (I didn't follow the links, because I have a slow connection today, so forgive me if I'm reapeating something they've already said!) the cemetery people refused to let him be buried in the family plot as his owners wanted, so he was buried right outside the cemetery gates. Since then, I've heard, the cemetery expanded and now his grave is inside after all. The town they lived in was planning a statue of him, but I'm not sure if it got put up.

Tell you what, though, I have a half-brother named Jim and I *guarantee* that Jim the Dog was smarter than Jim the Brother! Of course, most dogs are . . .

Must be a family thing (joke)

=P


Great dog by the way.

He deserves one .

What fun it would be to of had him as a pet..

I agree.

Hey!

Funny, but my niece was telling me today that the reason one of my half sisters rarely visits me is that she's afraid of my dog SallyJane, the world's least ferocious rottweiler. (My niece says she's a poodle in a rottweiler suit. *G*) So maybe it IS a family thing . . . on their father's side.

Truly an amazing dog.