Our Great Dane was taught that even without a fence in the front yard, he was not allowed to leave the yard unless he is on a leash. Our neighbors cat walked by one day when Nikko was sitting like a statue by the sidewalk. I guess the cat thought it was a statue until he was right next to Nikko and he moved his head to watch the cat. That cat jumped about a foot in the air and took off. Nikko just sat and watched the cat running for no reason. After that day, the cat would sneak along the sidewalk until he got to our yard and would race passed. Nikko would trot to the edge of the sidewalk, but never ran aggressively towards the cat. It was fun watching this cat teasing Nikko and all Nikko ever wanted was for the cat to stop and play with him. There was another cat in that home and I think it was daring this cat to run by the Great Dane!!

:lol:

I find it hilarious...specially whenever you fake throw a tennis ball...Its so funny, eventually they stop looking for it...I love it whenever i realize my dog is smarter then the jokes I play on her

when i tought my boarder collie agility ,she thought is was fun to stop at the last weve pole grab it and take it with her or bring it to me . :D

I once had a saddle horse that did this. It was a really hot day . When we came into his stall, I washed his ears , face and nose with cold water , I thought it would cool him off a bit. He didn't particularly enjoy it. I bent down to check his front feet , and he got a full mouth of cold water from the trough and dumped it on my head. Then stared at me.

Yes animals do have a sense of humor.

All the animals I've ever been around had a definite sense of "play", and I think sometimes they do develop a sense of humour too. I was working on a dairy a while ago, and while cleaning out the freestalls where the heifers were kept I would leave the shovel at the end gate to go and make sure that none of the heifers got stuck between the divider and the floor scraper as it passed underneath. One of the heifers would go and start playing with the shovel, and I would run back to chase her away from it so it wouldn't get knocked into the manure. It all started out innocently enough, but after the first few times I noticed that the heifer would stand there and watch until I was far enough away from the shovel, then she'd run over to it, slime the whole handle and knock it over, and then go bounding away before I could get there with a look of glee on her face. She seemed dissapointed when I started leaving the shovel outside of the gate where she couldn't reach it. I've also had heifers steal rags that were hanging out of my pocket and go running away with them, they made quite a game out of teasing me with it when I tried to get it back. They'd wait until I was just about in reach and then go running away again. I got alot of exercise :lol:

My Shepard use to do exactly the same thing too! It's a gas to see it happen!

I also have a 3 year old black Lab who is just hysterical...and he knows it too! He keeps me on my toes! :P

Animals def have a sense of play..and they can 'plan ahead' as well. I'm not sure if it's strictly 'humour'..from THEIR point of view..but it's often funny to US :)
I recall once watching my friends old gelding..he noticed his bull-terrier bitch asleep in the paddock. The horse walked up very quietly..bent down and sniifed quietly. Then he backed up..and reached out with one fore foot and VERY slowly and deliberatly pushed down on dogs tail with his hoof. He then galloped off down paddock with head and tail high as dog lept to feet and looked around in surprise. :)
It wasn't accidental..it was all very delibrate and planned on the geldings part. I've seen the same dog and horse playing 'ball'..the dog would bring her ball up in mouth, drop it under horse's belly while he was eating, and horse would kick ball away for dog to chase. This would go on as long as dog had ball, and the horse was eating. I've also seen the same gelding let my friends other dog have a good lick at his dropped penis after urinating. :) Sure wish I'd had my camera handy then :)

This post has been edited by Sirocco99 on Oct 25 2007, 10:01 PM

yes a horny one:

That look that dogs give you after they have taken somthing you need is proof enough for me.......

Of course animals have a sense of humor. In fact I think it far more common for them to have one than not have one.

Yea, all dogs seem to have a sense of play, and some seem to have a more defined sense of humor then others. I love dogs with humor, and loved reading everyones stories - thanks for sharing all.

~A!~

They have their own special sense of humor...