[stomachmonkey]

Easiest dogs to train that I've had were the Mastiffs.

They got most things pretty much the first time.

Smartest was my Schnauzer. Fiercely independent but one of those dogs that you could "talk to" like a person and he seemed to understand everything.

One mistake I did make with him. I used to walk him off lead when in the hood and when a car would come down the street I'd say "car". He would sit and wait for it to pass which was great since he was less likely to get hit by one.

One day I was in the house and I hear a car horn then frustrated yelling.

Went to the window and the little bastard had escaped the yard.

Apparently he had been crossing the street when a car came along and there he was sitting in the middle of the road refusing to move.