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Voice for Peace

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19. I've sometimes thought they think in pictures.

Reply to DesertDiamond (Reply #16)

Wed May 9, 2012, 07:49 AM

May 2012

I would visualize something - and it often seemed the dog could understand, that I could convey the visual picture of what I wanted from her. Sounds a little crazy but it seemed to have some validity whenever I tried it.

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