Well, at least interesting to me, lol. I have owned Labs, GSD's, and an Akita but this is my first time with an EM. All of my dogs have been pretty smart as dogs go and my Akita has certainly been the most challenging so far to as he seems to test my leadership on almost a daily basis in some fashion (but that's an Akita for ya), but my EM Lilly may be line to give him a run for the money. Lilly is 4 months old and we've had her for a couple weeks now. I have never encountered a dog so inquisitive and smart to boot! I initially placed a couple barricades in the living room to keep her from going in other parts of the house where I couldn't watch her while I was watching tv and it wasn't but a few minutes before I saw her walking around looking at the barricades, obviously trying to figure out how to defeat them. Piquing my interest, I continued to watch her out of the corner of my eye because she would keep looking over at me to see if I was watching her. In short order, one by one, she defeated 3 barricades. First, she figured out she could push the box by the couch out of the way, then learned she could squeeze her skinny butt between the space between the end table and the other end of the couch and my chair on the opposite side, and then cemented the box trick by pushing the box out between my chair and the wall. Each time she defeated a barricade, I'd admonish her and bring her back only to watch her furry little brain outsmart me. At last I thought I had her, having solidified the barricades and watching her try and fail each one a couple times. I figured she had given up when she jumped up on the couch and laid down (she loves to lay on the couch and HAS to use a pillow lol). She stood up not more than a minute later, stood looking over the back of the couch for a few seconds, looked over at me with her big, brown, innocent eyes and then jumped over the back of the couch thereby winning the battle of the wills. I was frustrated but had to laugh as I had been outwitted by a puppy! Since then, she has continued to be the most inquisitive dog I have ever owned. She's always looking at everything, sniffing it and even getting up on furniture to check things out. This was a first for me as all my other dogs really didn't like to be off the ground unless on my lap or laying on the couch. Lilly on the other hand, is up on the coffee table and checking out things on the end table and going up and down the stairs at will (the stairs are a bit of a show to watch as she's gangly and not 100% about them but she's willfull about it. Teaching her commands has been good so far with her learning sit, lay down, no bite, down and come here, very quickly. Down and come here are sketchy but the rest are solid. I'm looking forward to seeing if I can get her to track. In conclusion, I'm sorry if I bored you, the reader, but her behavior is vastly different from what I've seen in my life so I figured I'd post and see what the community had to say about their EM's. I'll update periodically if there are positive responses.
) I will put a barricade of parrelettes (basically PVC pipe that stands 12 inches tall) around him. He is about 33-34 inches at the shoulder and will stand there and whine because he can't escape haha. The last time I was there he finally figured it out to my dismay! He took the biggest jump over them hahaha. It's the best breed I've ever owned 
