...and I'm being totally serious. Reason I say that is because when I asked my husband this same question, he just sat there and laughed.
Is it possible for a dog to be mentally retarded?
Reason being, one of my dogs, Raja, acts like this. I mean, she plays, she defends her food from the other dogs, she knows how to sit and wait for her food, she responds to her name but as far as "hand/eye coordination", she doesn't have much. Like last night she was walking to the bedroom with me, the door was closed and she tried to stop too late and just bonked right into it. Her balance while walking can be iffy and it's like she's never really been comfortable on her feet...tripping over stuff, namely her own legs, isn't uncommon. I guess extremely clumsy would be a good term for it. She's a year old this month, so I know it isn't the clumsy puppy growth stage when everything is growing so fast it's hard for them to get used to it. When she walks, she doesn't pick up her back feet...like she shuffles them...have no idea what that's about. She doesn't seem stiff or painful in any of her joints.
So, I dunno...any questions or suggestions are welcome.