Not really - it's not that I'd always like the idea of it - but I'd always thought in the back of my mind - 'ooh maybe i'll have a go at that one day - it'd be a challenge' now I can't do it in my own time so here I go.
I don't know about being smarter than the dogs - last time I checked my IQ was only about 12 - or was it 13? Not too good at the counting thing.