Ollie is NOT a Wally! (Who would have thought it?)

I know those who know and love him will find it hard to believe but I have realised that my dog Ollie is in fact NOT a wally!
I had started to suspect this some time ago but today I have reached 100% certainty that he is in fact a genius and has been playing along with the wally image from day 1.
He is simply too good at escaping and doing naughty things to be as daft as he appears and he understands an awful lot of what I say to him. I can even spell out w-a-l-k and he knows what the word means.
Every week day Ollie knows that after his walk and after our breakfast I will go to work so he simply runs upstairs as I get my things. At weekends he has worked out that if after our walk  I take my coat off I am highly likely to go back to bed so he waits for me on the stairs.
I wont bore you with pages of evidence but take it from me I am living with a crafty dog who has worked out in life it is often best to pretend that you are daft!