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One of the questions raised by the Rico study was that of what was going through the dogs mind when he was asked to fetch something. Did he think of his toys as items labeled fetch-ball, fetch-Frisbee, fetch-doll, or did he understand the word fetch separately from its object, as people do?
Dr. Pilley addressed the question by teaching Chaser three different actions: pawing, nosing and taking an object. She was then presented with three of her toys and correctly pawed, nosed or fetched each one depending on the command given to her. That experiment demonstrates conclusively that Chaser understood that the verb had a meaning, Dr. Pilley said.
The 1,022 words in Chasers vocabulary are all proper nouns. Dr. Pilley also found that Chaser could be trained to recognize categories, in other words common nouns. She correctly follows the command Fetch a Frisbee or Fetch a ball. She can also learn by exclusion, as children do. If she is asked to fetch a new toy with a word she does not know, she will pick it out from ones that are familiar.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/science/18dog.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Dog vocabulary 1000&st=cse
It's a Border Collie; they're especially smart and willing to learn.
I've always held dogs are much smarter then we currently recognize. Not only are they able to communicate with their own kind..the can communicate on a reasonable level to other animals..like humans. I read some theories that have even pointed out, that humans (in our present form), were able to thrive because of canines. They would bark out alerts when predators threatened human young. Anyway..great article.
DAMN! He is more articulate than most political comontaters on Fox.
DAMN! He is more articulate than most political comontaters on Fox.
Commentator. Comment. Not common. Twit. That dog is smarter than you.
DAMN! He is more articulate than most political comontaters on Fox.
DAMN! He is more articulate than most political comontaters on Fox.
Commentator. Comment. Not common. Twit. That dog is smarter than you.
I intentionally typed "commontaters" in reference to Fox Pundits.
Sheesh, am I gonna have to train you in Hillphonics?
I've always held dogs are much smarter then we currently recognize. Not only are they able to communicate with their own kind..the can communicate on a reasonable level to other animals..like humans. I read some theories that have even pointed out, that humans (in our present form), were able to thrive because of canines. They would bark out alerts when predators threatened human young. Anyway..great article.
Must be smarter than you. It's "THAN" not "then," and "they" not "the."
I wonder if that dogs owner beat it like another dog owner I know?
Why do you find it so amazing that a dog can talK? All dogs talk. It's up to you to understand what is being said.
It's a Border Collie; they're especially smart and willing to learn.
Yep.
But I think most dogs have exceptional intelligence.
Why do you find it so amazing that a dog can talK? All dogs talk. It's up to you to understand what is being said.
The dog doesn't talk..it listens.
It's a Border Collie; they're especially smart and willing to learn.
Yep.
But I think most dogs have exceptional intelligence.
Without question.
And what they may lack in intelligence, they make up for in intuition.
Yep.
But I think most dogs have exceptional intelligence.
Without question.
And what they may lack in intelligence, they make up for in intuition.
Totally agree.
Dogs are way smarter than people give them credit for. Their body language alone speaks volumes.
I've have Border Collies and I know first hand how intelligent and trainable these dogs are.
Doesn't surprise me one bit that Rico and Chaser are BC's.
