Dogs are much smarter than previously thought

amirm · Oct 21, 2014

Cat people, watch this and weep:

The smartest dog in the world
Anderson Cooper meets Chaser, a dog who can identify over a thousand toys, and the scientists who are studying the brain of man's best friend

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-smartest-dog-in-the-world/

The transcript is there also if you can't watch the video.

carolkoh · Nov 3, 2014

I love dogs as well.

My current lifestyle and space however, precludes my having dogs. As with anything, I think that many animals are smarter than we give them credit for, unfortunately, we all have had at least one pet that was "dumb as a brick and twice as stubborn" LoL.

Garth · Nov 3, 2014

amirm said:
Cat people, watch this and weep:

The smartest dog in the world
Anderson Cooper meets Chaser, a dog who can identify over a thousand toys, and the scientists who are studying the brain of man's best friend

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-smartest-dog-in-the-world/

The transcript is there also if you can't watch the video.

This is a audio site and my cats can hear a fridge door open at a thousand yards so cats top dogs IMO

Mosin · Nov 3, 2014

The dog that is my avatar could open a patio door. Not so special, you say? Well, he would close it behind him, which is more than I can say for my kids when they were growing up!

amirm · Nov 6, 2014

I hope you know I am just teasing you Carol. If Myles was here I would have picked on him.

On this topic, we have two Samoyed dogs, one is a male and the other female. They are exceptionally active dogs and reluctant to accept discipline. I do try though and they begrudgingly follow some of it. What amazes me is the male who has turned the table and is trying to train me! Knowing that I can't understanding his barking, he has developed his own body language to go with the barking to distinguish between wanting food, wanting to go out and now, wanting to go to bed! Her sister loves to wake up early. Usually at 4:30 to 5:00am

. He loves to sleep but of course once I wake up he also gets up to go out. This morning i noticed an odd bark and body language from him. He was just fed so I knew he was not hungry. He was not ringing the bell we have at the door to say he is going out. But rather, telling me he wanted to go back to sleep! Took them to their crates where they nap (they sleep in our bedroom overnight) and he literally ran into the crate to get sleep!

I could not be more delighted of course, being able to eat my breakfast in peace. But impressed nevertheless in him figuring out how to communicate with us. I keep thinking of Planet of Apes when I see him do this. He developed his own special bark for dinner (barking while stepping back from me if I tried to approach him) and now asking for a nap. Wonder when he will try to teach me calculus lessons.

ack · Nov 7, 2014

Have you guys met Mishka yet?

Orb · Nov 7, 2014

carolkoh said:
I love dogs as well. My current lifestyle and space however, precludes my having dogs. As with anything, I think that many animals are smarter than we give them credit for, unfortunately, we all have had at least one pet that was "dumb and a brick and twice as stubborn" LoL.

Hah they have been my favourite pets

I remember friends had a type of terrier, it used to love tipping a box onto its head and running around...
And yes it would bounce into walls at speed the idiot

We currently have a cat that will see you go out the front door, and then go to the bedroom door and meow a lot of the night and wonder why they do not open it lol.
Although he is smart enough to know he needs to turn keys/door handles to open a door (front door or patio), now that is kinda annoying

Cheers
Orb

carolkoh · Nov 7, 2014

amirm said:
I hope you know I am just teasing you Carol. If Myles was here I would have picked on him.

Of course.

Isn't there a test they do for checking if a puppy could be trained to be a service dog? I think they cover it with a blanket and see if they can figure their way out of it.

WDB · Feb 21, 2015

Mosin said:
The dog that is my avatar could open a patio door. Not so special, you say? Well, he would close it behind him, which is more than I can say for my kids when they were growing up!

I have an Australian Shepherd I took in as a stray about 6 years ago, he was opening doors right away, smartest dog I ever had. I like to tell people that I am going to get him a chess set for when he is bored.
I also have a blind and deaf double merle female Aussie that I believe mapped out the house layout using her sense of smell, she runs into stuff sometimes but it is incredible how well she gets around.

BlueFox · Feb 21, 2015

I always felt my dogs had the intelligence of a 2-3 year old. They can also be jealous. At one point, I had three dogs, an Australian/German Shepard combo, a Golden Labrador, and a Siberan Husky. The husky would get upset if I was petting one of the other dogs, and she would push them away so I could only pet her. LOL. She also figured out how to open the sliding screen door to go out back. She puts her paw in the screen and rips it out.

Steve Williams · Feb 21, 2015

WDB said:
I have an Australian Shepherd I took in as a stray about 6 years ago, he was opening doors right away, smartest dog I ever had. I like to tell people that I am going to get him a chess set for when he is bored.
I also have a blind and deaf double merle female Aussie that I believe mapped out the house layout using her sense of smell, she runs into stuff sometimes but it is incredible how well she gets around.

Isn't blindness and deafness common in Australian Shepherds

Steve Williams · Feb 22, 2015

I have no idea why it was closed but definitely an error somewhere.

Reopened

Whatmore · Feb 22, 2015

Ok so how come as an Aussie, I've never heard of an australian shepherd?

WDB · Feb 22, 2015

Whatmore said:
Ok so how come as an Aussie, I've never heard of an australian shepherd?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Shepherd

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