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Old January 9th, 2011, 04:06 PM
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How much dogs can understand.
Love the last paragraph in this article.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyl...-1225984101102
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Old January 9th, 2011, 04:29 PM
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Great article

Did you notice the caption under the picture.

"Chaser, a border collie that has learned more than 1000 words, sits with John Pilley. Source: HWT Image Library "

I do believe they are both lying down.
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Old January 9th, 2011, 05:10 PM
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Well, we know for sure now who is the intelligent one. Thanks for spotting that, I like to start my day off with a good laugh.
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Old January 9th, 2011, 06:45 PM
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hahaha Sylvie, I noticed that too. I thought this article was really interesting and its amazing how much dogs really can learn and learn to discriminate certain objects from others.
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Old January 9th, 2011, 10:35 PM
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Holy Smoke! 1022 toys she knew of the names of!

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