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10-05-2014, 08:22 PM | #1 |
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| The Smartest Dog in the World (60 Minutes) |
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10-05-2014, 08:36 PM | #2 |
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| I watched 60 Minutes tonight just to see that story. Chaser, was that his name? What a precious, smart doggie! He and his elderly owner sure have it going on, don't they?
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10-05-2014, 08:43 PM | #3 |
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| That is so cool. I just watched the whole story online, and then looked up and it is now playing on my tv. I wonder how many of us will now test our dogs? I know that my Tiki is more telepathic than any of my other dogs, and I actually have to be careful what I am thinking about sometimes, cause she knows.
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10-05-2014, 08:49 PM | #4 |
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| I've done the pointing to the hidden treat under one of two cups on either side of me and Tibbe has gone to the one I point to - even if it's not the one with the treat under it - every time. But he's been going to where I point all his life to get things, as all dogs do. But I'd like to try some of the other tests that guy talked about on the show.
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10-05-2014, 09:01 PM | #5 |
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| What a great article! Thanks for sharing I am looking forward to referencing that link tommorow and playing some of these tests with my little lady- how fun!
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10-05-2014, 10:31 PM | #6 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | That's AWESOME. I'm watching it now from the link. I wonder how he's motivating the dog. I can't teach anything without treats. I know some dogs who will do anything to play with a toy. But Chase is doing it with no real reward. He's not playing with the toys. He's just doing what his owner tells him to do. Very cool. Thanks for the link, FE!
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10-05-2014, 10:47 PM | #7 |
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| I thought it was interesting that they said there is not much study done on dog's brains, yet they study extensively monkeys, dolphins, etc. I wonder if the new studies now will differentiate between different dog breeds. The sweetest thing the owner said, when asked "how do you think of Chase", and he answered as my child. We all know that feeling very well!
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10-05-2014, 11:02 PM | #8 | |
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10-06-2014, 02:56 AM | #9 |
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| Very interesting indeed, I will have to try some of these techniques. Since I have Cody he knows the names of about 20 toys, but it's only the ones that he will occasionally play with. He has his fav. toys and will find them when he's told go get the .....Thank you for sharing this video.
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10-06-2014, 09:02 AM | #10 | |
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Tibbe has it - he adores learning and working for the joy of just doing it. He did NOT start out that way, worked solely for treats at first, but now he is always pestering me to "train" and gets such joy from it that the work of learning and doing is its own reward. And just like human elastic brains, it appears that the more dogs learn under rewarding conditions, the faster and more they enjoy learning. It's like winning a game to them. And the dog learns in the process that doing what his trainer asks of him keeps the good feeling rolling so he keeps doing what the trainer requests. Just my theory but I've seen it work in more than one dog who works and obeys just for the joy of it.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis Last edited by yorkietalkjilly; 10-06-2014 at 09:03 AM. | |
10-06-2014, 09:26 AM | #11 |
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| Recognizing over ONE THOUSAND toys seems almost unbelievable to me! Just wow! Yes, I do wonder if Chaser just likes to learn? I haven't been around too many of them to know what they are like, just wondering how they differ cognitively versus our Yorkies.... |
10-06-2014, 10:04 AM | #12 | |
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I've never known trainer/owners as devoted to working with their dog in learning to identify objects and obey words as Chaser's owner/trainer but I have known some very happy dogs over the years who loved to learn and obey, many of them small and toy breeds. My sister had a standard poodle that was absolutely brilliant at understanding and appropriately reacting to spoken words and seemed to be able to think in some concepts. He was jealous of my sister talking on the telephone and Buffy concluded that going into another room, taking that phone off the hook with his mouth and barking into it until my sister would come for him, thus interrupting the conversation, worked to stop her long conversations better than anything else he tried! I've been on the other end of the line when that happened. Do I remember correctly that the piece said his owner worked with Chaser 5 hours a day teaching him since he was about 5 months old so it could be repetition and rewards has just worn pathways of rote-like response in his brain over his nine years of life. Wasn't there another dog who could remember up to 750 toy names covered in one of those same type pieces years back? And I'd be willing to bet, Chaser almost never misbehaves as well-trained, happy dogs rarely do.
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10-06-2014, 01:50 PM | #13 | |
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10-06-2014, 03:20 PM | #14 | |
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Besides being a smarty-pants, Chaser is a cutiepie, too. Sweet dog smile on his face!
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