Your Dog May Be Smarter Than Your Kid
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Your Dog May Be Smarter Than Your Kid

Title: Your Dog May Be Smarter Than Your Kid

Published: Fri, 20 Nov 2009

Description: Just how smart are dogs, anyway?  A lot of owners think they know exactly what's in their dog's mind, but there's been few studies to prove it until recently. 

Full Article: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/dpgo-Your-Dog-Smarter-Than-Your-Kid-HOU-200911201258729531581

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" In tonight's fox and focus just how smart our dogs anyway pretty smart if you believe the latest asserts -- and -- let's you're along with that. Number of her family so to speak with send him an amazing resolve."

" Try it on -- and right now -- he's tired from being everyone in the newsroom but. If you'll let me it's always fun to think about what's going on in that my god head bet. It's really important it the more we try to understand what dogs are telling us that. Better chance we have of live together with them is with the -- problem -- possible."

" As part of the family the rewarding lot of fun. Very well there's just something national night before tip about the bond between owners and their dogs. Sometimes you forget that they're not -- windy Houston frisbee disc dogs. -- could be mistaken for a little humans in fur coats. And think. She Matt Leonard market doesn't just like guns at -- they can follow up pointed finger which may seem easy but consider this. They're the only known species in the animal kingdom that -- Despite dog different language. I think it benefits and no matter or -- a lot of owners think they know exactly once in their dog's mind. But there's been little research to prove it until recently. No on understand the basics like sit. Down. And said. But now there's evidence that. They haven't even higher vocabulary."

" The average tool can understand. About a 165. Words -- signals that sort of thing."

" That's the voice of author Stanley Corinth he gave -- language tests designed for toddlers. For America. Slowly. Me and doctor Korn sound we've underestimated. Their intelligence."

" Average school has some of mental capacity. Approximately equal to two year old human child. Spokesman really are all of the scale with human beings but there are really sort of primitive human beings if you will."

" And speaking of smart -- All right we'll be right with you -- It's Melissa and job -- the Houston and PDA to study every dog up for adoption so right away when Shaq even as he put his ears back. And that's a sign that the end that the friendly -- but and says there are a lot of things people miss when they look at a dog's ears eyes now and tails --"

" Licked their lips and can be part of a greeting behavior package. But if they close their mouth and licked their lips and they get tenth inning to -- distance between behavior package."

" On this -- she's teaching Jack how to pick out the set of keys. Kids out of from all the other objects on the floor to adopt it thinking about. Manipulating -- and to do something which is significant because that means the dog is thinking about their relationship they thinking about communicating with us. Finding out how dogs think won't just improved ways to train them I don't. Why it will also satisfied millions of curious owners I -- at nineteenth and had that night chats and chess scene and I. It very lines -- can't -- somethings. Who don't wanna end up being trained themselves."

" and doctor Courtney got there he heard that story -- came out with a list of the most intelligent breed. Lowe did a number three on that list and see if your resonating go to our website -- an under seen on TV but -- behaviors warned that doesn't mean everyone to go out. And get the smartest dogs the smart ones are also the ones that require the most work he certainly have to take the -- that right for you I'm Sally MacDonald -- when he."

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