Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:22:07 +0000
Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Le 11/03/2025 à 00:03, Paul Wolff a écrit :

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025, at 06:46:28, Hibou posted:

>
What's really astonishing is that we do have the apparatus. Humans are
extraordinary beings, the product of long and tortuous evolution that
may have few parallels in in the Universe. I find this a sobering
thought.

>
When we talk of the numbers of /anything/ in the universe, I start by
counting the number of galaxies we have seen, and start multiplying from
there.
 
But as for dogs, and being a chemist by education, I was very impressed
by Six-Thirty. Over a thousand English words, we were told. And he was
said to have been based on a real one. (Lessons in Chemistry, q.v.)

 
Chaser, presumably:
 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog)>

I see a human had a hand in the education;

a prof of psychology at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wofford_College

maybe bertietaylor could put in for a scollarship?

 
<https://www.chaserthebc.com/>
 
Is there a reliable source for a dog knowing more than a thousand words?
Google seems to find only gushing, uncritical enthusiasm - 'I met the
world's smartest dog' etc. (a sobriquet redolent of promotional puff).
 

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.