Found your book at my library last week and just finished reading it. I loved reading about your and Chaser's journey, proving what many die hard dog owners have thought to be true, but didn't have scientific research to back it up. Chaser is an exceptionally smart dog and think it was fate that she landed in the hands of someone with your background, patience and fortitude, so you could prove to the world that dogs capabilties are endless. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for this research, it is great to see well designed experiments that show that there is more to our dogs than just 'conditioning'. I am of the age where I was taught that was all they had going for them -- though I never believed it. They astound me with their abilities and one Border Collie I knew seemed to understand some basic physics, too, judging from how accurately he predicted the bounce of a frisbee or ball off a house.
I love how she shakes the toys when she finds them. :-) Kind of embarrassing to know that I'm not at *all* sure I would understand what was wanted of me, as she obviously does. Fortunately, I'm a dog nut & I don't mind all that much. I hope she lives a long, healthy, happy life.
Very nice video -- Chaser is an amazing dog :) I would like to see a trial with both Airborne and Charcoal in the array - then we could confirm that she has indeed learned the names through the exclusion training procedure. Oh - and, respectfully, this is operant learning indeed!
I have 2 dogs myself and love animals. It is clear that she and other similar dogs I have seen know the names and learn them for many objects. But something occurred to me about the new toy. All of the other toys have her scent on them from her saliva from picking them up previously. The new toy does not. Could she not have used that as a method to find it as well? What about introducing new identical toy replacements for all of the others when you try the new one.
Dogs really can be very intelligent :) I'm curious about a couple of things: how many times would you have to go over this process before it becomes long term memory? also how long did it take Chaser to work out the 'rules of the game' so to speak. I'm an ESL teacher and this is something commonly used with adults, not just children :) I've noticed that people often take a little time to get used to a style of activity/exercise if it's new to them.
Found your book at my library last week and just finished reading it. I loved reading about your and Chaser's journey, proving what many die hard dog owners have thought to be true, but didn't have scientific research to back it up. Chaser is an exceptionally smart dog and think it was fate that she landed in the hands of someone with your background, patience and fortitude, so you could prove to the world that dogs capabilties are endless. Thanks so much.
Amazing dog and amazing teacher and researcher! God bless
Thank you so much for this research, it is great to see well designed experiments that show that there is more to our dogs than just 'conditioning'. I am of the age where I was taught that was all they had going for them -- though I never believed it. They astound me with their abilities and one Border Collie I knew seemed to understand some basic physics, too, judging from how accurately he predicted the bounce of a frisbee or ball off a house.
You are doing some great work here with Chaser! Keep it up!
@AJSensei Thank you friend for sharing this video. I loved it!
God's blessings to you and yours
I love how she shakes the toys when she finds them. :-)
Kind of embarrassing to know that I'm not at *all* sure I would understand what was wanted of me, as she obviously does.
Fortunately, I'm a dog nut & I don't mind all that much. I hope she lives a long, healthy, happy life.
Wonderful illustration! You have a very good dog and so cute!
This is just amazing! X
What an amazing tandem
Very nice video -- Chaser is an amazing dog :)
I would like to see a trial with both Airborne and Charcoal in the array - then we could confirm that she has indeed learned the names through the exclusion training procedure.
Oh - and, respectfully, this is operant learning indeed!
I have 2 dogs myself and love animals. It is clear that she and other similar dogs I have seen know the names and learn them for many objects. But something occurred to me about the new toy. All of the other toys have her scent on them from her saliva from picking them up previously. The new toy does not. Could she not have used that as a method to find it as well? What about introducing new identical toy replacements for all of the others when you try the new one.
Man's Best Friend is Man's smartest friend! 😃
Dogs really can be very intelligent :) I'm curious about a couple of things: how many times would you have to go over this process before it becomes long term memory? also how long did it take Chaser to work out the 'rules of the game' so to speak. I'm an ESL teacher and this is something commonly used with adults, not just children :) I've noticed that people often take a little time to get used to a style of activity/exercise if it's new to them.
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