Border Collie Trained to Recognize 1,022 Nouns Dies
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#2If you hit the NYT paywall, at the very least watch the YouTube video that is linked on the page: https://youtu.be/J982KYWohT8 (it's from 2013)
Yeah, there's some science. But mostly, just an incredibly sweet story. Dr. Pilly, Chaser's owner, died last year at 89. Chaser also lived a long, happy life.
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#3Non-paywalled article
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/chaser-border-coll...
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#4Chaser also has a Wikipedia page [0]. There are also innumerable videos about her on Youtube. Beautiful and intelligent animal that, as her trainer Dr. John Pilley has said, certainly should cause us to view dogs as emotional and intelligent with their own world view.
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#5Non-paywalled article https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/chaser-border-coll...
Also paywalled, but useful because a lot of people who have maxed out their NYT limit won't have hit it here.
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#6I hope the publicity surrounding Chaser's passing doesn't inspire unprepared individuals to go out and get a border collie. They are arguably the smartest dog breed and that intelligence is accompanied with a continual need for stimulation that being locked up in a house or, worse yet, an apartment can't provide [0]. A toy lap breed they are not.
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#8Chaser also has a Wikipedia page [0]. There are also innumerable videos about her on Youtube. Beautiful and intelligent animal that, as her trainer Dr. John Pilley has said, certainly should cause us to view dogs as emotional and intelligent with their own world view. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog)
Not meant obnoxiously, but i wonder if the cruel people torturing dogs in Asia (multiple countries) give a shit. I think, as a born westerner, culturally, I grew up around all sorts of animals and always thought they're smart but underappreciated.
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#9Dogs have been bred for everything else - I wonder how breeding dogs for intelligence would work out.
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#10I hope the publicity surrounding Chaser's passing doesn't inspire unprepared individuals to go out and get a border collie. They are arguably the smartest dog breed and that intelligence is accompanied with a continual need for stimulation that being locked up in a house or, worse yet, an apartment can't provide [0]. A toy lap breed they are not. [0] http://www.vetstreet.com/dogs/border-collie#1_izc4ixoo
They're amazing dogs, but like many of the more intelligent breeds do not like being bored, ignored or neglected, and Collies especially so. So if you think of getting one expect it to take about as much work and time as a small child.