Have you seen the dog who can read on the news lately? The really cool-looking dog named Willow was on the Today show in October; here’s a snippet:
So what’s your opinion? Can he really read or is it much ado about nothing (ie, the owner is doing something else to signal the trick)?
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Well, I think I can say the dog certainly doesn’t read like we read. I do think it’s possible though that the dog has been trained to recognize the shapes of the words. As a whole, not the letters making up the words. Probably not easy to do, but she *is* 12 years old after all.
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February 1st, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Cute doggie. But I’m sure she trained her pooch well. “The password is…”
February 1st, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Well, I think I can say the dog certainly doesn’t read like we read. I do think it’s possible though that the dog has been trained to recognize the shapes of the words. As a whole, not the letters making up the words. Probably not easy to do, but she *is* 12 years old after all.
Of course, it could still all just be a trick.
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:04 am
My initial reaction was that there was some no verbal clue going on. The little dog did try to play dead before that card came up. Then it waved.