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Dogs Have Same Understanding as Babies, Study Says
FoxNews.com ^ | 1/6/12 | FoxNews via USAtoday

Posted on 01/06/2012 1:04:54 PM PST by ColdOne

A new report in Current Biology highlights that some dogs have the skills of a 6-month-old baby, USA Today reported.

The study’s results “support the notion that dogs are sensitive to the cues of signaling humans’ communicative intent in a way that is analogous to preverbal human infants,” said Jozsef Topel, the study’s author and an associate professor in the Comparative Behavior Research Group at the Institute for Psychological Researches, Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.

In the study, 16 dogs watched videos of actresses turning toward a plastic pot.

During the first experiment, one actress stared directly into the dog’s eyes and said in a high-pitched voice, “Hi, dog.”

In a second experiment, the actress said, “Hi, dog,” in a low-pitched voice, but did not make direct eye contact.

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1 posted on 01/06/2012 1:04:55 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Feh.
I’d go as far as saying that some breeds have as much intelligence as a 2-yr old child.


2 posted on 01/06/2012 1:07:10 PM PST by a real Sheila (Taylor/Fife 2012)
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To: ColdOne

Feh.
I’d go as far as saying that some breeds have as much intelligence as a 2-yr old child.


3 posted on 01/06/2012 1:07:29 PM PST by a real Sheila (Taylor/Fife 2012)
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To: SandRat

doggie ping


4 posted on 01/06/2012 1:07:43 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

And some of them are just as cute.


5 posted on 01/06/2012 1:09:18 PM PST by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: ColdOne

There was a study years ago that determined German Shepherds were as smart as 12 year olds. Of course, there are smart 12 year olds and dumb 12 year olds just like there are smart and dumb dogs. Our current crop are on the lower end of the scale. How I miss my old husky who was smarter than most people of any age.


6 posted on 01/06/2012 1:12:09 PM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

ping


7 posted on 01/06/2012 1:12:54 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

I have found I can train a six month old dog but it takes about 18 years to half train a human baby. My conclusion is that dogs are easier to train than humans. My hypothesis (which has yet to be tested rigorously) is that is because dogs are smarter than humans.


8 posted on 01/06/2012 1:13:34 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Romney ruined Massachusetts. Now he wants to ruin the nation.)
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To: ColdOne

Studies either prove what common sense tells us, or it is a lie - Dennis Prager.


9 posted on 01/06/2012 1:13:49 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: a real Sheila

I’d be willing to say my dogs have more intelligence than my Congresswomen and Senators!


10 posted on 01/06/2012 1:14:59 PM PST by KalaSamy
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To: a real Sheila

We will tell our Maltese-yorkie-poo to go get the ball, and she will run into another room and locate it and bring it back.

That’s intelligence beyond even six months.

Then the two inherited Chihuahuas from my wife’s family aren’t intelligent enough to let us know they have to use the restroom. So, it depends on the breed.


11 posted on 01/06/2012 1:16:16 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: ColdOne

I’ve got two dogs.

They’re both smarter than most democrats.


12 posted on 01/06/2012 1:16:54 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: ColdOne

I’ve got two dogs.

They’re both smarter than most democrats.
And, they’ve never lied.


13 posted on 01/06/2012 1:17:39 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: KalaSamy
I’d be willing to say my dogs have more intelligence than my Congresswomen and Senators!

...and they're cleaner!!!!!
14 posted on 01/06/2012 1:18:08 PM PST by BikerJoe
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To: a real Sheila; ColdOne

Some breeds are more trainable than others.

It also depends on what you want the dog to do. Consider how the TV dog wisperer can get dogs to things the owners never could. Understanding dog psychology and communication has a great deal with how a dog will respond.

Trying to compare human and animal intelligence is problematic anyway.


15 posted on 01/06/2012 1:19:25 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: a real Sheila
I got a Jack Russell and I'd put him up against our president in an intelligence test any day of the week.

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16 posted on 01/06/2012 1:19:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: ColdOne

I had a lab mix that not only understood the meaning of certain words, e.g. go out, but rapidly learned the meaning of spelled words, e.g. g-o o-u-t.


17 posted on 01/06/2012 1:20:10 PM PST by aldabra
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18 posted on 01/06/2012 1:21:10 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem. meum)
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To: ColdOne
Smarter than a lot of voters, too!

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19 posted on 01/06/2012 1:26:40 PM PST by digger48
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To: cripplecreek

I have a Jack and she is one smart dog. learns fast and knows a lot of words.


20 posted on 01/06/2012 1:29:36 PM PST by midnightcat
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