Dog Has a Vocabulary of 1,022 Words

Most pawl - owners flush with pride if their dogtooth perform a conjuring trick for a treat , but Chaser the border collie has see over 1,000 words for his toy . Do n’t believe me ? There ’s telecasting below .

Two psychologists introduced the click Chaser to a new toy , double its name over and over again . When the pile of plush number to 1,022 object , they found she could fetch case-by-case toy when requested , with groups of 20 toy being fetched 838 times over three twelvemonth , with at least 18/20 correct toys chosen every time .

Lucky for Chaser , she ’s possess by a psychologist , Dr John Pilley , so can recur these tests well into the night . His psychologist friend Dr Reid said “ we forge with Chaser for four to five hours each mean solar day test her on the words over and over again and were able to constitute that she could remember and distinguish between them all . We ’re not say this means dogs can ascertain linguistic process in the same fashion nestling do , but it does show they are capable of determine many more word than might have been thought . ” [ New Scientist ]

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