Is this the world’s smartest dog?

January 6th, 2010 admin

No, it’s RTL, and she’s actually pretty dumb sometimes, as well as being fairly annoying. (Although the possibility remains that for a dog she’s quite smart, and that’s why she can be difficult, because like bright humans stuck in confined environments she gets bored.) But we love her. The title of the post is taken from the headline of a BBC news story promoting a Horizon program on the secret life of the dog…


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