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Re:Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing th... by rowanG077 on Sunday September 08, 2024 @09:42AM (#41480358)
What has food motivation or desire to please have to do with intelligence? I view them as completely orthogonal. A dog can be an idiot and not be food motivated or have a desire to please and conversely a dog can be really smart and be food motivated and eager to please.
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Re:Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing th... by ozim on Sunday September 08, 2024 @10:01AM (#41480450)
Just like parent poster story - dog did not want treat from person it did not like.

That's a smart dog, while I can imagine someone observing such occurence calling the dog dumb.

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