Summary: Audio edition of the article Dog Smart – A Different Kind of Intelligence from the Life As A Human online magazine website. You can visit Life as a Human to find this and other articles. Is your dog smart? I certainly think my dogs are. Most dog owners have lots of stories to show how smart their dogs are. Dogs do have some pretty amazing abilities from stealing a snack from time to time from a counter to knowing which shoes we wear when we take them for a run at the part. And those are things they learn on their own. The variety of behaviours people have been able to teach dogs, it's pretty remarkable. We can teach them useful skill and amazing tricks but the fact remains that we have underestimated dogs and their abilities for centuries. It turns out that they can do many things better and faster than humans. Their scent detection makes them excellent at police work and helping diagnose medical conditions. What amazing things will we discover they can do? Thanks for listening to Canine Nation podcasts. I hope you can spread the word and let your dog-friends know about what you're hearing here. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome! Be sure to check out the Canine Nation Store for our ebooks!
