who WAS that dog?

[swedeheart]

I was watching a science programme on the telly (Swedish telly) recently on dogs as man's best friend and how they read us, including our language. One particular dog was featured, it was in the UK but her Mummy preferred to remain anonymous (don't ask me why) and if any other facts were given that might have made it more googlable for me, well I've forgotten.

Anyhoo, this dog - a Border Collie - had an impressive listening vocabulary of... I've forgotten, it may have been a couple of hundred words... and it was even capable of matching 3D objects to photos, i.e. if shown a photo of a squeaky toy it would run off and fetch the same, actual toy from a pile of other objects, and so on. I know lots of dogs have the same abilities but this one was amazing and I'd like to find out a bit more about her. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[lankeela]

Think this is the one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8441974.stm

[woofgang]

http://www.genomenews...04/06/10/smartdog.php
german smartypants??

[swedeheart]

That's the one, lankeela - and let me say I hope you Britons are enjoying Vienna as your new capital ha ha... don't know where I got the UK from. But it was the same programme, even, so probably the Beeb made a lasting impression on me. My 'fast mapping' skills seem lesser than those of the German smartypants ha ha... Thanks, lankeela and woofgang both!