SR wrote: Love your pup
That pic was used on the NBC4NY winter pets page
edit: oh it's still there, first pic!
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/contact-us/co ... 64051.html
Thank you, he is amazing...I'm obsessed with training him. He's a Border Collie, a rescue we got in July 2013 after we lost our other dog to old age (17) and he's almost 2. He learns and retains so much and so fast, it's incredible. I can say, "Sunny, get your bone and bring it here to me" and he will pick up his bone over the other 30 toys there and bring it when I ask once. He communicates like no other dog I've ever had, I can't believe he knows actual words--not just commands/voice tone. It's like having another person around.
He was just accepted to the Yale Canine Cognition Center, we take him (at our convenience) to New Haven and they take videos of experiments (non-invasive of course) showing how he reacts to different scenarios. They are looking to better understand dogs' emotions and cognitive/reasoning abilities. It's really interesting! Here's the link if anyone wants to check it out, or better yet, enroll your dog:
http://doglab.yale.edu.
Whoops sorry...get me started on him and I get verbal diarrhea.
And I agree, I am half Finnish and 1/4 Norwegian and my Nordic blood haaaaates the heat...give me sunny, dry and 75 and I'm happy!