Everyone is aware of as soon as a canine will get good and excited there is no going again. That’s why Pat Curry tried to outsmart her Australian shepherd, who grew to become overwhelmed with pleasure upon listening to the phrase “bank,” the place she all the time was bestowed with treats from the drive-through teller. “If we weren’t going to take her with us, we would spell B-A-N-K. It wasn’t long before spelling the word got the same reaction as saying it,” explains the Augusta, Georgia resident in an e-mail. “So, we actually started saying ‘the place where we put money’ instead. Even that didn’t work for long. As soon as she heard me tearing a check or a deposit slip out of the checkbook, she headed for the door.” Smart as she is, Curry’s pup is not going to be up for the Scripps National Spelling Bee anytime quickly. ”Dogs are not necessarily learning how to spell various words. What they are learning is a precursor to a stimulus. When a repeated cue or precursor is paired wi...
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