Your dog may not only really love its favorite chew toy.
When the dogs were retested after that time, they retrieved the correct toy 44% of the time.
Of the group, though, only Squalls score was roughly on par with luck.
This dog wasn’t part of the study, but they probably really love that toy fish.© Tommy Wong via Flickr
Every other dog scored at least 20% higher than pure chance.
As youre surely wondering, yes the experiment has video, and yes, its adorable.
Its important to note that the findings may not apply to all dogs.
The studys sample size was incredibly small, with just five adults being observed.
Its possible the behavior is breed-specific, too, as all the pups were border collies.
In the study, the behavioral scientists said the dogs ability to retain cognitive labels rivals that of toddlers.
You could say the results are not for the dogs, but are actually pretty fetching.
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