Brilliant Linguists
How many commands can your dog perform? If they are like many, it seems that they know their name, how to sit, how to come, and that is about it. But this fact seems to indicate that we are not giving tapping into our dog’s full linguistic potential. It seems that they are smarter than the average American…

The fact we’re referencing here is based on an instance with one border collie that researchers taught to remember the names of 1,000 objects. While that’s impressive, an average dog only remembers about 165 words, which might still be more than you were expecting – and you never know if your doggie is a genius like this smart collie!