Smart Pup

I ran across this article in National Geographic, but I think that long-time dog owners have known this with no proof needed. According to the new study dogs are smarter than we may have thought, and can potentially see things in a humans viewpoint. Like a naughty child, dogs will do things that they know they're not supposed to when we owners aren't looking. 

Like sneaking food. Apparently in a darker room dogs will steal food when the owners don't know or just aren't paying attention. My dog has done bad things when I'm pretending not to look for the whole 7 years I've had him. As soon as we make eye contact, he stops and is perfect puppy again. Don't let anyone tell you different: dogs are scary smart. They know when you're sick or sad and act accordingly. Only people that don't own dogs have no knowledge of these things (which I'm sure is who these studies are really for). 

Dogs are pretty amazing. They can detect cancer and seizures, save people from bombed buildings, detect danger during war and are the world's best therapy. In all honesty did this study really need to take place? (: 


Smart Dog:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/02/130218-dogs-animals-science-mind-smart/?source=hp_dl4_news_dogs_know_when_looking_20130220#