The amazing story of a very smart Border collie who is redefining animal intelligence. Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them—more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve any of them on command. Based on that learning, she and her owner and trainer, retired psychologist John Pilley, have moved on to further impressive feats, demonstrating her ability to understand sentences with multiple elements of grammar and to learn new behaviors by imitation. John's ingenuity and tenacity as a researcher are as impressive as Chaser's accomplishments. His groundbreaking approach has opened the door to a new understanding of animal intelligence, one that requires us to reconsider what actually goes on in a dog's mind. Chaser's achievements reveal her use of deductive reasoning and complex problem-solving skills to address novel challenges. Yet astonishingly, Chaser isn't unique. John's training methods can be adopted by any dog lover. Through the poignant story of how he trained Chaser, raised her as a member of the Pilley family, and proved her abilities to the scientific community, he reveals the positive impact of incorporating learning into play and more effectively channeling a dog's natural drives. John's work with Chaser offers a fresh perspective on what's possible in the relationship between a dog and a human. His story points us toward a new way of relating to our canine companions that takes into account our evolving understanding of the way animals and humans learn. http://www.chaserthebordercollie.com/ Video by Passerby Films www.passerbyfilms.com

Chaser is one pooch that certainly has the bow wow factor. In three years of intensive training this sprightly Border Collie has managed to learn an astonishing 1022 Words - So just how does she do it? Taken From Super Smart Animals Subscribe to the BBC Earth YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Want to share your views with the team behind BBC Earth and win prizes? Join our fan panel here: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-BBCEarth-FanPanel BBC Earth Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bbcearth BBC Earth Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bbcearth BBC Earth Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bbcearth/?hl=en Visit http://www.bbc.com/earth/world for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub WATCH MORE: New on Earth: https://bit.ly/2M3La96 Oceanscapes: https://bit.ly/2Hmd2kZ Wild Thailand: https://bit.ly/2kR7lmh Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of astounding, entertaining, thought-provoking and educational natural history content. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/

Richard Schlesinger visits Dr. John Pilley, owner of Chaser the Boarder Collie, which scientists claim may be the smartest dog known to man.

Chaser, who lived in Spartanburg, has passed away. Carrie Weimer reports. (June 29, 2019)

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The world's smartest dog is also an advocate for homeless animals, and you'll soon see her statue in Spartanburg! (5/16/2019)

Neil Degrasse Tyson introduces you to one amazing K-9. For more, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/world-smartest-dog-nova-special-shows-border-collie/story?id=12875750

This brilliant border collie understands 1,022 nouns — and may hold the secret to how children acquire language.

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Memoir of Chaser, The Smartest Dog in the World Facebook Live with Pilley Bianchi, Co-trainer of Chaser in conversation with Mussarat Kang. Date & Time: 23rd July at 7:00 pm IST About Chaser & John Pilley: Chaser the Border Collie, known as “the smartest dog in the world” whose scientific smarts took the world by storm in 2011. Chaser died of natural causes on July 23rd, 2019. Chaser was 15 years old and the beloved pet dog of Dr. John W. Pilley, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Wofford College and Sally Pilley. Pilley set his sights on teaching his beloved and brilliant dog a record-busting vocabulary of 1000 proper nouns in addition to common nouns like a house, ball, and tree. Pilley and Chaser moved on to further impressive accomplishments exhibiting her ability to understand full sentences and to learn new behaviors by imitation. While this sounds like a head spinner even for humans, it was all fun and games for Chaser; the 1022 proper noun names were her toys that she logged into her long-term memory simply because she loved playing with them. About the Guest: Pilley Bianchi is the youngest daughter of John Pilley. She has had an extensive career in the music industry for 30 years and never imagined she would be utilizing those same skills to manage an “old man and his dog.” She has a very close personal relationship with Chaser and has surrendered to being outsmarted by her younger canine sister. Here are the topics that discussed: 01:55 - About Chaser 07:50 - Relationship with Chaser 09:38 - Teaching words to Chaser 23:13 - Dogs are like toddlers 25:24 - Border collie being the Smartest dog 28:17 - Motivation for Chaser 29:39 - Working with Chaser 32:32 - On teacher’s keeping with the student 33:29 - Chaser Initiative 35:18 - Book about Chaser 39:15 - Pictures 44:45 - Infront of the camera 46:17 - Instagram account 47:18 - Second book 49:10 - “Chaser was super smart, but not an obedient dog.” 50:56 - Memoir of Chaser For any questions or updates, you can connect with us on our social media channels, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indogspot/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indogspot/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/QMKYjj/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/indogspot