Scientist are just now finding out

That doggies are smart?

London, April 27 Dogs possess humanlike learning ability - they don't simply copy what they see while learning new tricks but interpret them, says a new study.

In the experiment, a well-trained Border collie bitch demonstrated to untrained dogs how to pull a lever for food using her paw. If she did this while carrying a toy ball between her teeth, the dogs in her audience would instead tug the lever with their mouths when their turn arrived.

They would have saved time if they just went to NTodd's blog.

Update: More on the testing, with pics.