Dr. Cliff Redford

But a nine month old dog.

already knows a whole bunch of commands, and you could teach a nine-month-old a lot of these sort of objects.

But a dog is considered an adult at one years old.

Like, they stop growing, they stop developing physically.

So there's this huge different growth pattern, but...

They basically discovered that there are a group of breeds that are specifically known for being these high IQ breeds.

And now they're wondering, OK, can we start utilizing this as an IQ test?

Which then the bells and alarms go off in my head.

I'm like, oh, no, they're going to do an IQ test.

And then breeders are going to start IQ testing their dogs.

Yeah.

We just don't know.

Right.

That's the problem.

We can't communicate with them.

And, you know, he might be smart and,

by allowing you to think that he's dumb.

That great Douglas Adams series of books, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there was that one book, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.

The dolphins.

The dolphins are the smartest creatures in the world, but actually the mice are the second smartest.