Chaser the Border Collie learned 1,000 words - could my dog learn that many words, too?
In 2004, Science published an article about a dog named Rico who learned over 200 words by just everyday play with his owners. In response, John Pilley with Wofford College in Spartansburg, South Carolina acquired Chaser the Border Collie, and the dog who would eventually learn 1,000 words. Chaser also demonstrated the ability to fast-map or pairing new words with new objects by inferential reasoning. Chaser’s ability to understand words parallels that of a human toddler! But