Monday, March 7, 2011

Dogs can read, like Gorillas

Check out this link! Koko the Gorilla is using words and symbols to communicate, now. She has a pet dog who learned the techniques just by watching Koko's lessons. Pretty soon, the dog was using his/her nose to point at the cards w/ the symbols or words on them. You can teach your dog how to use the cards to communicate by downloading the chart that they're using for the Gorilla. They apparently have instructions for teaching your dog to communicate with you, using words and symbols!

Here is the link:

http://www.koko.org/news/news_090706_Dog_Lang_Board.html

Enjoy!

-Stacey