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   Who trained chaser the Border Collie?

   • The dog was trained by John Pilley, who died last year, to understand more than a thousand nouns. A portion of a street in Spartanburg, S.C., will be named Chaser the Border Collie Boulevard. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. He was thought to be the world's smartest dog.

   Chaser, Credited With Being The World's Smartest Dog, Dies

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   What happened to chaser the Border Collie?

   • Chaser the border collie was trained by his owner, Dr. John Pilley, to understand more than a thousand nouns and basic sentence structure. Pilley taught Chaser for up to five hours a day using stuffed animals, balls and Frisbees. Pilley died last year at the age of 89. According to The New York Times, his canine companion died last week.

   Chaser, Credited With Being The World's Smartest Dog, Dies

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   What is chaser the Border Collie Boulevard?

   • A portion of a street in Spartanburg, S.C., will be named Chaser the Border Collie Boulevard. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. He was thought to be the world's smartest dog. Chaser the border collie was trained by his owner, Dr. John Pilley, to understand more than a thousand nouns and basic sentence structure.

   Chaser, Credited With Being The World's Smartest Dog, Dies

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   Is chaser the Border Collie a male or female dog?

   • Pilley died last year at the age of 89. According to The New York Times, his canine companion died last week. A portion of a street in Spartanburg, S.C., will be named Chaser the Border Collie Boulevard. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, we incorrectly refer to Chaser the border collie with male pronouns. The dog was female.]

   Chaser, Credited With Being The World's Smartest Dog, Dies

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   Who did chaser work with?

   • Chaser worked with Professor John W. Pilley, at his home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, from eight weeks old, until Pilley's death in June 2018. Pilley spent that time training her in a formal research project. Chaser could identify and retrieve 1,022 toys by name. Pilley's wife, Sally, had given Chaser to him as a 76th birthday present.

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   Is chaser the smartest dog in the world?

   • Chaser and her owner, John Pilley, are well-known worldwide for their groundbreaking research in dog cognition. Chaser died on July 23, 2019, a year after John Pilley. Chaser the Border Collie —known by many as the smartest dog in the world—passed away on July 23 rd, 2019 surrounded by loved ones in her hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

   Remembering Chaser, the “Smartest Dog in the World”

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chaser_(dog)Chaser (dog) - Wikipedia

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   Chaser (April 28, 2004 – July 23, 2019) was a Border Collie with the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. Chaser worked with Professor John W. Pilley, at his home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, from eight weeks old, until Pilley's death in June 2018. Pilley spent that time training her in a formal research project.

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   • Teaching Chaser Words
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   At 15 years old, Chaserhad a long and wonderful life, but her story began long before she was even born. After losing his beloved dog Yasha, Dr. John Pilley had decided he would never have another dog again. But after retiring from his position as Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Wofford College in South Carolina, he became obsessed with Border ...

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   Chaser came into their lives on April 28, 2004, and earned her name because “anything that moves, she wants to Chase,” said Dr. Pilley, who passed away on June 17, 2018. His goals with Chaser were to teach her human language and explore what the canine brain was capable of. “Prior to my father, no one had been working with dogs,” said Bianchi. “The...

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   In total, Chaser learned to identify more than 1,000 proper nouns throughout her lifetime. But perhaps even more impressive was her a-ha moment: Chaser realized that when Dr. Pilley said “this is,” he was going to name something. “She began learning names in one trial,” said Bianchi. “Teaching her concepts was infinitely greater than teaching her 1...

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   Bianchi said the family gets hundreds of letters from people that are having success in teaching their dog language, while “some people ask, ‘what’s the point of teaching a dog language?’ Well, language is communication. It’s a gateway to greater understanding and is a way for us to communicate with them and for them to understand us. It greatly en...

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5. www.nytimes.com › chaser-border-collie-diesBorder Collie Trained to Recognize 1,022 Nouns Dies

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   Jul 27, 2019 · For three years, Dr. Pilley trained the dog, named Chaser, four to five hours a day: He showed her an object, said its name up to 40 times, then hid it and asked her to find it. He used 800...

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   May 21, 2021 · John Pilley trained Chaser in an almost evolutionary way, looking at the specific needs and behaviors of the border collie breed and adjusting the teaching method to best suit it.

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8. www.cbsnews.com › news › smart-dog-anderson-cooperThe Smartest Dog in the World - CBS News

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   Aug 16, 2018 · John Pilley, a scientist and psychology professor, is featured in the story. He trained his border collie, Chaser, to be what one Duke anthropologist called "the most important dog in the...

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   Jul 29, 2019 · Chaser the border collie was trained by his owner, Dr. John Pilley, to understand more than a thousand nouns and basic sentence structure. Pilley taught Chaser for up to five hours a day...

10. www.pbs.org › wgbh › novaChaser, the language-learning dog, has died | NOVA | PBS

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    Jul 29, 2019 · Chaser, the border collie who garnered international attention for her impressive vocabulary of more than 1,000 words, died last week at her home in Spartanburg, South Carolina.