Chaser, the Border Collie Who Knows 1,022 Words

February 11th, 2011 by admin | Filed under animal.

Chaser is not your ordinary house pet. This Border Collie breed knows 1,022 words – the names of all her toys. This seven-year-older is owned by Dr. John Pilley. He adopted Chaser as a puppy, hoping to use her to test some teaching methods the he would devised for dogs.

Chaser and her Master. Image via

Dr John Pilley worked intensively with Chaser for three years to see how large a vocabulary she could command. And true enough she exceed his expectation. Border collies are known to be one of the smartest and most motivated dog breed. They like challenges and stimulation, and this memorization games is fun to her.

With the large vocabulary Chaser knew, this makes her the smartest dog in the world. See Chaser in action in this video.

One Response to “Chaser, the Border Collie Who Knows 1,022 Words”

  1. Trinity says:

    Yo, that’s what’s up trutuhflly.