The Resource Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words, John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann
Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words, John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann
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The item Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words, John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them--more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve any of them on command. Based on that learning, she and her owner and trainer, retired psychologist John Pilley, have moved on to further impressive feats, demonstrating her ability to understand sentences with multiple elements of grammar and to learn new behaviors by imitation..."--www.Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, [8] p. of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- The Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words
- Good-bye
- Christmas in June
- Let the Puppy Be a Puppy
- "You've Got To Name Her Chaser!"
- Chaser Learns What Not To Chase
- Listening to the Farmer
- Learning by Playing
- Herding Words
- Herding Sheep
- Advanced Lessons
- Getting Published
- Going Viral
- Chaser Takes a Bow
- Chaser Goes to Washington
- Expanding the Conversation
- Epilogue: Unleashing Chaser's Genius
- Appendix: Chaser's Toys
- Isbn
- 9780544102576
- Label
- Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words
- Title
- Chaser
- Title remainder
- unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words
- Statement of responsibility
- John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them--more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve any of them on command. Based on that learning, she and her owner and trainer, retired psychologist John Pilley, have moved on to further impressive feats, demonstrating her ability to understand sentences with multiple elements of grammar and to learn new behaviors by imitation..."--www.Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pilley, John W
- Dewey number
- 636.737/4
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hinzmann, Hilary
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chaser
- Dogs
- Dogs
- Human-animal communication
- Label
- Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words, John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
- The Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words -- Good-bye -- Christmas in June -- Let the Puppy Be a Puppy -- "You've Got To Name Her Chaser!" -- Chaser Learns What Not To Chase -- Listening to the Farmer -- Learning by Playing -- Herding Words -- Herding Sheep -- Advanced Lessons -- Getting Published -- Going Viral -- Chaser Takes a Bow -- Chaser Goes to Washington -- Expanding the Conversation -- Epilogue: Unleashing Chaser's Genius -- Appendix: Chaser's Toys
- Control code
- sky255648573
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780544102576
- Lccn
- 2013026340
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- Label
- Chaser : unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words, John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
- The Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words -- Good-bye -- Christmas in June -- Let the Puppy Be a Puppy -- "You've Got To Name Her Chaser!" -- Chaser Learns What Not To Chase -- Listening to the Farmer -- Learning by Playing -- Herding Words -- Herding Sheep -- Advanced Lessons -- Getting Published -- Going Viral -- Chaser Takes a Bow -- Chaser Goes to Washington -- Expanding the Conversation -- Epilogue: Unleashing Chaser's Genius -- Appendix: Chaser's Toys
- Control code
- sky255648573
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780544102576
- Lccn
- 2013026340
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
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