Inside the Mind of a Dog

Pain. 434 00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:01,857 Happiness. 435 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,859 Sadness. 436 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:07,696 You compare that to humans, who have about 27 different facial expressions. 437 00:24:08,488 --> 00:24:11,700 And then chimpanzees, one of the smartest mammals in the world, 438 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,578 have only 13 to 14 facial expressions. 439 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:21,918 So dogs learned a lot of that from us by what we do and what we've shown them. 440 00:24:24,254 --> 00:24:27,132 Oh, your face. Can you do a downsy? 441 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:31,094 Good boy. Fastest I've ever seen him do this for a treat. 442 00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:34,806 So this sweet little guy is Peabody. 443 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,309 He has a relaxing presence. 444 00:24:37,392 --> 00:24:40,312 When Peabody's around, everybody's chill. 445 00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:43,106 Most of the time, he likes to lay in the sun. 446 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:47,235 When all the dogs are running loops around and playing tug, 447 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,529 he can be found sunbathing. 448 00:24:52,073 --> 00:24:53,241 P, get. 449 00:24:54,075 --> 00:24:55,952 Training can be a little slow. 450 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:56,953 You got it. 451 00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,540 He does need work on retrieving. 452 00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:05,462 However, he performs interactive skills very well. 453 00:25:05,545 --> 00:25:06,505 Visit. 454 00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:09,925 Interrupting anxiety, that's actually a task. 455 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:11,510 That's a trained behavior. 456 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:12,511 Good boy. 457 00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:16,723 So we are constantly evaluating their appropriateness 458 00:25:16,806 --> 00:25:18,725 to become service dogs. 459 00:25:18,808 --> 00:25:21,686 <i>Most dogs sleep about half of every day.</i> 460 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:23,897 <i>But not all.</i> 461 00:25:26,608 --> 00:25:28,693 {\an8}So this silly boy is Nemo. 462 00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:32,906 Nemo is very animated. 463 00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:34,115 You got the pterodactyl. 464 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:35,742 No. 465 00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:36,826 Nemo, down. 466 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:38,912 No. 467 00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:41,039 Yes. Good boy. 468 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,669 No. I don't think we were doing that. 469 00:25:45,752 --> 00:25:46,920 Not that one either. 470 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:51,633 Nemo is very much in love with life. 471 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:54,344 He does need to focus when it comes to working. 472 00:25:54,427 --> 00:25:56,012 One more. Fetch. 473 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:01,017 Nemo! 474 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:05,313 {\an8}<i>Twenty percent of dogs show ADHD-like behavior,</i> 475 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,107 {\an8}<i>twice as many as humans.</i> 476 00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:10,652 {\an8}<i>Whether Nemo is one of them is yet to be seen.</i> 477 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,200 <i>Dogs with ADHD can be more impulsive,</i> 478 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:19,119 <i>even hyperactive.</i> 479 00:26:20,787 --> 00:26:22,872 <i>But that doesn't make them untrainable.</i> 480 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,000 Nemo, tug. 481 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,752 Nemo has a job to do in the real world. 482 00:26:27,836 --> 00:26:30,547 Yeah. That's it. Good boy. 483 00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:31,673 Drop. 484 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:33,508 Yes. Juice. 485 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:38,597 That's it. Yes, sir. Good boy. Very nice. 486 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,683 Nemo, he's really excelled in that retrieving-items command, 487 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:43,768 as well as learning that tug command. 488 00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:44,686 Hey. 489 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:48,398 He's animated and loving, and he enjoys training, 490 00:26:48,481 --> 00:26:53,111 but we still have to see if we feel that he can do his job reliably. 491 00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:57,157 I always have to say "if" because nothing is guaranteed. 492 00:26:58,116 --> 00:26:59,993 We have seen him alert bark at times. 493 00:27:01,077 --> 00:27:04,289 That is something you can get kicked out of restaurants, stores, 494 00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:08,251 so that would disqualify him from becoming a service dog. 495 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:12,464 <i>If Nemo can't control his barking,</i> 496 00:27:12,547 --> 00:27:16,176 <i>he will not graduate and be matched with someone in need.</i> 497 00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:22,557 <i>Barking meant something different before the human-canine bond evolved.</i> 498 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:25,935 So wolves howl as a group. 499 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,605 It's an important form of social communication for them. 500 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:32,942 But they don't bark in the way that dogs do towards humans. 501 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:39,949 D...