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		rowanG077 on Sept 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dogs can remember names of toys years after not se... What has food motivation or desire to please have to do with intelligence? I view them as completely orthogonal. A dog can be an idiot and not be food motivated or have a desire to please and conversely a dog can be really smart and be food motivated and eager to please.

ozim on Sept 8, 2024 [–]

Just like parent poster story - dog did not want treat from person it did not like.

That's a smart dog, while I can imagine someone observing such occurence calling the dog dumb.

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