POWS FOR THOUGHT; Dogs Can Read Your Say Mind, Scientists

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Byline: Craig McQueen

ANEW study in the US has discovered that dogs are smarter than we previously thought, as they're experts at watching our behaviour.

The findings revealed that canines who spend a lot of time with humans become adept at picking up physical and verbal cues, so they often know what we are going to do before we do it.

But there are plenty of other stories which point to dogs being smarter than we give them credit for. Here's a look at some of them.

. ? When canine experts in Canada took development tests usually used for children and tried them on dogs, they found the dogs were as smart as an average two-year-old.

Professor Stanley Coren, from the University of British Columbia, said: "Dogs can tell that one plus one should equal two.

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