August 11, 2010: Getting toys by name – from behind sofa!!
The first thing to notice about this video is how well-lit Shayna is this time. (I’ve learned it’s not easy to photograph or videotape a jet-black dog!). She had a bath the day before, and as it was a sunny day today, I opened the door behind us, and used the big (good) camera, so she looks like a million bucks (at least to me!).
As I note in the introduction, several inquirers asked a good question through time: How does the skeptic know for sure if I am not pointing, off camera, to the toy I want Shayna to get?
So I figured out a sort of solution: I would sit behind the sofa, throw the toys over it, then have her run to the other side and get the toy I want, by name.
How’d she do? See for yourself!
