Comment by wjnc

This post is downvoted but intruiging to me. Because a large part of this thread is people explaining what their pet can do, has learned, has been willing to learn. The thing that came to my mind is that we are interpreting the dogs behaviour, but that the dogs are interpreting our behaviour as well. We like to play with dogs, but the dog has separate preferences as well. Some dogs not only can classify, but also have their humans act differently according to their preferences. And that is exactly the Uplift angle! Who uplifts whom?