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Thursday, February 28, 2013

But Can They Parallel Park?

Some dogs can stand on their hind legs, and now, a couple of canines can drive! Animal rescuers from New Zealand trained three dogs, waiting for adoption, "to drive an SUV after eight weeks of intensive training". The trainers did it to show how smart dogs are so people would adopt them. In order to do this, the trainers used a method called, "operant conditioning", where the trainers rewarded the dogs for repeatedly steering and changing gears until they finally learned to drive.

The dogs' driving test was televised on New Zealand TV and they passed!
But the big question is can they parallel park?? 

Check out the video! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/driving-dogs-pass-test_n_2278191.html