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About A Talking Dog!? The Border Collie With an IQ of 102

The creators of Animals In Love and Secret Life of Dogs, take us into the hilarious and bizarre world of super intelligent pets and their devoted and eccentric owners. There’s Kirsty whose dog, Cooper, has a 200-word vocabulary and can count better than your average toddler; the Sheridan family whose football-mad parrot, Slipmat, knows every chant and watches every game, and farmer Louise, whose trusty assistant is actually her super-smart dog, Jess. Content licensed by Two Four Rights to Little Dot Studios.

A Talking Dog!? The Border Collie With an IQ of 102 is presented by Real Wild. Its listed runtime is 50 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
A Talking Dog!? The Border Collie With an IQ of 102
Category
Society
Runtime
50 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real Wild

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