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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Who’s Smarter: Kids or Dogs?

Who’s Smarter: Kids or Dogs? Posted by cole gamble on November 12th, 2009 at 9:30 am

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kid vs. dog

Recently a commenter asserted that raising a child is identical to raising a dog. “Both can be encouraged to good behavior through rewards and discouraged from bad behavior through punishment.”  “Both demand enthusiastic praise and consistant (sic) (non-angry) discipline.” “Just like a dog, you must put a plastic cone on a child’s head to keep them from chewing on their butt.” Okay, I made that last one up. Or did I?

Many took umbrage with the commenter’s remarks, but I (always the scientist) decided to put them to the test. Over a weekend I pitted my three-year-old against our 1 ½ year old border collie to once and for all resolve the question: who is smarter, a toddler or a dog? Here are the competitors.

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Dalton. To be fair to the dog, I chose a less flattering pose of the boy.

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Dax.  To be fair to the boy, I chose a less flattering pose of the dog.

Test 1: Finding Halloween Candy

My kids took in a very impressive haul this Halloween. Sure, I pressed them to keep knocking on doors. “Daddy,” they moaned, bodies slumping, “it’s well past midnight.” “Batman wouldn’t complain it’s too late,” I replied, shoving a fistful of looted-from-child Sweet Tarts into my mouth...

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