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Figarosmom

(12,082 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:54 PM Yesterday

This dog is just such a good dancer

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Looks like she's giving commands the whole time. That dog is good.

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This dog is just such a good dancer (Original Post) Figarosmom Yesterday OP

Their synchronicity seems effortless. North Shore Chicago Yesterday #1

You bet. Just teaching him Figarosmom Yesterday #2

The dog is a border collie. They are easy to train wnylib Yesterday #3

North Shore Chicago

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1. Their synchronicity seems effortless.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:32 PM

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Yet, we all know the hours and hours of training it took to make it look easy.

Figarosmom

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2. You bet. Just teaching him

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Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:07 PM

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The number of commands she'd have to have must have been great. And their practice must be daily.

wnylib

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3. The dog is a border collie. They are easy to train

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:51 PM

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with hand gestures for two reasons. They like to please humans and they have been bred for centuries to follow human hand gestures as sheep herders.

I had one as a pet years ago. It's incredible how they pick up on the slightest body language and learn words from context without being intentionally taught. They always seem to be in sync with their people.

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