@scagnetti said in An Ancient Breed Indeed:
A friend of mine used to have a psychic dog act. Great trainer who fooled a lot of people.
There has never been anyone I am aware of that could do the things Eisenmann did, but someone else apparently came close.
https://americacomesalive.com/smart-german-shepherd-1927/#.Vecu7RFVhBc
In the end it probably doesn't matter. If there were cues of some kind that many, many reporters missed, it would still be incredible for someone to achieve that high a level of cooperation from a dog. Most if not all trainers would be pressed to do the sort of thing Chuck did even if they walked beside the dog and instructed him on every step. I saw it, with the dog working far away from Chuck, too far for subtle cues, and no verbal instructions after the first conversational suggestion....
