Huff Post news editor Hilary Hanson says ‘no’ – see the physical body cues the handler gives, she says in this cute article. This is an interesting story about the ‘reading to rover’ work of this dog. The handler says his dog’s response to the cue cards stimulates the children to read their lessons. Story includes a short video of the dog’s response to the cue cards.
Many of the folks in our drill team believe dogs can respond to ink on paper cues just as they respond to verbal and physical cues. Why not? The cues are all symbolic representations of what we want the dog to do.