[shazeep]

there's this dog that has remembered the 'names' of hundreds--like 800--of his toys; the owner can ask him to go get ________, in another room, and the dog can bring it. Can also differentiate between his toys and toddler's toys. Can infer that a toy being asked for by a name he is unfamiliar with must be the 'new' toy in the room, and brings that. This is apparently not uncommon for dog memory. But apparently will not recall what toy was asked for an hour ago--that kind of memory is about ten minutes max for dogs.