With thanks to Martin Lack for forwarding this item.
As reported on the BBC,
5 December 2012A charity in New Zealand is teaching rescued dogs how to drive a car.
The canine driving school is aimed at proving how intelligent the animals can be.
Monty the giant schnauzer is among the novice drivers who have learned to control the brakes, gears and steering wheel.
Bill Hayton reports.
Prepare to be amazed!
Learning from Dogs 
Oh my word – I am truly amazed and I love that they are going to all this trouble to encourage adoption. This one is definitely worth a reblog on my site.
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Thanks Susan. What is especially wonderful is the reminder that dogs, and cats, that end up in rescue centres are rarely there unless somewhere along the line a human has let them down. Paul
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Reblogged this on Long Life Cats and Dogs and commented:
As everything I do is to encourage people to adopt or support shelter animals, there really couldn’t have been a better reblog option than this. You must, must, must see it! You truly will be amazed
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I saw this on the news this morning!
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GENIUS concept! I bet all those dogs are better drivers than most humans — and why not, they make better friends than most humans, right? 🙂
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This is amazing, animals are so darn smart. Thank you for sharing with us.
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Reblogged this on Donkey Whisperer Farm Blog and commented:
DOGS Driving In New Zealand
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Just a huge ‘thank you’ to all of you who left comments, links and ‘likes’. It makes such a difference to this humble pen pusher – and that dates me!!
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this made me smile…it shows a bit of patience and hard work goes a long way
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Wow ! Every dog is trainable but not every owner!
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Isn’t that the truth! 😉
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Yes this light-hearted news was on the BBC the other day, who says we cant teach an old dog new tricks??
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I love that you included this in your post today as I’ve been wanting to see this ever since my kids were talking about it! How amazing, isn’t it? 🙂
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It is wonderful, isn’t it! Welcome to Learning from Dogs and thanks for leaving a comment.
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