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A new study shows dogs can remember the names of toys for more than two years

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A new study shows that a dogâs ability to retain cognitive labels for objects is greater than we give them credit for.

A trio of animal behaviorists at Hungaryâs EÃtvÃs LorÃnd University , led by Shany Dror , conducted the study.

Dogs were tested on whether they could remember the toysâ names a month later , then again a month after that, and finally two years later .

The dogs showed a solid ability to.

retain the name of the toys after a month or two , collectively getting the correct toy 70% of the time and 55% on tests.

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