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In New Zealand, they now have world-class analogues experiment. Specialists train ordinary pet dogs to drive a car. No matter how funny it may sound, but this experience has essential to humans. In particular, he is called demonstrate the mental abilities of our lesser friends.
It turned out that dogs are well trained to drive a car. They are able, when fastened, to sit straight and well cope with control: turn the steering wheel, shift gears and use the brake pedal. Training dogs with nicknames Ginny (hound, two and a half years), Monti (Giant Schnauzer, eighteen years) and Porter (bearded collie, ten months) lasted about sixty days. After this, the four-legged were allowed to drive real car. Mark Vette – a dog trainer – used the technique of successive movements to instill animal handling skills. According to a specialist, he was more than satisfied with his work.
At the initial stage, the dogs used a specially designed simulator that reliably simulates a car control device. He taught tetrapods to turn on the ignition, turn the steering wheel and switch speeds with the front paws, and use the hind legs with the purpose of depressing the gas and brake pedals.
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