So my one-dog class didn't show up, and I was there with Madigan. I figured
I'd use the time teaching her a new trick.

I took a box of biscuits off the shelf, got out the clicker (she knows that
means she's going to learn something new), and decided to teach her to knock it
over.

So I tapped on the box, said "Knock it," and prepared to click if she glanced
towards it.

Instead she stared into my eyes. Then she deliberately walked over to the box,
and knocked it over.

Nah. Had to be a coincidence. So I tapped it again, and said "Knock it." She
did it again. Then I grabbed another object, tapped it and said "Knock it."
She did. I practiced with her several more times. She did it every time.
After a while, I didn't have to tap the object. Just pointed to it.

How did she KNOW?????

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