This has been all over the place today, about how dogs can learn up to 500 words and so on. I did note one thing which was that it was being taught in German. Just a thought, but is there some magic number of words for it to learn before it becomes overpowered by the desire to invade Poland?

Update. I note that Tyler is also interested in this story. This would be a good time to add the point made in the comments below, that the dog is learning German, which is a agglutinating language. Yes, I had to look it up so therefore you can too. OK, it means that you jam words together, rather than invent new ones for new concepts. An example:

DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFAHRTS-
ELEKTRIZITAETENHAUPTBETRIEBS-
WERKBAUUNTERBEAMTENGESELLSCHAFT (80 letters), “the club for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services.”

No, I don’t think the dog would understand that, but then again, if the club still existed, and they bought the dog, then it would be a DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFAHRTSELEKTRIZITAETENHAUPTBETRIEBS-
WERKBAUUNTERBEAMTENGESELLSCHAFTHUND.
Which is, I think, quite enough German for one day.