I had a girlfriend in college who swore up and down that her dog could smile. I just didn't buy it. Lying on the floor, her dog was panting, pink tongue and all hanging out. When I meet Keith Benson, General Manager of Triple Crown Dog Academy in Hutto on a crisp Saturday morning, one of the first questions I ask him is what's the number one misconception about our canine friends. He leans back in his office chair and smiles.
People tend to think that their dogs are little people in furry suits.
People will talk to their dogs like they're people. And dogs are very intelligent creatures . . . And that's why I think it's very important you have to develop a means of communication with your dog common words you both understand. Dressed in a baby blue oxford shirt, ecru ribbed sweater and khakis, he looks more like an Ivy League professor than someone who runs an impressive 364-acre operation that boards, breeds, and trains dogs and people alike. Like many of us in our thirties, this is Keith's second career move.