Post by Jaga on Jan 14, 2010 23:31:43 GMT -7
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8458776.stm
A dog caused confusion in an animal home when he failed to respond to basic commands - until staff realised he could only understand Polish.
Staff at the RSPCA centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, originally thought Cent the collie was deaf.
However, when they looked into his history they realised he came from a Polish family and so did not "speak" English.
Care assistant Karen Heath describes how staff have learnt how to communicate in a foreign tongue and also teach the collie English.
A dog caused confusion in an animal home when he failed to respond to basic commands - until staff realised he could only understand Polish.
Staff at the RSPCA centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, originally thought Cent the collie was deaf.
However, when they looked into his history they realised he came from a Polish family and so did not "speak" English.
Care assistant Karen Heath describes how staff have learnt how to communicate in a foreign tongue and also teach the collie English.