Meet the dog from France who ignores orders in English language!
March 16th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANILondon, March 16 (ANI): A dog in Yorkshire ignores orders given in English language because he was born and raised in France.
Henri, the four-year-old black Labrador, will stand stock-still, staring expectantly if he is asked to do anything in English, reports the Daily Mail.
As English commands get lost in translation, his master, Craig Burton, is forced to give instructions in the Labrador’s native French, which can attract suspicious looks from fellow dogwalkers in the local park in Leeds.
And like a true Frenchman, Henri will ignore even requests in French unless they are delivered in an accurate accent.
“When we are out on a walk I get some very strange looks when I put on this French accent and talk to Henri. People think I’m just being pretentious,” Burton, the managing director of a recruitment company, said.
“He was brought up and taught in France so obviously everyone spoke to him in French, and he simply doesn’t understand commands or anything in English. If you tell him to do anything in English he just stares back blankly and doesn’t move,” the owner added.
When Burton is away and leaves his pet with friends or family they have to be given a list of translations in order to control the lively Labrador.
Bachelor Burton bought the dog when he lived in Pau in south-west France, and named him after King Henri IV, who was born in the town. (ANI)
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