Montreal may require dogs to be bilingual

[pwaldo]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...202551154.html

If a proposed law in Montreal goes into effect, all dogs in the Canadian city will need to understand commands in both English and French.

Montreal city councilor Benoit LaDouce, who made the proposal, told CBC Radio that it's necessary to counter the "chaos" resulting from dogs at public parks who understand commands in only one language.

"The current situation in Montreal Dog Park is untenable chaos," LaDouce told CBC Radio. "The various dog commands are incomprehensible to each other."

In an inadvertently hilarious interview with the station, LaDouce (who was deadly serious) says he was inspired to propose the law after a dog began licking his face and did not respond to French commands.

"Our alienation from each other was absolute," LaDouce said.

LaDouce wants all dogs in the city to learn at least 80 to 90 commands in both languages, calling the task "basic stuff." He said each canine should be subjected to a test by a city employee to confirm the animal's bilingual comprehension.

He said he hopes to get the law passed and put into effect by summer 2013.

"I'm working on it day and night," he said.

[Wickabee]

This is slightly surprising only in that it's Montreal and not anywhere else in Quebec. That said...

BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[shrewsbury]

hey, if that's the biggest problem he is facing, then that is a good thing!!!

[Wickabee]

There's been a debate for many years now about whether the Hell's Angels own the city or the Mafia does.
If this is his biggest problem his head is stuck in the sand...actually, more likely it's stuck somewhere else...

[Wickabee]

So this was a hoax played by a couple of CBCRadio DJs. Apparently City Hall has been getting phone calls all morning.

Pretty funny.

[pwaldo]

So this was a hoax played by a couple of CBCRadio DJs. Apparently City Hall has been getting phone calls all morning.

Pretty funny.

Boo!

Mods you can lock down the thread then. Nothing to see here.

[mrveggieman]

Also I knew this was a load of bull because dogs do not understand any human language. The understand your commands by the tone of your voice. If the person who trains the dog speaks french the dog will understand the frenchman's tone of voice. Same thing for english, chinese, spanish or any other language.

[Triple Peanut]

haha, this seems like a joke.
they should require the dogs to learn how to bark in french and english as well.