You can read all about Romeo and Tuff'n in my new book, "I Fell in Love with a Capybara". There are lots of photos of the two and video links where you can see them showing all their interesting and amusing activities.
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Capybaras are highly intelligent and respond very well to training, discipline and being brought up as part of the family. They have a surprisingly large vocabulary and in this video Romeo and Tuff'n understand Marvin's announcement that they will be going for a walk.
Marvin puts the capybara's harness and lead on, with a great deal of help from Romeo and Tuff'n. Romeo sits very patiently until his harness is ready, then he puts his head through the collar, and steps elegantly into the rest of his harness. Tuff'n gets a bit impatient with Marvin and grabs his leash in his mouth to speed up the process
The previous day their trainer was a little late with the capybaras morning walk due to a telephone call. The capybaras waited patiently near the front door, with their noses pointed AT the front door to remind Marvin of what they should be doing. As the telephone conversation wore on, little baby Tuff'n decided the trainer needed further encouragement. He went over to his leash/lead and dragged it back to Marvin. Obviously he didn't think much of human intelligence! And felt the need to drop a big hint as to what the capybaras expectations were.
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