History’s most amazing ‘talking dogs’

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From Prince the Wonder Dog's ability to ask for sausages, to the 19th century Pomeranian who said “damn grandmamma", Matthew Sweet explores the phenomenon of articulate canines. Hear a new Time Traveller feature every weekday on Essential Classics. Click through to the episode page or explore the Essential Classics clips page for more quirky slices of cultural history. The music in this feature is: Brian Eno - Dune Prince the Wonder Dog - Sausages Gershwin - Promenade ('Walking the Dog'), performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Michael Tilson Thomas