Dog that solves maths problems called 'Einstein reincarnated' by stunned owner

Online clips show French Bulldog Timmy answer sums, such as 6x3÷2, by tapping out the answer on his owner’s hand - Hannah Shipperbottom believes he's cleverer than she is

A dog owner believes her pooch is “Einstein reincarnated” after he repeatedly solved a series of maths problems.

Online clips show French Bulldog Timmy answer sums, such as 6x3÷2, by tapping out the answer on his owner’s hand using his paw.

And when Hannah Shipperbottom, 35, asked Timmey what 120÷12 was, he tapped her 10 times.

The 35-year-old says her furry friend is “cleverer than her” as the footage shows her exclaiming “How does he know this sh*t? I had to work that out!” before rewarding him with kisses and a treat.

Hannah says three-year-old Timmy has been able to do simple sums since he was 14-weeks-old, claiming she randomly asked him to do a sum one day by asking him to do a high 10 rather than a high five and he got it right.

Since her partner Richard Szymik uploaded the video on TikTok earlier this month, the clip has been viewed almost 600,000 times and fans have dubbed him “a maths teacher in his past life”.

Hannah, from Todmorden, West Yorks, said: “We keep saying that he's Einstein reincarnated. He's a very very clever dog. He's very very intelligent, he's very switched on.

“There's something wrong though, dogs shouldn't be able to count or do maths. It's definitely baffling. There's definitely something not right. He's definitely cleverer than me."

She added: “I started when he was a pup by getting him to do high fives and fist bumps. He does all sorts. He'll sit, beg, lie down, paw, fist bump, kisses.

“He was about 14 weeks when we first found out he could count. We'd do high fives, high tens, high twenties but he'd count up in fives so if you said to him do high twenty, he'd hit you four times.

"One day I was like let's see if he'll do 2+2 two or something really simple and he did it. I was like ‘no way he's just done that’, I thought it was a fluke. Richard thought I was moving my hand at first. I said watch me, I'm not moving my hand.

“We've just been doing it for years, just little additions and then the other day we thought let's do a random sum and he got it. I couldn't believe it. He was doing division, he just gets the answer every time. I sat there shocked with my mouth open.

“He looks at me as if to say I know the answer to this mum, how do you not know? Random people will give us a sum. Richard's family have come round and his mum has sat there and done it. They're all shocked.”

She said the couple bought Timmy shortly after their previous dog passed away and that he was the last one of the litter.

Hannah said: “We were like, we're not getting another dog, we can't go through that again. But then this one nobody wanted him, so we got him and he was the best thing we ever did.

“He was the biggest one of the litter and I thought why does no one want him? He was the cutest as well. He loves giving smooches.”

Both Hannah and Richard were shocked when the video of their pooch went viral.

Hannah said: “We’d put it up and we’d gone out with a couple of friends that night to the cinema. We’d come back out and Richard looked at his phone and was like we've had over 200,000 views.

“He went from 11 likes on his profile to 70,000 in two days. I'm proud of Timmy, I keep telling him ‘you're my famous dog’. We've said he can start paying rent now.

“The reaction has been pretty good. We've had the odd few negative comments but we've just ignored them. I'd say it's a good 95% of positive comments and then you just get that few percent of keyboard warriors. There's no point in negativity. The rest of us are loving it.”