A huge disappointment for pet owners, was word that iPhoto's newest feature, Faces, wouldn't recognize animals according to Apple employees on the show floor. We even did a few tests at Macworld Expo with images they had of the dog Luce.

Well, we are happy to say that we were able to get iPhoto to recognize Robbie's Cat, Lola.

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In clear images with two cats to choose from, the feature was able to pick out the correct cat. Like adding people to faces, the key is to train the software to recognize a person, or animal in this case, by tagging a few images manually.

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Once a base face is established, iPhoto begins finding the person, or animal, on its own. At that point, you just need to confirm the animals face in the Faces' "Confirm Name" menu.

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Search results mirrored those of our tests with human faces, with a small percentage of images that were either, not the correct person, or in some instances, a random round object.

This is a banner day for pet owners.

Editor's Note: Don't fret dog owners, we're going to test out dog images to make sure man's best friend wasn't left out of the loop.