She knows what I'm thinking. My wife on the other hand......
Posted on 01/05/2012 11:16:50 PM PST by expat1000
Dog lovers like to think it is their masterful voices that make their pets so keen to please. In fact, it is more complex than that – with eye contact playing an important role alongside spoken commands.
Scientists have found the animals pick up not only the words we say, but our ‘intent to communicate’ with them. In fact, dogs are as advanced as a two-year-old child in following eye contact, a study has found.
Who's a clever boy? Dogs have similar cognitive skills to babies, say researchers Jszsef Topal, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, said: ‘Increasing evidence supports the notion that humans and dogs share some social skills. 'The way dogs work resembles that of a six-month to two-year-old child in a lot of respects.'
Dogs even watch how we make eye contact, to work out what we mean and why we are talking to them.
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I had a dog, when I was young, who watched eyes to know when the person was looking at it.
You could have had your head very turned away from the dog, but when you glanced at it, without turning your head, it knew and reacted by wagging its tail.
Most dogs I’ve known are a good deal smarter than most anyone seems to give them credit for. Speech ability aside, brighter than a lot of people I come into contact with.
It’s not just how we communicate with them but how they communicate with us. If I am visiting down the street my dog will tell me when she is ready to go home, when she wants a treat or if she just wants to go for a ride.The more we communicate, the more we understand one another.
Better company in most cases, too.
romney knows what I’m thinking?
I have a young Border Collie named Freckles.
She is far more intelligent and vastly more pleasant to be with than your average progressive. Easier on the eyes than most as well :-)
Seriously, that dog picks up on what your intentions are...these Border Collies are quite amazing dogs. I recommend them highly as companions and Frisbee partners.
We have a 7 year old lab/boxer and she learned early what the word bone means and baby (one of her chew toys). Now we spell the word bone and she knows what that is. Labs are smart dogs along with her boxer mix.
We have a 7 year old lab/boxer and she learned early what the word bone means and baby (one of her chew toys). Now we spell the word bone and she knows what that is. Labs are smart dogs along with her boxer mix.
He also barks in a way that almost sounds like 'water' when his bowl runs dry, and can indicate when he wants food as well.
If you pay attention, certain barks have different sounds or cadences and that will tell you a lot about what the critter wants or what is going on (a challenge versus a greeting, for instance).
There are two aspedts to communication, and the receiver has to be functioning as well as the transmitter.
It’s my impression that it takes babies a year to become as complex as your average dog, and two years to be as useful.
Dogs don’t actually have brains. They have microchips. The same microchips they put in the Wack-a-Mole game at Chucky Cheese.
I bet your dog doesn’t double post either.
I refer to our 4 year old German Shepherd as “our toddler.” He so bright it’s scary. Thank God he doesn’t have opposable thumbs or I’d be so yesterday’s lunch. LOL.
Dogs have also been documented to sense when their owner’s body is ailing — in IIRC more than one case, a dog found a hidden cancer.
Some cats I have had, had a similar capability of knowing when I had a backache or stomachache, and would snuggle up against the painful part. Usually remembering to keep their claws retracted, but not always (OUCH).
Romney’s dog got the better of him.
Stick me on the roof in a carrier, I will blast excrement all over your car.
Wonder what the PETA folks have to say about Romney putting his dog on top of the roof of his car in a animal carrier ?
She knows what I'm thinking. My wife on the other hand......
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