I don’t think dogs can understand language...if you take your dog to the park, he or she will jump in the car every time you open the door...if you take your dog to the vet (and never to the park) the dog will not like going in the car.
Well, kinda. I think my Dobes were super sensitive because they seemed to pick up on “business trip” v. “pleasure trip”.
Ah, it was quite the circus having two Dobes in the back seat - on leather surfaces no less. When we would get within 1/4 mile of a place where we walk they would go super nova. Dobes bounce - everywhere.
They remembered each location after only two visits, so you couldn’t sneak it on them.
I’m down to just one now, but he still acts that way when we go for a ride instead of walking the neighborhood.
And I could say to you that my Dobe does understand many words - we have to spell “walk”, “stroll”, and “go”. Otherwise he goes bonkers and gives us the “look”. He understands a lot of short phrases and many words. I like it - it’s kind of weird, but really cool just how smart this breed is.