Posted on 08/30/2016 5:17:09 PM PDT by JimSEA
Yeah. LOL.
I have been casually experimenting with my dogs’ language abilities for the past 12 years. I have taught them some specific commands of course, but I also speak natural language around them and watch to see how much they might pick up on their own. We are constantly having to use new words or spell certain activities or foods to avoid excitement. My wife and I have to be cryptic around the dogs to keep a secret. They learn real fast. Intonation may help but isn’t an absolute requirement. I can whisper in the next room and be understood. I can string together familiar words and they understand a new context. I once said “Go tell Junior to let you out”. The dog went to my sons room and woofed. I never taught that to the dog. My dogs are Aussies.
Is this issue with the trachea something that ALL Poms have or only some of them? Nemo is majority Pom but he has other breeds in him(I think Maltese and some other stuff, basically he’s a Mutt) not sure on his age..he has had the trachea issue for a few years now and you are right, in the summer months is when it can be worse than the winter months. Nemo and Maxie(Maxie is a shih tzu) he stayed with us in Mid May(Both are my sisters dogs but I consider them my babies) when they went to Israel, they were here for 2 1/2 weeks, Nemo never coughed..the issue with Nemo is that when he gets super excited he breathes like crazy, like hyperventilating so of course its harder for the air to go through, gotta give him a doggy prozac or something
I just find it hard to believe that there is nothing that can be done for this, no fix, a procedure, to open the trachea to make it function properly again..when a dog has cancer they give him chemo, and other conditions there are things that can be done, but nothing for the trachea, something that affects many many dogs..there has to be something
Wow. That’s something. My pup picks up a lot in conversation but that’s incredible.
Personally, I have observed clear indications of a rather developed sense of humor in both species--as I am sure have a great many others.
It’s a toy breed problem. I hear there is a surgury but it involves inserting a ring on the outside of the trachea. Probably expensive and done only by a specialist. With age ot gets weaker and worse. We use a bronchial dialator medicine which helps some.
Yeah I heard about that procedure, that it lasts for a few years than fails..I always thought it happened because we didnt use a harness on Nemo, we would just attach the leash to his collar, but we see most dogs walk around with leashes on their collars and their owners pull them and nothing happens..does this happens to Maltese’s too or mostly Poms..I wish they came up with a cure I hate hearing the goose sound, he will run off with his tail down, cough once then come back..we hope we dont have to do the meds til many many years from now
Look up the definition of “anthropomorphism.”
My dog listens to trump intently when I point to him talking on TV.
When I point to Hillary she barks.
Hillary sounds angry and mean to my dog.
(Smart dog)
Trained dogs understand the meaning of command words (command words are given in the same tone). Imported dogs respond to commands in the language they know. They have to relearn the commands in a new language.
Some dogs can understand conversations (perhaps imperfectly) and respond accordingly.
Once my client and I were talking about her dog and she informed me that the dog barked too much “when there’s a strange dog in the backyard”. Her dog came flying into the room, leaped at the window and started barking loudly while looking around. There was no dog in the back yard.
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