Durn tootin’
I talk to mine as a person and she’ll tip her head one way then the other like she knows exactly what I’m saying. I speak to her in sentences .... she’ll sit up wanting something and I tell her to show me and she’ll run to what it is she wants.
Dad says it ain’t no real dog unless it can fetch beer from the fridge ... I told him to go get a Retriever ... they’re dumb enough to just do it ... LOL ....
Our dog smiles from ear to ear. I say, “Smile!” and the dog smiles big. He also smiles when he gets caught doing something he should not be doing. I mean the dog smiles for effect. It is not a reflex. He wants something.