I don’t think my dog understands much of what I say, but I’ll give him one thing, he sure reacts when he hears the rustling of a food wrapper.
My MIL had 2 papillons(sp?) that she was getting rid of the next morning. The dogs seemed to have understood what was going down and disappeared from the backyard that evening never to be seen or heard from again.
I had a Pug mix who had an astonishing vocabulary. I would show it off when family would come over by making a pile of her 50+ toys in the bedroom and then we would sit in the living room. We would call out the names of her toys one by one and she would run to the other room and bring back the correct toy. “Where’s Elmo?” “Go get me the Hedgehog.” “Find Ernie.” Sometimes she would pause and do the head-tilt and we would repeat the word. If she didn’t understand after 2 or 3 repeats, she would just return with a tennis ball. “Ball” was the default toy. We tried to get her to learn subtle differences like “red ball” or “green ball,” but that didn’t work...we assumed it was because she was color blind 😁
I have a Jack Russell Terrier. She loves going to the dump. She can be at the other end of the house and when she hears me take my utility knife, which I use to cut up boxes, out of my desk drawer she goes crazy because she knows a dump run is imminent.
They know.
I’ve had numerous Dobie’s and they are very Intelligent. Fats Domino could understand when We spelled out words He’d learned.
We have a Deaf White Boxer and a Italian Cane Corso Mastiff. The Boxer read lips, The Corso understands everything but ignores 2/3rds of it. She can hear a plastic wrapper opening at 10,000 yards while sleeping.
I find that my dog’s ability to understand English is directly related to whether my hand has a treat in it or not.
It’s simply amazing how well his comprehension improves. It’s like there are magic waves that fly off my hand and right into his brain.
I have learned to read the internet despite atrocious misspellings. Sit, sut...I know what you mean.
Some dogs can’t even solve the great mystery of their own farts. My theory is that they smell some other dog who has been eating the exact same diet, and they become outraged that this strange invisible dog was no doubt eating their food.
Freegards
She loved to shop. A great day for her was to get in the truck, go to the pet store and walk up and down the aisles looking at (and sniffing) the merchandise. If there was something on an upper shelf she wanted to examine, she would ask me to pick her up. She never asked to buy anything and she never shoplifted, she just loved to shop.
The only time she ever would bark at me was when I spoke to her in German. Obviously I was talking to her, but she couldn't understand what I was saying.
She has been gone for eight years, I still miss her.
Broca’s area in the brain. That’s the key. We have one, dogs have one.
I have renamed him Biden.
When are the muzzies going to learn to stick to DU? They don't like dogs and that says it all for me.
How well do they understand? I was enjoying the weather on my porch when sounds of target shooting echoed from down the road. I told Dobbie (a Miniature Doberman - they're actually their own breed), "Hey, they're shooting bad dogs today!" He thought a moment then ran to hide under my bed.