Comment on Dogs understand when you talk to them - study

• rdyoung@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It was actually hilarious and interesting one time. I called her jackass or shithead or something and she looked up at me and you could see her thinking and then her tail started putting a hole in the floor. It’s like she needed a moment to decide how she felt about it.

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  • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If she heard it used negatively in the past, then she was probably thinking about it being similar to how you say her name nicely or angrily depending on what she is up to.

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    • rdyoung@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Possibly. She was definitely smarter than most people I’ve ever known.

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  • gramathy@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They definitely take longer to process more complex speech than humans do but they understand more than we give them credit for

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