I can understand people talking foreign languages about 70% of the time, using body language and tone.
That being said, my dog understands more words than I think, places especially. Double if he’s met bitches on heat there.
Dogs don't understand many words but they understand your voice tone and your body movements
Submitted 6 days ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
You’d be surprised how much dogs understand. My sister’s dog really seemed to understand my sister was pregnant and would point at her belly when asked where the baby was
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
The spirit of what you are saying is true, but no Dogs can understand a lot of words if they need to/are trained too.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 6 days ago
Um…yes, largely. That’s how the dynamic works. They do understand some words, though.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Chaser, the dog who knows 1000 words, would like to bark at you. 🙃
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It certainly depends on the dog.
I have two dogs and one clearly understands a certain degree of words, where as I think the other goes off of vibe. I can ask the golden if she wants water and she’ll look straight at her water bowl and ponder if she does. I can say “obbu do booboo?” in an excited high pitch to the terrier and he thinks he’s getting a treat lol.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Even one of my cats understands the word “play.” I used to keep their toys in a closet and wanted to test her understanding, so instead of using the normal cat voice to say the phrase, I spoke in a flat tone: “Do you want to play?” She ran to the closet, just like always.
the_q@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
What if the dog is autistic?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Oh you mean like every daschund ever?
the_q@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
The autistic missile.
Papanca@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They can probably way understand more words then you think