Dogs don't understand many words but they understand your voice tone and your body movements

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• Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They can probably way understand more words then you think

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• Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Um…yes, largely. That’s how the dynamic works. They do understand some words, though.

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• ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chaser, the dog who knows 1000 words, would like to bark at you. 🙃

  youtu.be/_6479QAJuz8

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What if the dog is autistic?

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  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh you mean like every daschund ever?

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    • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The autistic missile.

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