Comments on: Let Your Dog Build Your Vocabulary

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:19:47 +0000

We can’t say “squirrel” or “cat.” We call the neighbor’s cat by name. The squirrels are “fluffy-tailed rodents.”

“Do you want to go to the park?” makes Silas hide in his crate, even though he’s happy once we get there, so we never ask.

By: Alfie - Alfie's Blog

Alfie - Alfie's Blog — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:44:53 +0000

I think my humans are playing the same game as you are. I’ve heard them talk about ‘the round thing’ & the f-double-o-d. I’m a clever pup though and I know what they’re up to *waggy tail*

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 04:31:41 +0000

We talk about them very quietly, or in sign language! 😉

By: BJ Pup

BJ Pup — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:35:26 +0000

Since I live alone I don’t need to refer to words. BJ knows all of the usual, he knows elevator, stairs, coat, etc.. Better yet, he knows how to tell time. I usually take him out between 8-9 in the morning; at around 3-4, and at 11PM. At 3:10 he comes over and starts bugging me until I take him out. At night he comes over at 11 and starts “talking” to me. It gets louder if I don’t obey his request.

He does the same thing at 6PM because that’s when I feed him dinner.

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:29:05 +0000

My guys don’t respond to words because I don’t associate them with things we do. They respond to actions, pick up the camera, we’re probably going to the beach, fill the water bottle, definitely going to the beach. Meal times can vary a lot depending when I get home from work and it’s not a cause for huge excitement anyway. Frankie will go and sit in front of his crate, Beryl will stay lying on the couch until I call her and Asher generally supervises meal preparation 🙂 My dogs are boring!

Great work Honey, you’re keeping your human’s brains far more active than my dogs do!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:40:09 +0000

This may be a way to stave off alzheimer’s. I recently read being bilingual keeps our minds in shape for longer than monolingual persons. Go, Honey!

By: emma

emma — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:12:38 +0000

Mom uses another language or spells the word to keep us in the dark.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:36:41 +0000

It’s not the WORD so much as the BODY language. My Mom Person doesn’t have to say a thing and I know what’s up. We just KNOW these things!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:38:09 +0000

He he, we have to avoid certain words too, especially ‘walk’ or ‘walkie’. We also have to be careful when asking each other questions, like ‘who’s that?’ or ‘what is it?’, because he’ll run to the window or door then. In fact, he likes words beginning with ‘w’, because that either means he’s going out for a walk or we’re asking who’s there 🙂

By: Beth Harwell

Beth Harwell — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 21:10:56 +0000

Honey is a very smart dog.
Ball = round yellow thing or b-a-l-l
Cookies = C’s
out = o-u-t