I wouldn’t say it’s exactly fair to judge a silly comic made for laughs in a way that insinuates it’s misinforming people. Not to mention this was made well over 40 years ago
“frisbee” eyes widen, mouth slightly opens to reveal a fast excited pant, his chest puffs up andhis tail starts swinging with anticipation
“bath” his nose tilts towards the floor, eyes looking up, ears flattened back, body moves closer to ground, tail stiff
He also can read tone pretty well. He also can predict reactions. Running somewhere discrete when he licked up the cat food. Sitting on your chest if you’re sad. He’s basically a little kid.
More than likely not true. Dogs may not understand everything we say, but they do understand a good deal more than just their names.
An example is Bunny the dog. I don’t know others by name but also other dogs as well as cats and birds can communicate the same way.
Wasn’t there a guy who trained his pug to respond to Nazi slogans?
I wouldn’t say it’s exactly fair to judge a silly comic made for laughs in a way that insinuates it’s misinforming people. Not to mention this was made well over 40 years ago
Who says I’m “judging” it? I’m just providing helpful information. Besides, it may have been made a long time ago, but it was posted now.
My blue heeler’s ears will react at key words.
“frisbee” eyes widen, mouth slightly opens to reveal a fast excited pant, his chest puffs up andhis tail starts swinging with anticipation
“bath” his nose tilts towards the floor, eyes looking up, ears flattened back, body moves closer to ground, tail stiff
He also can read tone pretty well. He also can predict reactions. Running somewhere discrete when he licked up the cat food. Sitting on your chest if you’re sad. He’s basically a little kid.
i’d say dogs can understand things about the same as we can understand a foreign language given an hour of someone pointing at things and saying words
Better if you specifically train them to understand you