How many words do dogs understand?


	How many words do dogs understand?

fewstingscorpio

6-18-2008 12:44 AM

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dogs, pets, training, language, animals, "dog lanuage""animal intelligence""dog intelligenc

fewstingscorpio says:

For other dog owners, we all know soon we have to say W for walk or C for cookie and so on. This must be done only because they learn words fast. As with the examples above, I would obviously say the 'fast part' is associated with positive things...they're not dumb! For the complete article: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/dogs-understand-words.htm

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6-19-2008 8:18 PM

ak_mom75

I've had a dog in the past. The're to smart for one letter words, like "w" for walk. I wouldn't treat them like that. yes their are very smart and can learn tons and tons of commands and understand them.

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