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According to researchers in Hungary, dogs understand when they are spoken to and, like humans, are capable of associating a word with an object.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/eUqTN

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[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Those of us who have dogs as pets/family members have known this for a long time. Some dogs/breeds are smarter than others but most dogs can differentiate tone as well as what words are being spoken. My last dog didn't care what I called her if I said it in an upbeat tone, I tested this all of the time by calling her a shithead and more and she would thunk the floor with her tail.

Studies are always great but I feel like this is s something that is fairly well settled by now.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why does my two legged companion giving me so many nicknames?

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was actually hilarious and interesting one time. I called her jackass or shithead or something and she looked up at me and you could see her thinking and then her tail started putting a hole in the floor. It's like she needed a moment to decide how she felt about it.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They definitely take longer to process more complex speech (compared to 1-2 syllable commands or gestures)than humans do but they understand more than we give them credit for

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