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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 7 points 7 months ago (2 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.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If she heard it used negatively in the past, then she was probably thinking about it being similar to how you say her name nicely or angrily depending on what she is up to.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Possibly. She was definitely smarter than most people I've ever known.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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