Is there really a difference between my understanding the phrase "go for a walk" and my dog understanding the phrase "go for a walk"?
Drusas @ Drusas @fedia.io Posts 0Comments 1,996Joined 11 mo. ago
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My dogs understand the phrase "let's go" and can understand it as a combined phrase such as "let's go for a walk", "let's go outside", "let's go upstairs". People very much underestimate dogs' ability to truly understand human language.
I even had a very experienced and highly regarded dog trainer recently tell me that commands should ideally be single-syllable. Maybe, but certainly not due to any limitation in the dog's ability to understand longer words and phrases. I can even be cuddling with the dogs on the couch, say, "I need to pee", and they go running off to the bathroom (have to protect me, I guess).