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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as "sit" and "stay," but also to words referring to their favorite objects. "Bring me your ball" will often result in exactly that.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit” and “stay,” but also to words referring to their favorite
Researchers found evidence the animals did not merely recognize patterns of sound that come out of owners' mouths, they actually realized that certain words refer to specific objects.
Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit” and “stay,” but also to words referring to their favorite objects. A new study in Hungary has found that beyond being able to respond to commands like “roll over,” dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects — a relationship with language called referential understanding that had been unproven in dogs until now. "When we are talking about objects, objects are external to the dogs, and dogs have to learn that words refer, they stand for...