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Subject: Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 21:23:55 -0800
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On 3/3/2025 9:11 PM, lar3ryca wrote:
> On 2025-03-03 09:47, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> On 3/3/2025 6:14 AM, Janet wrote:
>>> In article <ighasjpfkvqc8cki5ua5s9dg5fq59e7v4n@4ax.com>,
>>> hayesstw@telkomsa.net says...
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:16:37 -0500, Judith Latham
>>>> <judithlatham@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A dog can understand 7 words. How many barks does a human understand?
>>>>> I'll bet it's less than 7.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/7-words-that- 
>>>>> dogs-can-understand-and-4-that-no-dog-can/ss-AA1zZ4MU? 
>>>>> ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=1125b1e87465429bb028d120b0cb2b57&ei=42
>>>>
>>>> Could you tell us what the words were?
>>>
>>> Name sit stay no walk treat come
>>>
>>>    Janet.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I tried to go to that site it changed the URL to
>>>>
>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-za
>>>>
>>>> and showed a totally blank screen.
>>
>> Any working dog can understand a lot more then seven.
>>
>> It appears that OP linked an article from their browser
>> splash page, which carries a vast number of clickbait
>> articles republished by MSN.
>>
>> MSN annoyingly doesn't make it easy to find the original,
>> but here you go:
>>
>> https://www.catsanddogs.today/2025/02/28/7-words-that-dogs-can- 
>> understand-and-4-that-no-dog-can/
>>
>> which seems to be simply pages of pet--related listicles.
>> Very low-effort, and I expect poorly researched.
> 
> The definitive difference between cats and dogs.
> https://imgflip.com/i/2z78a4
> 
Another difference between cats and dogs is if you die alone at home 
your dog will guard your body.

Your cat will eat your body.

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.