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Subject: Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 10:37:08 -0500
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On 3/3/2025 2:52 AM, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
> Judith Latham wrote:
> 
>> A dog can understand 7 words.
> 
> There is a dog that understands about thousand different names for toy
> puppets of all kinds. Ask for e.g. "Mary" and the dog will pick the
> right puppet from a pile. Add a new puppet to the pile and ask for a
> hitherto unknown name, and the dog will fetch the new puppet.
> 
>> How many barks does a human understand?
> 
> Those who have a dog will understand several but I have no idea how
> many.
> 
That's Chaser, a Border Collie who's memorized the names of over
1000 stuffed toys, and can pick them out of a heap correctly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omaHv5sxiFI

Note that he was recognizing single words, not grammar.

pt