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

  • @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    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
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      68 months ago

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