Our dog remembers

Everything you r talking about she has learned from u. Yhe only thing she hasn,t learned is how much she is willing or how long she keeps it up, Wiat, she learned this from u also. It all started when u started or parts of your samily started when she was young,now she wakes up everyday hoping to see these critters so she can get a reaction from YOU. Now it is something u don't want because she is trying harder to get a reaction from You and will try harder and harder to get one. NOW u will have to train her to get over this.. I know, I am a trainer of all the bad things people train their pets to do and now hate it. REMEMBER ALWYS LUV/ TRAIN/ CARE FOR YOUR DOG/ PET, THEY WILL ALWAYS LUV U..

Haha, yes our dog is the same. We usually speak French at home because hubby is French and now I have to say some words in English so Miky wont understand what Im saying but even now, he's picking up on English. I dont know how to ask hubby if he's going for a walk with Miky anymore has he understands both words now....So I started using my hands to show someone walking but I think he's about to pick that up too. Same if I see a squirrel in the backyard and say something, he'll do like yours and go from window to window barking. They are really smart and they can read our body language also. I will be thinking of getting something to eat and sure enough....he'll appear next to me LOL. How do they do that? Isnt it fun to have a furry 2 year old though?

Probably not quite as powerful as your hound but my Yorkie is always on guard 24x7 when she is home. She hears everything that goes bump in the night. She will wake me at 4a.m. if there is a deer in the yard and should I have heeded her warning I could of possibly saved my echinacea. I didn't think deer ate echinacea.. Rats! When I take her out for potty before bed, later in the year when it is already dark out, I have to put her harness and leash on because she will run wildly out the door, growling and barking, likely to see what critters she can scare up. Being only 6.5 pounds, I have to do my part to protect her from getting herself into trouble that she can't get out of, such as the raccoons. That could be a major problem as it already was a close call. That is when I found I must put her on a leash to take her out for potty before bed during the fall and winter. Otherwise she is gone like a bullet. Even on her leash she is snarling and barking when we go out. Tail up, chest out and in protection mode. She will let us know if even a bird comes into the yard, during the day and is a pro at chasing the deer out of the hay fields. Quite a spectacle for such a small little thing. Funny because when I take her to see the cows, they come running. They want to investigate her, sniffing and slowly trying to get closer. She runs to my feet and hides behind my legs. Lol. When we are in the vegetable garden, she will keep the birds from the strawberries and there is a cat that visits. She does not like that cat in her zone, at all. She chases it out of the yard every chance she gets. No matter what, if she sees that cat, she is on guard for it the rest of the day and night. She does not like that cat in her space. Meanwhile there is another cat that she adores, sniffs noses with and is totally friends with. Sometimes the neighbors dog wanders in the yard. My dog enjoys the company and follows it everywhere. I am still considering getting another dog for a friend for her. It is a tough cal. Can I really handle another dog :o If my dog is in the house and anyone comes into the yard, she is up on the couch, paws up on the back to look out the window to see what's up. My dog is on duty 24X7, even when I think she is down for the count at night.

I have never thought to use initials for "forbiden" words. My previous dog, Nera, liked so much to chase stray cats, despite my efforts to stop her. We also needed to use key-words for "cat". But, fortunately our language is very permisive, and we have a lot of synonims for "cat". Pisica, motan, mi?a, cotoi, are only a few. First, Nera reacted only at "Pisica". Then, when we started to use the other words, she didn't know what we were talking about. But this didn't last for long. She soon realized that motan or cotoi or mi?a means the same with pisica, and when she heared us saying any of these words, she became atentive and ready to start the hunting.

Dogs are usually very observant animals! While they probably don't understand the actual words you say, they are capable of associating your body language and the sounds from you (words)with something going on outside. They pick up on the subtlest indications from you. If you experiment and simply say white cat while sitting down reading the newspaper, you probably won't see a reaction. But it can be quite educational and fun to experiment with your dog(s) to see just exactly what they do and don't understand. Dogs also have great noses, and can pick up smells from things outside, so I have to wonder if maybe your dog is also smelling your outside visitors and thus already has an idea of what's going on outside. My own dog is very good at noticing when I put my hat on, and that means I'm going outside to do something and he's ready to go in an instant to accompany me.

Dogs arevery intelligent creatures and they can really save a household in cases of danger like fire,flood,etc.,coz they are very loyal t their owner.

Lol that is so funny There are certain things that Gissi will respond and I have to spell it lol but not to that extend His main one is if we mention Roxy ( she is my Friends Dog and Gissi's big love) he goes totally mad and there are a few other things to But I have to say it is not as bad as it is with yours lol She will learn to spell soon

I do not have dogs. My cats know the word kitchen. They know if they meow enough and walk under my feet enough, I will relent and feed them. Actually, their proudest accomplishments are having taught me to listen to and respond to "catonese", opening and closing doors at their command and providing food that they adore and being suitably apologetic when I cannot levitate and miss their paws while working in the kitchen. When I was a very little girl we had a rat terrier named Peanut, and a popular song of the day was Peanut. He would sit and listen to the song on American BandStand, with his ears upright. Our pets love to manage our lives.

That is soooo cute. My old dog used to hut pigeons in the back yard. He'd get on his belly and slowly track the birds and catch them. He would always lead my other dog home whenever they'd get loose. He was one of the more friendliest and loyalest I've had. My cat now is pretty funny, he is still young but like I mentioned in my other post he's afraid of flies and if he sees it from a distance he'll just hide. He knows how to give me a "shake", that is one of his tricks.

I don't have a chance to really have that close interactions and observations with the dogs we have. The only one I loved so much was killed even before I can train her some tricks other than potty etiquette.... Your dog is cute and I'd love to have a dog like that. Dogs are intelligent and they have sharp senses, too. You are lucky to have her in your family.:)

We have two dogs and I do think that they are very intelligent. Michela, our hound dog knows the sounds of cars that belong to the neighbors, ourselves and also those people that are frequent guests and she never barks at any of those sounds. She also recognizes our neighbors and doesn't bark at them either. Jasmine, our corgi loves to bark at certain kids but the only reason that she barks at these children is because of the fact that they've tormented her in one way or another.