Study finds dogs understand language. Well, of course they do, as anyone who has lived with dogs will tell you. Molly and Murphy both recognize toy words – “ball”, “bone”, “dolly” – and can follow simple requests to get a particular type of toy. They know the difference between “deck” and “outside”, and will go to the appropriate door when you say one word or the other (in a phrase or not). We spell all kinds of words, especially “dog”, “cat”, “food” and “out”, to avoid crazy doggie behavior. They actually picked up on “f.o.o.d.”, so we now spell it “f.u.d.”. I would estimate that they know about 100 words and phrases. I actually suspect they know a whole lot more than that, but they aren’t letting on!
Day: June 10, 2004
Potential Problems…
In preparation for switching hosting providers, I’m transferring my domain name registration to another service. Supposedly, nothing should change. If you don’t see this, though, you’ll know why! (It’s like those test emails I love, “Let me know if you don’t get this message.”)