Dogs Talking Like Humans

These dogs can learn new words

These dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words.

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Your Dog Might Be Eavesdropping on You

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Some dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners

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Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners

Dogs are great at learning action commands like “sit” and “stay.”

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Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

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Super smart dogs learn by eavesdropping

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Gifted Dogs Learn New Toy Names by Eavesdropping on Their Humans

A team led by cognitive scientist Shany Dror from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary found that so-called Gifted Word Learner dogs could learn the names of objects purely by eavesdropping on their ow...

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These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words

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‘Gifted learner dogs’ can learn words by eavesdropping, study says

New Atlas

Super-smart, eavesdropping dogs pick up new words like human toddlers

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL). Researchers have just figured out that even when you're not talking to them directly,

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Some “Gifted” Dogs Learn Words by Overhearing Conversations—Like Human Toddlers, Study Finds

A new study finds some "gifted" dogs can learn new object names just by overhearing human conversations—much like young toddlers.