Posted on 08/30/2016 5:57:12 PM PDT by Innovative
When you praise a dog, it's listening not just to the words you say but also how you say them.
That might not be huge news to dog owners. But now scientists have explored this phenomenon by using an imaging machine to peek inside the brains of 13 dogs as they listened to their trainer's voice.
The reward pathway in the dogs' brains lit up when they heard both praising words and an approving intonation — but not when they heard random words spoken in a praising tone or praise words spoken in a flat tone, according to a report in the journal Science.
"Dogs process both what we say and how we say it in a way which is amazingly similar to how human brains do," says Attila Andics, a neuroscientist at Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary.
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It is interesting that now scientific studies observed and confirmed it.
Maybe soon they will also notice that dogs think as well.
IF they do, they must understand languages the world over.
“Wanna go out?”
“Go for a ride”
“Where’s the squirrel”
Are universal statements that all dogs understand.
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I’m not sure why the surprise. We know that dogs have a larger hearing range than humans. Why should we doubt that they hear more fully, so as to pick up inflections and intonations that we can’t hear, and be able to respond accordingly. We know they can respond to simple voice commands. Why would they not be able to distinguish between tones?
IF they do, they must understand languages the world over.”
They probably do. Not necessarily all dogs understand all languages, but they learn the languages they hear spoken to them.
My dog understands hungry, food, snack, cookie, breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, bone, walk, outside, ride, truck, to name a few.
My dog knows more about what I want from him than I do.
The problem is he is very sure of what he wants.
Sometimes they are not the same things.
It’s like a compromise, until I give him the quiet growl.
He does know who is in charge, sometimes I just need to remind him.
You forget, “Where’s the ball”.
*smile
“Tummy rub?” seems to be pretty universally understood too :)
My dog is multi-lingual, understanding commands in english, indonesian, and sign language.
I’m currently raising and weaning seven puppies that are going on 6 weeks old. They are TOTALLY imprinted on my voice. If they hear me talking ANYWHERE near the barn, they go nuts! (I talk to the Mule a lot, and I have six other adult dogs I’m caring for while Beau is at Pre-Bear Camp, Up Nort.)
Of course, they still go nuts when their Dog Mama is allowed in to see/feed them...which pretty much ends, next week. Time to grow up, Puppies! Life is fleeting, LOL!
However, Beau can talk a blue streak to those very same puppies and...NOTHING! He doesn’t take it personally; he’s bred/raised dogs for 30+ years. He’s just HAPPY to let this current crop of pups be MY responsibility. ;)
I’ll just add that I still, DAILY, miss my Basset Hound, Rufus, of 15 years. It’s almost a year now, but D@mn, I miss that dog! I just CANNOT seem to get over him. He’s got to be my One True Love, because I’ve had six other dogs through the years.
And these 100% ADORABLE pups aren’t even making a tiny little DENT in my cold, black, dead heart. :(
I’m going to need sedation if/when my Mom dies, LOL!
My dogs are bilingual. They ignore me in English and profane.
My dog is 4 1/2 yrs old and in the last three months has developed a new expression without conscious input from us - an open-mouthed human kind of smile: “Come outside with me. Let’s have fun”
They train us too.
You don’t have to say “fetch” to get a dog to fetch that stick.
very funny!!!
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