If you’ve had the pleasure of being a dog parent, you’ve likely had experiences where your furry friend seems to understand every single word you say. My most recent fluff baby—Huxley, a Bernese ...

Another dog pressed “ouch,” and the human asked where her problem was, she pressed “paw” and in fact, the dog had a thorn in her paw. To the researcher, this sounded like a dialog between the dog and ...

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 ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super learners can pick up... These dogs can learn new words just by ...

Some dogs are not just listening for the word “walk.” A small, rare group can quietly monitor human conversations and pick up brand new vocabulary without any direct training, behaving more like ...

Anyone who has lived with a dog knows they are expert conversationalists, even though they simply let us do most of the talking. This is because despite the fact that dogs lack the ability to talk, ...

A global study of 10,000 dogs explores whether pets truly understand and use word buttons to communicate with humans.

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. Well, it turns out that some ...