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 ...

SAN DIEGO — If you’ve ever wished your dog could tell you exactly what they want instead of barking at the door, science has good news. A groundbreaking study analyzing over 260,000 button presses has ...

There’s no doubt that the relationship between humans and dogs is special. But does your best pupper understand everything you tell them? I asked my friend Cassidy Cordon. She’s a veterinarian at ...

Talking with your dog may not be so far-fetched. New research has revealed that man’s best friend can actually comprehend human words like “play” and “outside” when communicated through a soundboard ...

Like humans, dogs have the capacity to link words to mental images or ideas in their minds, researchers have recently found. Researchers in Hungary and Norway made the discovery while researching ...

Arya, a six-year-old border collie in Italy, can learn a new toy’s name with just one or two mentions. Her owners say she even knows words for her favorite foods; when pizza is on the menu, the word ...

Let’s get this one thing straight: Doggos don’t speak English, but the good news is that they’re better at reading humans than humans are at reading dogs. Although it was once believed that dogs ...

If you find yourself chatting with your dog as though they completely understand every word, you're not alone, and according to psychologists, it may reveal something special about your personality.

Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this understanding is ...