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i just lost my dog ace, but everyone was in awe of him, from the vet on down......i swear he understood english....spoken like we do to other human beings. he did not need clues, i need to write about him.
posted by
jeansaw
on April 29, 2014 at 6:16 PM
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I think once upon a time, before speech, humans understood each other by movement, facial expressions, and we were probably very aware of emotions without words. We moved on (?) but I do believe our animals are still using those tools.
posted by
adnohr
on April 29, 2014 at 5:01 PM
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Lassie would understand. Why not Bennie?
posted by
TAPS.
on April 29, 2014 at 1:05 PM
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It's all Fidonating Naut. BC-A, Bill's Roost
posted by
BC-A
on April 29, 2014 at 11:45 AM
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Perhaps, although I'm sure it's somewhat easier for him to simply follow certain gestures. When my wife and I talk to any of our cats, you'd swear there was another human in the room! Nothing wrong with that ( I hope ) . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM
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I am looking forward to what happens next...
posted by
Kabu
on April 28, 2014 at 1:55 PM
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It will be interesting to see what your experiments yield...I have had a dream or two about things that I have or am going to blog about.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 28, 2014 at 11:15 AM
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Well when I used to just say 'Rats.'my collie went bananas, Naut. I think movement speaks as well .
posted by
C_C_T
on April 28, 2014 at 9:15 AM
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I vote "yes" because they learn us.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 28, 2014 at 9:05 AM
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That's his act naut.
posted by
BC-A
on April 28, 2014 at 7:51 AM
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