Can you teach yorkies to be Bilingual??

[Dior'sMom]

Originally Posted by Dougal&Little

Dogs don't understand any language. It's a matter of them associating a sound that comes out of your mouth with a desired action. You could teach your dog to "sit" on the word "bananas" if you felt like it. My dogs will even work without words - I have hand cues for: sit, down, and wait. Competition obedience ONLY uses hand commands.

I have always been taught to be consistent and only have one word for each command. But this is for a situation where the dog's being tested on the speed at which they respond to the command (agility).

I'm sure that you could teach a dog that more than one sound requires the same action. But when you're first teaching a command I would be consistent and only use the one word in one language. Once your dog is really really solid then you can start adding a new command word.

It's got to be what works for you. I know I have a tendency to use more than one word for some things - and the yorkies can usually guess what I mean -- but it does take them longer to figure it out.

I was going to say the same thing . Dogs understand body language

[jennzy]

omg! yes my yorkie mickey has both english name: mickey and korean name dolee which he responds to both!!!
he also understands let's go out and auh ya ga ja (meaning lets go out in korean) and rest baby english like pee pee (obviously time to go pee in the bathroom) and yummy yummy (dinner time)
so it is possible for your dog to become bilingual.

[NANCYETTA]

We taught or dogs just like our childredn my husband spoke only spanish to them and I spoke only english, worked with dogs and children.

[ChiSun]

yea, i think furbabies can learn 2 languages although the only one i've tried is sit in english and korean. hehe

[FL Tink]

For whatever reason i have always used No mas...instead of no more when giving bella treats..she understands both..