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Originally Posted by roxies_mom  Dogs do learn words. They understand sit, come, treat, stay etc. When you let them know biting is not exceptable with a no bite command they learn it. My cats even know what be nice and no bite means. Roxie knows no bite. When I used to have to tell her that she'd instantly stop or just start licking my hand. |
They learn the word after the action not before.
You can name the sit action rump roast or the off action sit, or the down action jump.. it is in the learning of the action then the naming of it you get understanding of a word. Oh should we add dogs do not generalize either so the word sit in the kitchen does not mean sit in the bathroom or bedroom or outside..... you have to teach it a ton of times in a ton of places for then to generalize what sit means and that you mean it every time.
You get into trouble when you rap fire sit, sit , sit ,sit at a dog cause they do not understand what sit you mean sit on.
You get into trouble when you say sit in a sentence when it been taught as a single word action.
They do not understand words until meaning and an action is taught first.
The do not have English or Spanish or any form of verbal understanding at first.... but dogs do tend to understand our body language better and read us better that is why we get away with things we really should not.
JL