LilGirl surprised me when...

[lizbud]

Very smart little pup you have there. I'm glad you'll probably get to
tell her "yes" tomorrow.

My putting on either shoes or a coat, is a dead giveaway that a "bye bye"
is possible for them too. They are so easy to please.

[SWHouston]

Kay,

I'm certainly not trying to diminish how apparently smart LGirl is, but, those who want to go, can and will pick up on even the most subtle trigger.
I have two Yorkies, and I believe if there's ANY breed that wants to "go" it's them !

We have had to stop saying Go, Car, Truck, Store and a couple other words out loud (have resorted to spelling them, but that's becoming rather unreliable as well).

My Male can be upstairs, looking out the window, totally out of sight and earshot, and I can just look at my Co-Provider (just thinking we need some Groceries or whatever) and he will come charging down the stairs, and start looking back and forth between us and his Harness ! I SWEAR all that has taken place is a simple look at each other. And, he's teaching our new Female Puppy just how to pick up on that stuff, whatever it is, and I'm leaning toward thinking it's empathic ability.

It's absolutely amazing, an inexplicable.