W-a-l-k?

[Karen]

Yes, and in time, he will recognize that "w-a-l-k" means walk, too! My very first dog learned cookie, then c-o-o-k-i-e, then biscuit, then its spelling, and we got pretty creative with euphemisms when we needed to discuss them without giving her a dog biscuit! And walk, and all its spellings and even g-o- because tricky!

[Taz_Zoee]

In my brothers house you cannot say "feed the dogs" without having all of them jump up and run into the kitchen. They have not caught on to FTD meaning the same thing..........yet.

You say carrot in my house and both dogs perk up. Taggart will wait until you say "do you want a carrot?" before running to the fridge.

And some people think animals are not smart or do not think. Hmph! They are smarter than me sometimes!

[Suki Wingy]

Dogs are very tuned into their people and routine. They can read human body language better than any animal other than humans, and they can learn quite a vocabulary of human words. They pick them up fast, too! I name my dogs' toys. Niño learns their names but Eliza can't seem to remember anything but "ball" or "toy".

[Grace]

In our house the magic word was Pizza. We had a one-eyed Westie mix named Jenny. She learned what the word meant very early on. Then she learned how to spell it.

To this day, even though Jenny has been gone almost 20 years, we still spell it out

[RICHARD]

I guess home schooling your pets really works?

[Alysser]

Mikey knows walk, out, potty, hike, and park. He also knows eat and peanut butter Usually when I take him out I say "Wanna go outtttt" in a really obnoxious voice. He goes CRAZY.

Don't underestimate Tuck's intelligence It may surprise you even more someday!

[Suki Wingy]

Other magic words for mine are squirrel, rabbits, chipmunks, car ride, go out, kitty, and petco.