Guilty as well. On one hand, I have noticed that my dogs pick up the meaning of a lot of different words this way without my ever teaching them per se. On the other hand, they probably are used to so much yadda yadda yadda that they ignore me as well.
I also ask them questions, but I think they do answer me with their mannerisms and actions. As far as what the neighbors think, I'm sure they have classified me as an eccentric a long time ago, so I really don't try to conceal my doggie chatter.

[ January 05, 2002: Message edited by: RachelJ ]