How many words does your dog know Forums

Rapide561

Hi

Jenny, the Weimaraner who I look after, is clearly very intelligent. She knows words such as walk, lead, pee pee, sit, breakfast, dinner etc.

Yesterday, I thought I would try and teach her some new words. For her breakfast yesterday, she had scrambled egg and salmon. I repeated the words several times and kept opening and closing the firdge door, in order for her to "make a connection".

This morning, I asked her if she wanted eggs and salmon. Amazingly, she went to the fridge.

I wonder how many words a dog could have in their memory.

Russell

Here is a pic of Jennifer taken a couple of months ago.

damondunc

Hi Russell

Lady Muck or what Wink

SUITS YOU

Chris

Briarose

If I go and sit at your fridge tomorrow can I have eggs and salmon.........talk about a dogs life Wink

carolgavin · Quiz Queen

Neo knows letters as well even though brains are sadly not his strong point Crying or Very sad

He can spell w a l k you only have to say Neo w and he goes and gets his lead. He also knows 'oi give me back my dinner' as he runs off into the sunset. Strangely he also knows 'malteser' and expects them to be rolled along the floor for him to catch. Who is teaching who I wonder. Finally he knows sherry make of that what you will Laughing

patnles · Last edited by patnles on Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:45 am; edited 1 time in total

Elsa, our labrador knew quite a few eg. dinner, cheese, milk, biscuit, walk, leave, heel, sit, come, down, wait, stay, off, wee wee, car, bed, garden, water. She knew family and friends by name and she also knew all of her toys by name. I say knew, as she is 14 now and very deaf but I also taught her a few hand signals when she was young and learning to retrieve and they come in handy now.
I've always had labs but Elsa is definitely the most intelligent I've ever had.
Both her parents were working dogs and she has a lot of field trial champs in her pedigree which contributed to her being very high maintenance as a young dog but an absolute joy to train.
Russell....I would imagin Weims would be much the same being gun dogs.
Jenny is very pretty BTW.
Edited to add photo using Zebedee and SandJ's instructions. Thankyou both Very Happy

asprn

patnles

takeaflight

Charlie not only understands words but sentences to, however for most of the time he choses to ignore them. Confused

annetony

My old dog Rusty can add up, Tony can ask him various additions using numbers up to 10 and he will bark the correct answer---- funny it doesn't work for me Laughing

He also knows words like food, walk, kitchen, bed etc,

Anne