Do you talk to your dog?

finesse_r said:
I don't usually admit to it, but yes I talk to my dog all the time. She may not understand, but she seems to like the attention and the tone of my voice. Since I never tire of hearing myself pontificate, and my dog does not seem to mind, I talk to her often.
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Yes I do, a lot-- don't let anyone kid you- dogs understand a LOT more than they are given credit for. Yes, your tone of voice is a lot of it as well. They also know, or can,more commands, and or words than they are given credit for. We have to SPELL things in front of Sarah, and I thinik She has picked some of that up as well. And YES, she talks to us also. JMHO. :)
 
Maybe it's the incredible hearing that relates to understanding dozens of words and phrases. I talk nonsense and have serious discussions with my old Girliegirl and she responds with woofs, groans, grunts and whines. We pretty much keep her around the house, unleashed when she's outside she likes to visit the neighbors power line poles and her least favorite thing to hear is "Stick Around".
 
I talk to my dogs all the time. Mostly about them getting a job and paying their own way. Or at least helping around the house with light housekeeping chores. Nothing has soaked in so far. Gus does, however, like to go with me when I take out the garbage or feed the birds, but I think that's more about him getting to pee on the trees in the front yard for a change. Olive, on the other hand, is perfectly happy on the couch looking out the window for interlopers.
 
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My wife and I talk to our dog, Molly, all the time. We also have at least a dozen nicknames for her. She's a 15 year old rat terrier and she's still chugging along. In the last couple years she seems to have gotten more attached to us, almost like she knows she won't be around forever. She's a good little dog.
 
sigp220.45 said:
Do you talk to your dog?
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I could go off into a long discussion about this, but the simplest answer is yes, I do talk to my dogs. Why wouldn't I? Life would be incredibly boring if I didn't.

The conversations I have with them...and make no mistake, they are conversations...are often more rewarding than those I have with a lot of humans.

Besides...Beau always laughs at my jokes.

 
Gunter is a rescue. Every time I have to do something he doesn't like I blame the adoption contract. Have to have your nails trimmed? I get to do that, you should have read the contract. Need to remove a mat? You really should have read that contract. Time to go to the vet? Do you read anything before you sign it?
 
I have one dog that would seriously rather be petted or have me talking to him than eat a steak. I talk to my dogs more than I do my wife...she always gets upset and we have to argue over something I say. The dogs never do that!!!! We also have howling sessions when no one is around...the two house dogs love to howl with me. I have this really cool sounding coyote howler and they love it better than the FD siren!!!
 
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When I got my lit'l Daschund as a puppy at about 6 weeks old, I would hold her cuddle her, talk with her...Sort of like I did with my wife when we first married.

Now my Mrs. has been gone for 14 years now, but I think my lit'l girl is the Mrs. incarnated.

So as she has grown to a adult, in dog years, she won't listen to me, has her own mind, does what she wants to do no matter what I say to her. The only thing she doesn't do, is go shopping..But she has been known to bring things home. Just like someone else I knew.....

Now her name is Monica..No she wasn't named for the infamous Monica!!!!..Now when I've become exasperated with her for not coming when I call her, I refer to her first name..."DAMN IT". That she seems to understand pretty well...Sometimes...."Damn it, come here"..."Damn it, stop it"...Or if she has a accident because of her medical condition...Then of course I change my tune...."OH Monica"...in a softer voice..She knows.....

I'd have to say, I think she is more of girl that can understand body language better. In that respect, we can communicate pretty well. I pretty much know what she wants or needs, and she can pretty much understand mine.

But of course like all dogs, she fully understands, "Let's go for a ride". "Lets go to bed". "Do you want to go out?"...."Where's the squirrel"?

Of course when I'm in one of my melancholy moods, and talk out loud, she knows whether I'm talking about her, or something else....

My understanding her dog talk, I know when she does her sort of whimpers when I get out her food, she gets pretty excited, and lets me know...

In her sleep and dreaming??? She makes some whimpering sounds too, but those I haven't quite figured out. But depending on what we did during the day, I can pretty much guess what her dreams are about.

So do I talk to her?...Of course I do....Does she talk to me? Well sometimes I get the silent treatment...Just like someone else used to do....But I wouldn't be without her....



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My wife's yellow lab the I picked out as a pup is her dog she trained him as I told her too. She walks him so he better listen. But she puts the shocker on him. Now just the vibration on the shocker works when he's stubborn.
You would think in four years he would listen.

When I talk to him no matter what I say he doesn't listen to me. He looks at me and rolls his eyes. Unless I have some roast beef or a cheeseburger.
My cats listen to me more than the lab.

My female rot tie was very obedient much more than the lab.
 
Do you buy your pets Christmas presents?

The lab gets chicken jerky dog chews.

The cats get a case of fancy feast and cat toys.
 


Sure. The entire family talks to him like he's human. So do all our friends and neighbors.

If you think this fella doesn't know what you're saying, you haven't spent much time around dogs.

He can even say "WALK". It sounds more like a cross between a groan and a yawn, but you can understand it, and his timing and actions leave no doubt that he knows what he said and wants to do.
 
During the Christmas holiday there will be family, including eight dogs, in our small city home. We all talk to the dogs. They have there way of talking back to us and there doggie cousins. Our dog is, of course, the smartest. And, is smarter than your dog.
I've had cats. You can't talk to cats.
 
BigBill said:
Do you buy your pets Christmas presents?

The lab gets chicken jerky dog chews.

The cats get a case of fancy feast and cat toys.
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My cat hates cat treats//I do not and have not had a dog since mid 80s// but I do buy her toys. Her favorite ''toys'' are used cotton swabs.:eek:
 
And yes, I talk to my cat and she understands me. Her entire vocabulary is just one word: MEOW--which means the following:

I'm hungry.
Pet me.
Scratch my furry belly.
I'm hungry.
Go fetch my dinner.
I am watching that TV show, how DARE you change the channel.
I'm sleepy, smoothen out your lap.
My food bowl needs a refill even though its filled halfway to the rim//said several times per day.
I'm hungry, go fetch me a snack.
Clean out bathroom//aka//kitty litter box and bin.
I want outside--even hough I'm about to head for bed or are not dressed enough to go outside.
Change out my water//said at least four times a day.
I'm hungry.
When I first get home for the day, she runs to the opened door,sniffs my pant legs to make sure I have not been cheating on her by petting another animal--ESPECIALLY a dog!!!
I'm hungry.
I'm going to nap.

Not sure if I left anything out? but you get the jist.
 
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Two of our cats are very vocal. Both are male. Mister Kitty is very vocal whenever he wants treats. He's also the one who likes to cuddle in bed. Middy the Black Kitty will talk when he wants to be petted. Arrow, our chunky girl, will come up and pat me on the arm with a paw when she wants attention, or thinks she needs more food. Our other girl, Skittles, won't let me touch her. She'll take treats from me, but otherwise, she is my wife's cat, and follows her everywhere.
 
I don't have a dog but I talk to any dog on my walk that pays attention to me. Some are too interested in the ducks or squirrels.
I talk to Ms Katz, the calico that lives in my yard and insists I owe her kibble or tuna at beckon calls. As to listening to me forgetaboutit.
 
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