What words does your dog know, that you wish they wouldn’t?

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I don’t mean the usual one like walkies and din dins, but words they know, that they taught themselves, as a benefit to them.

For example, I’m disabled with a pain condition. When it flares up, I lay in bed, like today.

If I say to the dogs, “do you want to go upstairs?”, they immediately fly up instantly knowing what I’ve said.

Not sure which word triggers them, but they make no mistake of understanding me

DDog isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he knows a few:
He gets excited when it’s time for dindles (😳)
Walk
Ball
Closer - he will bring his toy /ball about 2cm closer. Like I said, he’s not bright.
He loves going out with the packywack (dog walker and his dog pals) and gets very vocal if I tell him he’s going.
If I ask “Where’s (DD’s name)?” he’ll run into her room, jump on the bed and lick her awake. Usually she likes it!!

Oh and gentle - she is very gentle with with my very elderly mom and with children, and very tolerant of puppies clambering over her if we encounter any on our walks.
And who's that - if I spot her boyfriend before she does.

Mine clocked that “pub” actually means sausages from his favourite staff.

I have a Samoyed and she knows the word ‘pud’.
She now demands pud every evening and sits and howls at us until she gets it.

My eldest dog used to have problematic ears which needed frequent cleaning. Had to resort to asking my husband to ‘clean her aural canal’ as the word ear became something that got her to hide very fast!

My middle dog was asked to do something I’d never asked her to do as a joke, and I was gobsmacked when she did it. They understand a lot I think.

Hello, we literally can't greet each other in our own home after work or other people in the phone with out them assuming we have a visitor they must shout out the house

Our cocker spaniel knows:

In the car - he goes and jumps in
In the house - similar
Off (as In get off the couch)
Dinner
Baby (all his cuddly toys are called this)
Treat
Shower (he goes and gets in)
Collar (needing to find it before a walk)
Walk
Ball
Lie down, sit etc
The children's names
Bedtime
BALL - his favourite
Kiss
Coorie in (means snuggle in next to me)

The only thing he doesn't seem to understand is 'Get out of the bloody bin!'

My parents’ dog knows:
Right - getting ready for a walk
That girl - me
Auntie X - my best friend, who walks him sometimes
Buddy - his best doggie pal

He appears to understand that suitcases means he is going somewhere, but soft bags or backpacks mean he might be left behind.

One of my dogs is a 'snatcher'; so when I give him a biscuit I say 'gently', and he takes it from me very carefully. Also, I have a long carpet runner that gets shifted when they're running around. If I go to straighten it and he's standing on it, I say 'off the rug' and he moves.

Shoes and out were triggers for our dog, much to my father's irritation. His shoes as hé was the dog walker.

Let's go.

It was trained purposefully too. She pauses automatically at the front door and won't step over the threshold until the command. Same with when she's in the boot. Which is great.

But, she knows Let's go means we're going out and I've now realised that it's something I say to the dc a lot too. 'Let's go!' shouted up the stairs on a Monday morning to older dc or just used to chivy them all up when we're leaving.

So now she gets excited when she hears it and then stares at us sadly from the window when we leave without her. It's now a matter of training myself out of saying it to the dc but it comes automatically!

My dog used to know 'grandma' and would go to the window each time he heard the word to look for my MIL walking down the road.

And 'wee wees' - the command for him to go to the toilet. He'd sometimes do the actions and pretend he'd been if he didn't need to go!

That's a very funny post thanks :)

Not words but they know the sound of a packet of cheese being opened and will RUN to the kitchen from the other side of the house. Ditto cucumber being sliced.

When I take the bin liner out if the bin my JRT gets really excited because he knows it means I will be going outside and he runs to the door barking.

We also spell out WALK and WEE as well as GARDEN

I don't have a dog but there's people on Instagram who buy these floor mats with buttons and the dog can push them (they all say different words) to communicate!

Mine knows:
Go out
Ball
Get your toy
Give to mummy ( leave)
Sofa
Bed
Cats names ( 2 cats)
DD, DIL, DS, and DS2 names
Sweets ( dog treats)
Down
Sit
Wait
Stay
Left
Right
On by
Stop
Easy
Steady
Trail
Search
Find it
Keys
Wee wee
Poo poo
Car
Holiday ( prices up ears and looks round)
Daddy's beep beep (DH medical equipment, she will go to look if the alarm goes off)
TV (she goes, and looks)

Those are the ones I can think of..she does know plenty more..

ASDA ,We have groceries delivered which include dog treats, so if he hears this word he rushes to stand on his stool (JRT) and look out of the window, he can also recognise ASDA vans. Squirrel, fox, deer, dog, cat, chicken, treat, are you hungry? Aunty Sarah, this my friend who we meet for walks with her dogs, see also
Charlie dog and Jack Dog. I am sure there are more, I think he understands most of what I say to him esp "I love you to the moon & back"

Us too.
Even knows when DH will be home from work, 10 minutes before he gets home, even if on call-out in dead of night, up she gets and waits by the door, 10 minutes later he's back.

www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny?_t=8akI2zaLLgD&_r=1

This dog is amazing and has actual conversations about emotions and everything!

We had a genius dog who understood whole sentences, and also categories: like he knew the difference between big ball and small ball. He died young from an autoimmune condition. My God he was hard work but he was awesome. There will never be another like him, that's for sure.

'Present'

She gets one whenever we do. It started when she was a puppy and destroyed all her toys pretty much immediately, so we made us having presents an excuse to give her one too (wrapped, because she loves unwrapping them herself). Now she's grown out of destroying them but still expects to get them. Unfortunately she now gets very excited even if you're saying to each other 'I have to get X a wedding present' or 'No time like the present!' and goes into miserable dog mode when one isn't immediately forthcoming!

@ruby1234 Stop licking your bum! Hope that’s your dog, not your husband!

My boy knows when I pick up the car keys that means his walk. Wish he didn’t as I’d like to use the car for other things as well.

They are just amazingly intelligent aren't they? I couldn't live with a stupid dog after having this bond with my boy. He listens to every word i say - unlike anyone else in the house.

DDog recognises when the human voice becomes more staccato when you spell words out. I'm not sure she actually knows what the spelled-out word is, but she knows you're talking about something to do with her and pays hopeful attention.

She also recognises running gear as distinct from other human clothing and gets quite excited when she sees it (and sulks if she's not going with).

And she recognises quite a lot of people's names (so if I say "we're going to see so-and-so" she trots off on the correct route to the right house.

I sometimes wonder if dogs recognise the names the humans call their dog friends too