So What’s your dog’s “vocabulary”?

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Ddog (11) has a fairly impressive vocabulary of words and phrases she understands that DH and I were listing last night (exciting, I know!). It is I believe -

1. Mummy
2. daddy
3. Uncle-bubby (DS9 believes she now considers him her uncle)
4. Bubby (DD5)
5. Leave
6. Stay
7. Move
8. Eat
9. Drink
10. ”Wheressy is?” (Where is ..?)
11. Names of all her toys (Beefy, Greeny, Purply, Fetch, Boney, Ropey)
12. Whose-eeee? (who’s here?)
13. Nosey (Nobody’s here)
14. Do you wanna go for a? (Offer of a walk)
15. Yumyum (treat)
16. Tweetsie (treat)
17. High five
18. Roll over
19. licks if told “I know you love me but you never tell me that you love me” 🤣
20. Frantically panics and fetches toy to play if asked “What’s wrong? What’s wrong honey what’s wrong?”
21. Charm choo go (“Time to go” for a pee or poo)

i think that’s it!

what’s on your dog’s vocab?

Mummy
Walkies
No
Sit
Ball
Swim
Chicken
corned beef
picnic egg
car
collar
couch
window
socks
bedtime
upstairs
downstairs
garden
get it
find it
come
lie down
kisses
granny

He knows people close to him by name
Sit
Stay
Stop
no
time to cross the road
where is (insert keys, toys, names, food and second dog)
We are going....
car
dog shop (pet shop)
chicken
dogs
friend
sweeties
kissy
down
holiday ( or at least gets excited when we mention it)
train
station
baddie and hot
cheese
egg

I'm sure there is more

He knows people close to him by name
Sit
Stay
Stop
no
time to cross the road
where is (insert keys, toys, names, food and second dog)
We are going....
car
dog shop (pet shop)
chicken
dogs
friend
sweeties
kissy
down
holiday ( or at least gets excited when we mention it)
train
station
baddie and hot
cheese
egg

I'm sure there is more

Mummy
Daddy
walkies
breakfast
use your nose
trail
stay
wait
sit
paw
spin
wave
good girl
sweetie (for a treat)
puppy
come here (although she’s inclined to ignore)
all of the rooms in the house
down
get down
left/right/this way
keep going
bedtime
crate
chair
step
Do you want to to for…
names of most of her toys
toilet
inside
sofa
mat
Where is…
up up (to get onto car seat)

And probably more as I swear she understands sometimes when I have full on dialogue with her about what the plans are and she weirdly follows instructions mid sentence that I don’t know what was the trigger for her understanding

Mine is 15 months old, female, giant breed.

She answers to her name and various combinations of it
Mum
Dad
Freija (our cat)
Puss
Cat
Dog
Names of various people she's familiar with (i.e. family members, friends, neighbours)
Breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper
Kibble
Biscuit
Cheese
Carrot
Drink
Water
Chew bone
Ball
Walk
Wait
Sit
Leave it
Come here
Off!
Good girl
What is it? /Who's that? etc
Toilet time/have a wee etc
Bird/Horse/Cow/Sheep
Truck/tractor/motorbike

I could be here all day tbh... Suffice to say she is a very bright girl.

She understands whole phrases, though no doubt all the "experts" would say she's just picking out random words. Whatever. She appears to know phrases.
Baby talk is banned because it gets them excited and with a giant you don't want that, so we speak to her in the same way as we speak to each other.

But it is amazing how much they learn, and, as with young children, the more you talk to puppies the more they pick up.

Walk
Park
Round the block
Fields
W.A.L.K
Ball
Toy
Squeeky
Nanny/‘s
Everyones name, including the family dogs & cats
Fetch it
Fetch it then (when he’s left something behind and has to go and look for it)
leave it
Sit
Wait
Come here
Walk to heel
Do a twirl
Paw
Other paw
FOX!
Settle down now
Go and lie down over there
Gently!
Dinner
Poo
Wee
Good boy/Dog

He also understands my reprimands which are usually a low grumbling or a Uhhu sound

There’s probably loads more ❤️

We have a border collie, he understands nearly every word we say or the way we do things, it’s frightening. I even say to him to go sit in the shade in the garden, he gets up and lays in the shade when I’ve never shown him where the shade is.

Their names (and the alternatives)
sit
down
wait
off
no
lolipop
sweetie jar
tea
doggie dinner
daddy
little human
mummy
nappy naps
bedtime
basket
find it
hug
car
doggy doctor
stick
bath
garden
walk
wee-wees
chicken
cheese
name of their favourite place for a walk

6short whistle blasts for come here
1 short blast for quiet

"Name"
Good boy / best boy / you did it!
Walk
Lead
Treat
Sit
Lie down
Stop being a twat
Thank you (give me what's in your mouth)
Toilet
Go on (stop pissing about and actually go to the toilet)
Argh not the face
Paw
Fetch it
Where is it?
Get down
Bed
Shush!
Erm? (With serious face - stop what you are doing)
Walk on

Probably others. His understanding of these words is excellent. His willingness to comply with them varies.

Ed
sausage
give me a kiss
up
down
turn around
drop
leave IT!!
whose that?
what’s this?
find me ed find me
poo and a wee poo and a wee!!!
bestest boy
jump
outside
toilet
quickly
all gone like a good boy
stay
special boy

These are most impressive lists! These are such amazing vocabularies - dogs are so cool!

My boy knows of what others already have listed.

Plus all the words & phrases that mean FOOD. From having a fry up to its time for dinner. He has also Agility & Obedience commands.

He knows the names of individual humans that he has regular contact with. And if you tell him to go find DC (for example) he'll trott off the find them.
He also knows all the toys names and will get them if my other dog fails to find them!
He has definitely the ability to pick out words from a sentence eg if I say to DH I'll take the dogs for a walk, my boy will be there tail wagging looking at me expectantly! (Even if it's not his usual time... )
Honestly, I think he's a spy like in the Cats & Dogs movie! 😆

Oh god yes she knows how to spot phrases hidden in a sentence. It’s like I can’t just discuss with DH “let’s go to the shops but then maybe at some point in the afternoon we can take D for a walk”. Dog will instantly perk ears and come and start asking to go out.

Now if we want to generally discuss things like this we use a new phrase “and then in the afternoon let us take our animal to the exterior areas” 😂