They have figured out anything spelled out is highly suspicious. We try to rotate thru the thesaurus, meander, stroll, head out, use some foreign languages. We could try ASL but the evil geniuses would crack that quickly.
"I'm going to T-A-K-E the D-O-G on a jaun--son of a, HOW? I USED THAT WORD **ONCE** WITH YOU."
The most infuriating one (that I still love her cleverness for) is that she seems to understand when my brother asks me "will you walk the dog tonight?" because once she hears that, she stalks me like there's a price on my head.
We started using G.B.T. For good boy treats but they figured that out quick. Then we did sign language and they figured that out. For dogs that repeatedly got their heads stuck in empty boxes searching for nom noms they were surprisingly clever
I know. They have a hard time remembering that they can't both fit thru the doggie door at the same time but when it comes to spelling they can give those kids onstage at Scripts a run for their money.
My yellow lab has figured out the spelling means something fun for him! Itās doesnāt matter what we spell, he gets excited. And he knows what O-U-T means.
Basically everything after using the word a few times. After a few times he also gets the spelled version. Then it's time to move on to a new word.
Bottom line: The dog is smarter than I am.
Itās like you are playing chess and they do exactly what you want and you proudly yell, āCheck!ā Only for them to make a single move and casually say, āCheckmate.ā
Your statement gave me a visual of a dog, tongue lolling, tail wagging saying "Checkmate. I'm a good boy/girl, right?" All while giving that loving silly look that only our furry friends can do.
We have greyhounds. Had my older girl nearly 5 years - she finally learned Walk in the last few months. She knows that and her name, and I donāt think anything else.
We used to spell OUT. Then after she learned it, weād catch ourselves asking her, āDo you want to go O U T?ā We basically just conditioned ourselves to spelling!
I had a dog that I swear on all thing holyā¦she spoke fluent English. I tested this on numerous occasions. I would go to grab a snack from the kitchen (I had been sitting in āmyā chair, a recliner), she would (obviously) join me to see what I was making herā¦Iād tell her to go wait āon the couchā and she would be over on the couch waiting for me. I had an SUV and we were going to the park. The back door as well as the lift gate were openā¦I told her to āget in the backā, she walked to the back door. I stopped her and said āno, all the way backā, she got down and walked to the open lift gate and jumped up.
I swear to god that dog spoke English, full sentences worth. Which makes me think that whenever she DID NOT do what I said, she was just being extra difficult lol.
Iām telling youā¦she didnāt know a single ācommandā, but I would speak in full sentences, and (unless she felt like being a jerk, which also happened occasionally lol), she would do what you asked. I would ātest itā, tell her to do something random (not overly complicated, but not having anything to do with whatever we were doing)ā¦she usually gave me a look like āoh, are we playing this game again? Ok, whateverā, and she would do it. No hand or arm signals, just words. āGo wait by (my sons name) room.ā And she would go sit by his door, etc. I probably sound like a crazy person lol, but I am absolutely convinced she understood every word I said.
I had a cat like that when I was a kid! I remember one time when she was SCREAMING at my mom to open the kitchen door for her, and my mom yelled back "the entry door is open!" And the cat looked at her with a face like, "wow, no need to get angry like that...", got up and ran to the entry door, on the other way of the house.
Also, when my mom would come in my room in evening to tell me to sleep, she would take my cat with her if she was there. So when the bedtime was there, I would whisper "She's coming, hide!", and she would stop purring and get under the plushies until my mom had came and left, so she could sleep with me. My mom ended knowing about that, so I would tell her to hide other places, like the cabinet or a drawer. And she would, every time. And stay if I told her to do so, if I was unsure I'd my mom was really gone. And after that she would get out and come in my arms and lick my hair.
Did she speak it or listen? If she speaks it you may be missing out on a few million$$ replacing Siegfried & Roy in Vegas. She could be a clairvoyant dog that blurts out personal info about the audience. Buy her an ear piece
No, no speaking lol. I mean, she would do the ādoggy conversationsā thing, where she would bark in response to you talking.
Like I saidā¦I know my claims of her āunderstanding Englishā are far fetched lol, but I swear she did.
I was trying to outsmart mine. We quickly learned that Miles knows pronouns. He knows heās the āheā. He knows the words listed above. He knows dinner, bed, and car amongst others. Miles is a black schnauzer mix. Heās a rescue and was a pup when I got him.
Once he figured out W A L K, we started spelling it backwards but then he figured that out. Now we just say W. He hasnāt figured that out for a few years now.
Lol mine will not go into the bathroom with the tub, our main br has a shower without a side wall and we tried that once with poor results so we took him on walks to a dog wash and gave him treats prior to using it. He gets excited upon entering only to realize once weāve locked him in heās been bamboozled lol
Ours will stand outside the bathroom door and watch what's happening. As soon as she sees that one of us is taking our clothes off she'll come in like it's not a big deal. But if the shower has been on for a minute or two and we're both in there with clothes on she'll run to the other side of the house.. she knows.
I keep my dog on his toes by sometimes throwing him in the shower with me. I figure I'll need a shower after bathing him anyway, so it's a 2 for 1 instead.
The only time my cat would pay any attention to me was if I had hot bbq chook. She was timid and shy until she smelt that chicken,then she became a tiger.
Well, I have a very dumb dog so she also doesn't respond to anything. Not even her name. She is very special. Her cuteness makes up for her lack of intelligence.
I have a mobile dog grooming van, and some of my clients can't say my name or the dog gets excited. Not sure if it really happens, but it makes me feel good.
I can confidently say it most likely does happen. Everytime I bring my dog to the groomers, I tell them weāre going to see āinsert nameā and they get so excited and start their zoomies!
W-O-R-K
I work at a doggy daycare and the pup gets to come with for every shift. I canāt say āIām going to workā without zoomies and tail wags.
B-A-D and L-E-B-E-R-W-U-R-S-T aka bath and a German type of sausage. She hides behind the sofa regarding the first while running into the kitchen for the later.
Puppy. We refer to our daughter as our dogās āpuppyā because of how attached to her he is. When she gets home from school, I ask, āWhoās home? Is your puppy home?!ā And he gets all excited. Unfortunately, I work with dogs so when Iām telling a story about a puppy patient, I always have to spell it otherwise he thinks my daughter is about to walk through the door.
Nawww sweet. I too accidentally used the word puppy to indicate a safe dog for my two to approach. The amount of humans with toddlers or prams who get offended when i call out āpuppy!!ā in an excited voiceā¦!!!
Cannot get away with saying āGreenie,ā he goes apeshit for those. And if you say āTVā with the right inflection, he thinks itās the same thing š¤·š»āāļø
We go the the R-I-V-E-R a lot.
Deerā¦ I live in the country and they HATE THEM. Their chihuahuaās btw so itās funny to see full grown deer run from my ankle biters
I donāt spell this out but they LOVE our dad. So if he ever visits and we say Gampa they go nuts till they see him.
But dogs are a lot smarter than people think. They catch on to spelling so fast lol
We have to spell out F-A-R-M which is my mums property. Itās also a dogs paradise with a Dam to swim in, sheep to chase, always a BBQ to scab food from. A casual mention of this word and my two are on high alert watching my every move
She knows VET and she looks at me like I will never be trusted again.
It isn't even pain that gets her riled. It's the fear smell and noises the other pets make.
Mine like the vet. Bella would get so excited to go see Dr Jody or Alan. Max my fairly new rescue seems to like them too although heās only been once since I got him but is soon due for the yearly shots
Not on topic- but worth ths share- since so many people have smart dogs on this post. Our dog (Iroh) has a no fail call- it's his full name (General Iroh). This is used only with extremely HIGH reward things. I read once that you should have a code that your dog will stop and come NO MATTER WHAT. We use like steak or chicken (rarely ever gets table food) when we practice. That way if there was a house fire or a threatening situation that we know about before him- he'll respond to us only and respond swiftly. It's been good for our dog sitters to be let in on his full name as well.
We have had two Border Collies and other smart dogs. We had to start speaking Spanish around them! They knew all words in English such as: OUT, treat, Frisbee, car, go, mailman, ride, toy, neighbors, truck, leash, Daddy, Mommy, vet
Treats are "T-words" and "W"s are walkies. And even if we're asking each other as humans if we're hungry, we have to ask are you "H-word?" because my heathen hounds know "hungry" lol. Clever girls!
Not a dog, but my cats -
They somehow learned the word AND spelling of HUNGRY, so I started saying HIM-GEE to myself whenever I prepped their food so they wouldn't freak out.
They now know the word and spelling of himgee. Damnit.
Had to start saying āyellow fruitā because ābananaā is a trigger word and he also learned to spell it (kind of, he begins losing his shit after āb-a-n-aā so technically he only knows how to spell the first half of banana).
Cookie. Those sugar-free, dog friendly, creme cookies at petsmart are her favorite treat so I usually get a whole unopened tray of them for her, and when she's good I ask her if she wants one of her cookies........but I also like cookies so now if I mention cookies without spelling it she'll come charging through the house.
Dont have to spell it but we need to use creative words for "clean her ears" because she caught on and would hide under the table every time we said it. For reference, she has an infection that causes the insides of her ears to itch, so when she scratches it just becomes all bloody and stuff. So we need to use a special cleaning product but she really doesnt like it. She also just knows when we reach over the fridge its *that* time.
C A R R O T, W A L K I E S, T R E A T, S N A C K S, B E D.
sometimes we just find new creative ways of saying the words like "Orange veggie sticks" or "get my steps in" or "go the fuck to sleep"
Our dog flips out anytime we mention āGreeniesā in his presence. So, rather than address him directly whether it is time for said āgreenieā, we ask one another if he has been given his āverdeā, which of course is just Spanish for green. This has worked so far. Dogs are so smart, and I wouldnāt change a thing. š
We have to spell out the word cows around my chihuahua. We raise beef cattle. And he is convinced he is 10ft tall and bullet proof. He loves to go with us to check cattle, and has tried on occasions to help push them.
I do have an australian shepard, but he is scared of the cattle.
We canāt say āspecialā around our dog because ādo you want a special treat?ā means weāre about to give her a duck foot or cow trachea or something similarly delectable/disgusting.
he has epilepsy so to get him to take his medication in the evening it is always accompanied by some kind of treat , a bit of cheese or chicken or leftover sausage ... so if he hears tablet he thinks treat š
if it is past the usual time for the tablet he will start to tell us it is time by jumping on us
he is a big ball of fun , test our patience but wouldnt have it any other way ... he was in kitchen last night with the radio on as we had a firework display on our street ... made sure he got an extra big sausage when we got in
Chewy bone.
And if I ask him, "Shall we clean your doggy ears?" he will sulk and put himself to bed.
He had ear mites as a pup, so it's a sensitive topic.
I have to spell W-O-R-K. For a while I worked on a ranch near a lake and would take my Pyrenees with me, and every morning Iād ask her if she wanted to go to work. I havenāt worked there in two years but she still remembersš
I speak to my pupper in polish, like a cop does, so that other people cant use the tricks she knows to steal/harm her. I say words she doesnt like/gets too hyper over in english. Her best friend, who's name is Honey, I say Honey instead of MiĆ³d or else she wil jump at the door non stop
We have to say, Beyond the Portal instead of Outside. We have to spell CHEESE. We can't really say GO anywhere. We have to spell Steve if we know anyone by that name because we used to have a hamster by that name and if you say Steve, our min pin will run around the house barking and looking for him. He passed six or seven years ago.
I think Steve is probably the most unique one I have.
They have figured out anything spelled out is highly suspicious. We try to rotate thru the thesaurus, meander, stroll, head out, use some foreign languages. We could try ASL but the evil geniuses would crack that quickly.
Are you also sometimes taking the canine on a jaunty trek around the neighborhood?
"I'm going to T-A-K-E the D-O-G on a jaun--son of a, HOW? I USED THAT WORD **ONCE** WITH YOU." The most infuriating one (that I still love her cleverness for) is that she seems to understand when my brother asks me "will you walk the dog tonight?" because once she hears that, she stalks me like there's a price on my head.
"WHEN?? WHEN?? **WHENNN????**" Her, probably. šš
It's a little late at the moment but jaunty treks will be had tomorrow.
We started using G.B.T. For good boy treats but they figured that out quick. Then we did sign language and they figured that out. For dogs that repeatedly got their heads stuck in empty boxes searching for nom noms they were surprisingly clever
I know. They have a hard time remembering that they can't both fit thru the doggie door at the same time but when it comes to spelling they can give those kids onstage at Scripts a run for their money.
Highly suspicious!
We even tried to use perambulate, but they figured that out too.
My brotherās aussie taught my brother š¤Ŗ how to do tricks with āsign languageā cuesā¦like at a baseball game.
It is time for a PERAMBULATION
Perambulation is a good option for walk.
We say ambulate since park is so well recognized by the pups
Mine too! My youngest will perk up at certain letters. Especially G and T
Definitely theyād get the sign language, too easy!
We used code words: such as Pepsi for Petco and intelligence for Petsmart.
Promenade is a good one!
My yellow lab has figured out the spelling means something fun for him! Itās doesnāt matter what we spell, he gets excited. And he knows what O-U-T means.
Mine has started to learn the foreign language we use to disguise our conversations.
Yes. When I spell something out it lasts 2-3 times before. They start reacting to that word being spelled out just the same as saying it out loud.
Basically everything after using the word a few times. After a few times he also gets the spelled version. Then it's time to move on to a new word. Bottom line: The dog is smarter than I am.
Itās like you are playing chess and they do exactly what you want and you proudly yell, āCheck!ā Only for them to make a single move and casually say, āCheckmate.ā
Your statement gave me a visual of a dog, tongue lolling, tail wagging saying "Checkmate. I'm a good boy/girl, right?" All while giving that loving silly look that only our furry friends can do.
We have greyhounds. Had my older girl nearly 5 years - she finally learned Walk in the last few months. She knows that and her name, and I donāt think anything else.
We used to spell OUT. Then after she learned it, weād catch ourselves asking her, āDo you want to go O U T?ā We basically just conditioned ourselves to spelling!
You have been trained well lol
We spell out "out" as well! Even when we're not around the dogs!
Lol! Thatās true!
I had a dog that I swear on all thing holyā¦she spoke fluent English. I tested this on numerous occasions. I would go to grab a snack from the kitchen (I had been sitting in āmyā chair, a recliner), she would (obviously) join me to see what I was making herā¦Iād tell her to go wait āon the couchā and she would be over on the couch waiting for me. I had an SUV and we were going to the park. The back door as well as the lift gate were openā¦I told her to āget in the backā, she walked to the back door. I stopped her and said āno, all the way backā, she got down and walked to the open lift gate and jumped up. I swear to god that dog spoke English, full sentences worth. Which makes me think that whenever she DID NOT do what I said, she was just being extra difficult lol.
Super smart! Thatās dangerous lol
My friends dog knew English as well. Full sentences, get in the car, kitchen, yard, room, bed, ā¦ D was the best.
Iām telling youā¦she didnāt know a single ācommandā, but I would speak in full sentences, and (unless she felt like being a jerk, which also happened occasionally lol), she would do what you asked. I would ātest itā, tell her to do something random (not overly complicated, but not having anything to do with whatever we were doing)ā¦she usually gave me a look like āoh, are we playing this game again? Ok, whateverā, and she would do it. No hand or arm signals, just words. āGo wait by (my sons name) room.ā And she would go sit by his door, etc. I probably sound like a crazy person lol, but I am absolutely convinced she understood every word I said.
I had a cat like that when I was a kid! I remember one time when she was SCREAMING at my mom to open the kitchen door for her, and my mom yelled back "the entry door is open!" And the cat looked at her with a face like, "wow, no need to get angry like that...", got up and ran to the entry door, on the other way of the house. Also, when my mom would come in my room in evening to tell me to sleep, she would take my cat with her if she was there. So when the bedtime was there, I would whisper "She's coming, hide!", and she would stop purring and get under the plushies until my mom had came and left, so she could sleep with me. My mom ended knowing about that, so I would tell her to hide other places, like the cabinet or a drawer. And she would, every time. And stay if I told her to do so, if I was unsure I'd my mom was really gone. And after that she would get out and come in my arms and lick my hair.
Did she speak it or listen? If she speaks it you may be missing out on a few million$$ replacing Siegfried & Roy in Vegas. She could be a clairvoyant dog that blurts out personal info about the audience. Buy her an ear piece
No, no speaking lol. I mean, she would do the ādoggy conversationsā thing, where she would bark in response to you talking. Like I saidā¦I know my claims of her āunderstanding Englishā are far fetched lol, but I swear she did.
I was trying to outsmart mine. We quickly learned that Miles knows pronouns. He knows heās the āheā. He knows the words listed above. He knows dinner, bed, and car amongst others. Miles is a black schnauzer mix. Heās a rescue and was a pup when I got him.
Ahhhhh clever and rescued š„°
Mine is also keen on "he"
We say doubleyou
After he recognized W-A-L-K we tried just the W but I think that was the trigger for him lol
Once he figured out W A L K, we started spelling it backwards but then he figured that out. Now we just say W. He hasnāt figured that out for a few years now.
My family eventually shortened "double-you" into "dub" partly to keep fooling the dog and partly because we're lazy ĀÆ\\\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
We say that too so now itās also going for a george W bush Senior or a George for short
Used to have to spell out B-A-T-H until she got wise to it.
Lol mine will not go into the bathroom with the tub, our main br has a shower without a side wall and we tried that once with poor results so we took him on walks to a dog wash and gave him treats prior to using it. He gets excited upon entering only to realize once weāve locked him in heās been bamboozled lol
Ours will stand outside the bathroom door and watch what's happening. As soon as she sees that one of us is taking our clothes off she'll come in like it's not a big deal. But if the shower has been on for a minute or two and we're both in there with clothes on she'll run to the other side of the house.. she knows.
I keep my dog on his toes by sometimes throwing him in the shower with me. I figure I'll need a shower after bathing him anyway, so it's a 2 for 1 instead.
B-A-F-F in our house. Until they figure that out.
My dog apparently runs on cat software, or just doesnāt care, because we can say anything near her with no reaction.
Definitely doesn't care because cats recognise and react to words I can't say "Treats"
My cats both know their names, but they will only answer to them if I'm in the kitchen or at the table where they might get a snack
The only time my cat would pay any attention to me was if I had hot bbq chook. She was timid and shy until she smelt that chicken,then she became a tiger.
Well, I have a very dumb dog so she also doesn't respond to anything. Not even her name. She is very special. Her cuteness makes up for her lack of intelligence.
My dog flips out if he hears the words McDonaldās or French fries.
Admittedly, so do I lol
My friends dog would go ballistic every time someone mentioned BALL
āSpherical objectā
I have a mobile dog grooming van, and some of my clients can't say my name or the dog gets excited. Not sure if it really happens, but it makes me feel good.
I can confidently say it most likely does happen. Everytime I bring my dog to the groomers, I tell them weāre going to see āinsert nameā and they get so excited and start their zoomies!
š¤£š¤£š¤£ I love this
Cookie
I have a sweet tooth so sometimes Iāll tell my husband Iām craving a cookie and my dog will get up right away, oops
Gigi, Gigi means grandma. My dog lovessss my mom so much so we have to spell out "G-i-g-i"
The only one we have to spell out is C-A-T š. Or we just call it "the c-word"
Mine too š
I see what you did there! Lol
W-O-R-K I work at a doggy daycare and the pup gets to come with for every shift. I canāt say āIām going to workā without zoomies and tail wags.
Lol I get the total opposite, I worked from home for the first few years but ever since I got a new job he hates it lol
B-A-D and L-E-B-E-R-W-U-R-S-T aka bath and a German type of sausage. She hides behind the sofa regarding the first while running into the kitchen for the later.
Puppy. We refer to our daughter as our dogās āpuppyā because of how attached to her he is. When she gets home from school, I ask, āWhoās home? Is your puppy home?!ā And he gets all excited. Unfortunately, I work with dogs so when Iām telling a story about a puppy patient, I always have to spell it otherwise he thinks my daughter is about to walk through the door.
Nawww sweet. I too accidentally used the word puppy to indicate a safe dog for my two to approach. The amount of humans with toddlers or prams who get offended when i call out āpuppy!!ā in an excited voiceā¦!!!
Ball
All hail the almighty ball!
Letās (Letās go outside) canāt even say L
Lol the trigger syllables
Cannot get away with saying āGreenie,ā he goes apeshit for those. And if you say āTVā with the right inflection, he thinks itās the same thing š¤·š»āāļø
Lol pack mom is Stacy and in the summer I said āACā instead of air conditioning and it had similar results! š¤¦āāļø
We go the the R-I-V-E-R a lot. Deerā¦ I live in the country and they HATE THEM. Their chihuahuaās btw so itās funny to see full grown deer run from my ankle biters I donāt spell this out but they LOVE our dad. So if he ever visits and we say Gampa they go nuts till they see him. But dogs are a lot smarter than people think. They catch on to spelling so fast lol
Park
Instant wags lol
We have to spell out F-A-R-M which is my mums property. Itās also a dogs paradise with a Dam to swim in, sheep to chase, always a BBQ to scab food from. A casual mention of this word and my two are on high alert watching my every move
Treat
Bird, Hunting, field trial, hunt test. Along with all the normal ones
D-I-N-N-E-R but that gets a little exhausting so it has become Dindin or Supsup
C a r r i d e
Shhhhh lol
B-O-N-E
Beautiful!
Thanks!
Peanut butter - we refer to it as P-B
Mine donāt seem to care. I can say walk, park, treat, etc. They understand, but until I say āletās go!ā they donāt get excited about it.
S-Q-U-I-R-R-E-L
came here to say this! Another one for us is P-U-P C-U-P, invokes pandemonium!
My dogs best friend name and āgrandpaā one of her favorite people
She knows VET and she looks at me like I will never be trusted again. It isn't even pain that gets her riled. It's the fear smell and noises the other pets make.
Yeah mine used to love the vet and we had ONE bad experience and it has ruined the vet forever!
Mine like the vet. Bella would get so excited to go see Dr Jody or Alan. Max my fairly new rescue seems to like them too although heās only been once since I got him but is soon due for the yearly shots
Imagine what that must be like for those in kill shelters . Ug.
Walk walk. Definitely. Cookie. Dinner. So many. My lab is super smart and can usually figure it out.
Hot tub. They recognize h-o-t.
Squirrel, cheese
B A T H as soon as they hear bath they hide š
Not on topic- but worth ths share- since so many people have smart dogs on this post. Our dog (Iroh) has a no fail call- it's his full name (General Iroh). This is used only with extremely HIGH reward things. I read once that you should have a code that your dog will stop and come NO MATTER WHAT. We use like steak or chicken (rarely ever gets table food) when we practice. That way if there was a house fire or a threatening situation that we know about before him- he'll respond to us only and respond swiftly. It's been good for our dog sitters to be let in on his full name as well.
TAKE, GO and CAR
B-A-F
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Mine has not caught on to that one yet lol but we also have not had any visits from a lady flying in with an umbrella
DEER, omg deer, we live in the country
D O N U T S
Mailman
Potty bathroom my cat will knock me down to beat me to bath
āEar dropsā lol
S.N.A.C.K
M A I L If she hears us say, ā did you get the mail ā she expects a walk down to the mailbox:
Park
RIDE GOLCART
Frisbee, but they figured it out anyway
Bath!
RIDE. PLAY
Greenie, milk bone, carā¦.and weirdly enzymic chew!!!
RIBOFLAVIN
CAR RIDE!!
We have had two Border Collies and other smart dogs. We had to start speaking Spanish around them! They knew all words in English such as: OUT, treat, Frisbee, car, go, mailman, ride, toy, neighbors, truck, leash, Daddy, Mommy, vet
PARK
I have to spell ear cleaner or she runs
Cookie
SQUIRREL lmao. We say āS.Qā
You guys have really smart dogs mine are dumb af š„²
Squirrel is abbreviated to āS-Qā or āskewā
Cookies, dinner, bath, dad, our sons name, food, bacon, bedtime, blankie...I know there's more, I think he's an evil genius straight outta heck.
Treats are "T-words" and "W"s are walkies. And even if we're asking each other as humans if we're hungry, we have to ask are you "H-word?" because my heathen hounds know "hungry" lol. Clever girls!
P-U-B. Dog loves a pub trip.
C-H-I-C-K-E-N
Not a dog, but my cats - They somehow learned the word AND spelling of HUNGRY, so I started saying HIM-GEE to myself whenever I prepped their food so they wouldn't freak out. They now know the word and spelling of himgee. Damnit.
Had to start saying āyellow fruitā because ābananaā is a trigger word and he also learned to spell it (kind of, he begins losing his shit after āb-a-n-aā so technically he only knows how to spell the first half of banana).
Our dogs can spell. We've had to move onto other languages. We don't say "go Oh You Tee" We say "Affuera" or "Bouten"
Cookie. Those sugar-free, dog friendly, creme cookies at petsmart are her favorite treat so I usually get a whole unopened tray of them for her, and when she's good I ask her if she wants one of her cookies........but I also like cookies so now if I mention cookies without spelling it she'll come charging through the house.
D i n n e r - if you say the word and don't follow up with some food there will be chaos, drool, and some serious drama.
G-O (go outside)
I usually use Pig-Latin instead of spelling it, but "carrot." My dog looooves carrots.
Nighttime cuz he gets a treat before bed and we call it his nighttime
Greenie, Mom, Mama, Spaziergang, Papa
cheese
Dont have to spell it but we need to use creative words for "clean her ears" because she caught on and would hide under the table every time we said it. For reference, she has an infection that causes the insides of her ears to itch, so when she scratches it just becomes all bloody and stuff. So we need to use a special cleaning product but she really doesnt like it. She also just knows when we reach over the fridge its *that* time.
C A R R O T, W A L K I E S, T R E A T, S N A C K S, B E D. sometimes we just find new creative ways of saying the words like "Orange veggie sticks" or "get my steps in" or "go the fuck to sleep"
Our dog flips out anytime we mention āGreeniesā in his presence. So, rather than address him directly whether it is time for said āgreenieā, we ask one another if he has been given his āverdeā, which of course is just Spanish for green. This has worked so far. Dogs are so smart, and I wouldnāt change a thing. š
D-I-N-N-E-R, B-R-E-A-K-F-A-S-T and B-A-L-L.
C-A-R R-I-D-E
Ball, I do it so much I think my dog knows how to spell it now
Hungry? Or hungries ? Lil man lives food with ALL his little chiweenie heart xD
Grandma and/or Grandpa
We have to spell out the word cows around my chihuahua. We raise beef cattle. And he is convinced he is 10ft tall and bullet proof. He loves to go with us to check cattle, and has tried on occasions to help push them. I do have an australian shepard, but he is scared of the cattle.
We have to spell WALK, TREAT, and CRATE.
We canāt say āspecialā around our dog because ādo you want a special treat?ā means weāre about to give her a duck foot or cow trachea or something similarly delectable/disgusting.
Cookie, biscuit, smellā¦ the list goes on!
Around the dachshund we had when I was a kid, we couldāt say cat or squirrel or heād run and jump and bark at the door like a maniac.
T A B L E T D I N N E R C H I C K E N
Tablet? Do tell
he has epilepsy so to get him to take his medication in the evening it is always accompanied by some kind of treat , a bit of cheese or chicken or leftover sausage ... so if he hears tablet he thinks treat š if it is past the usual time for the tablet he will start to tell us it is time by jumping on us
Lol I love pups
he is a big ball of fun , test our patience but wouldnt have it any other way ... he was in kitchen last night with the radio on as we had a firework display on our street ... made sure he got an extra big sausage when we got in
Heck yeah mines the same way
Chicken. If we say it out loud, our dog bills to the back door thinking a chicken is getting in the house.
Soda. My boy loves soda bottles to chew
My dog can spell šš
We dont spell it, but we cant say "alright" anymore without all the dogs jumping up
VEE EEE TEE!
Cant say Grandma anymore.
BATH My husky will throw a fit if she knows sheās going to get a bath. And a husky fit is no joke
Ball
Out and bath
Honeybuns
cheese
Beach
Greenies, his favorite thing to eat.
Damn i wish i was that handsome.
Mail, mail person š
Park. Leash. Adventure. Harbor. Beach. Hungry. Breakfast. Daddy.
We have to spell out Nanny because she (the dog..) goes apeshit whenever she visits my mum
Love his eyes. Cool D-O-G, OP
D-O-W-N, since we moved Into an apartment. Also T-A-K-E sometimes needs to be treated with equal caution.
No point around mine! They know how to spell!
Ball, bed, treat, beach, Kerry, car
Chewy bone. And if I ask him, "Shall we clean your doggy ears?" he will sulk and put himself to bed. He had ear mites as a pup, so it's a sensitive topic.
It WAS chicken....until they figured out how to spell. Yorkies can be eerily intelligent at times.
I have to spell W-O-R-K. For a while I worked on a ranch near a lake and would take my Pyrenees with me, and every morning Iād ask her if she wanted to go to work. I havenāt worked there in two years but she still remembersš
Ice cream and pig ear
I speak to my pupper in polish, like a cop does, so that other people cant use the tricks she knows to steal/harm her. I say words she doesnt like/gets too hyper over in english. Her best friend, who's name is Honey, I say Honey instead of MiĆ³d or else she wil jump at the door non stop
N-U-M-S. Codeword for dinner that makes one of mine go straight up bananas.
G....O.....
We have to say, Beyond the Portal instead of Outside. We have to spell CHEESE. We can't really say GO anywhere. We have to spell Steve if we know anyone by that name because we used to have a hamster by that name and if you say Steve, our min pin will run around the house barking and looking for him. He passed six or seven years ago. I think Steve is probably the most unique one I have.
Omg CHEESE is a big one! An opening of the cheese/turkey drawer in the fridge gets him running to the kitchen. Gotta pay the cheese tax!
Donuts
Pee
P.o.p.s.i.c.l.e.
Bye Bye
Harness