Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say. Reading time 4 minutes Dogs might have more tricks up their furry sleeves than ...

A 6-year-old Border Collie named 'Miso' (Miso) living in Canada can distinguish the names of over 200 toys. After hearing the names of toys like "corrugated cardboard bear doll" or "squid" from its ...

A global study of 10,000 dogs explores whether pets truly understand and use word buttons to communicate with humans.

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL). Researchers have just figured out that even when you're not talking to them ...

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need lessons or direct instruction. They listen, watch, and slowly connect sounds ...

Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking new study, however, shows that some gifted dogs can also match given ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

Dogs are renowned for their remarkable ability to learn human language via training—now a new groundbreaking study has just revealed that some are even smarter than that. Published in the journal ...

Talking with your dog may not be so far-fetched. New research has revealed that man’s best friend can actually comprehend human words like “play” and “outside” when communicated through a soundboard ...

Dogs are amazing intelligent and emotional beings, and I'm always looking for new research that aims to extend what we know in these areas. I recently learned of such a study titled "Dogs Extend ...