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(This is a Poll) Help Name My New Puppy

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What should his name be?

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DubCoffman62 said:
My theory, dogs don't respond to words, they respond to tones
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Actually dogs have a vocabulary that ranges up to 200 words...
Wife worked at town vet for 20 years...

We had an interesting experience a while back
We took care of a pup whose owners visited their grandparents back home in the Caribbean
The pup did not respond to anything we said other than her name
I had some guesses and tried them out...
When the owners returned, I asked... do you speak to your pup in English
They had this big surprise on their face then laughed
"OMG.. No, we're sorry.. we speak to her in Spanish"
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Actually dogs have a vocabulary that ranges up to 200 words...
Wife worked at town vet for 20 years...

We had an interesting experience a while back
We took care of a pup whose owners visited their grandparents back home in the Caribbean
The pup did not respond to anything we said other than her name
I had some guesses and tried them out...
When the owners returned, I asked... do you speak to your pup in English
They had this big surprise on their face then laughed
"OMG.. No, we're sorry.. we speak to her in Spanish"
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Do you believe that some breeds are more clever than others?
 
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DubCoffman62 said:
My theory, dogs don't respond to words, they respond to tones
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Actually dogs have a vocabulary that ranges up to 200 words...
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My dog absolutely responds to words. And tones. The tone might be more important, though. If I call her a bad dog, but in a pleasant tone (that drives my wife bonkers), she's happy. But there's definitely a different response in her actions between "Do you want to go for a walk?" and "Do you want a cookie?"
 
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Zurp said:
My dog absolutely responds to words. And tones. The tone might be more important, though. If I call her a bad dog, but in a pleasant tone (that drives my wife bonkers), she's happy. But there's definitely a different response in her actions between "Do you want to go for a walk?" and "Do you want a cookie?"
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I do remember when I first met my wife I was at her house and I was singing "Rockin' Robin tweet tweet tweet" and her dogs started going crazy, jumping up and down. She told me that they thought I was saying "treat" which is what they they called their Pupperoni.
 
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Zurp said:
My dog absolutely responds to words. And tones. The tone might be more important, though. If I call her a bad dog, but in a pleasant tone (that drives my wife bonkers), she's happy. But there's definitely a different response in her actions between "Do you want to go for a walk?" and "Do you want a cookie?"
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Yup. Same with mine. I don't even have to be angry or even stressed, she responds to it.
 
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DubCoffman62 said:
Do you believe that some breeds are more clever than others?
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Absolutely
Our shelties are smarter than some humans I know.. I have one (a 2 yr old agility bred) now that is scary smart.. and the smallest sheltie (Max) we ever had was the smartest animal I have ever been around... Border Collie smart... Max had a tonal vocab himself.. depending on the bark nuance we learned what he wanted... He trained us...
The German Shepherds we had deserved their accolades for smarts, protectiveness and fearlessness

And there are a couple breeds known for being dumber than scUM QBs.. I resist mentioning them in case BPers may have those breeds... albeit they already know it...

There are articles that draw correlations between breeds and the size of their vocabularies.. that's where I read a couple breeds know 200 words
 
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