There are a few special words that will perk the ears of many a dog – “hungry”, “park” and of course, “T-R-E-A-T”.
But a choice group of gifted canines appear to have a remarkable capacity for learning human vocabulary, to the point that they acquire language by eavesdropping the way young toddlers do.
That’s according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science, which shows that some “gifted word learner” dogs already known to be capable of learning toy names through training…
Rare genius dogs learn vocabulary by eavesdropping, study shows
