Our furry friends might understand us more than we thought

Hungary Dog Study

Flash, a border collie plays with his red frisbee at the City Park in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. A new study in Hungary has found that beyond being able to learn how to perform commands, dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects — a relationship with language called referential understanding that had been unproven until now. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos) Source: AP / Denes Erdos/AP

Dogs can understand us more than we thought. That's according to a new study published in the science journal, the Current Biology.


New research in Hungary has found that as well as responding to commands like "roll over,” dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects.
It's a relationship with language called referential understanding which had been unproven in dogs until now.


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