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Old 01-05-2011, 12:35 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by Alex View Post
And they don't understand the words unless you've said it to them many times and very carefully tied it to a specific real world stimulus.
Yep, pretty much how language is acquired. Although dogs are at a disadvantage to their human counterparts in that they lack the physical capability of mimicking the sounds they hear to test which ones will have the same effect. So yay dogs for managing to learn anyway.
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