That was actually a more interesting article than my gut feeling of "well, yeah, they can understand commands".

I've always heard you should name a dog with words containing hard consonants, because they can differentiate them better than vowels and soft consonants. I wonder how that plays into the results of this study (and if what I've heard has a scientific basis to back it up).

That's why I named my dog Kskrrkh'T. Sometimes late at night I hear him fluent in ancient Latin.

Can we teach dogs Esperanto?

"We once again refused to believe that humans aren't the center of the universe, and were wrong. We'll now ignore it and continue believing that we're the only precious lifeform in the world."

Damnit, I’m gonna have to rename A-a-Ron because now I know he’s not getting the joke every time he’s naughty

Bark bark Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam

Instruct him that he needs to go down to O-shag-hennessey's office for being churlish

🙄 If it makes you happy I'll open the floor for comments by other species:

(this is a joke)

Like, anyone with a dog could have told you that.

It’s almost like animals are sentient and have feelings and shit. Maybe…..

squeak!