I've read that they understand body language but my dog just heard a noise, shot out of the patio door into the garden, barked a few times and then seemed to have a back and forth dialogue with the neighbours dog that went something like this;
Oreo: "I heard a noise, is it something to worry about?"
Scrappy: "I heard it too, was it from the left or the right?"
Oreo: "I don't know, I'm going to bark louder"
Scrappy: "ok I will too"
Oreo: "Good, maybe we can start all the dogs in the street barking......."
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We are currently down to 6 dogs, the least we have had for 25 years. They do have a language. I'm always amazed at the things they can do. Yes, they read body language, but also emotion.
I had the friendliest dog in the world years ago see a woman, and they locked eyes, and Rocky sensed something, and ran at her, he stopped as soon as I told him to come back, he got with 50-60 feet of her. but the woman had a HUUUGE fear of dogs, she was still screaming at the top of her lungs even after Rocky was back in my car. People were looking at her like WTF?
@Patientlywaiting He was one in a million, and mostly self trained. I swear, he could even read my thoughts. We traveled extensively, hiked, and explored the southwest U.S. The above pic is in Canyonlands, near Moab Utah.
