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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I know they do!! Tone and # of barks, baying, howling, they definitely carry on conversations. My dog and the neighbors dog had this conversation yesterday: territorial intruder seen : yes: location: up sidewalk: does snow (a different dog) know about it? Not yet : snow enters chat : intruder is at 400 block
