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Related: About this forumCan your dogs spell?
Obviously they're not really spelling. A spelled out word is just a longer sound they associate with something.
I ask because we all too often find ourselves spelling things since saying it would make them go nuts.
Sparkly: Wanna take the dogs for a walk?
Stinky: Sure, just lemme . . . . . . .
Dogs: woof Woof WOOF run Run RUN wag Wag WAG c'mon C'mon C'MON let's GOGOGO
So we spell.
The Border Collie perks at w-a-l-k. Soon enough, I have no doubt, she'll know the spelling.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)Bubba spells about 6-7 words
we figure he has a 'vocabulary' of around 200 words he recognizes and responds to. "Ball" being the main one, 'you're late!!' is another
and for some strange reason a made up word (woof-snorfle) makes him CRAZY!!! Try it on your BC, maybe it's a language only BCs speak?
get the red out
(13,468 posts)I do need to try that, LOL.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)I have started saying "orb". We already can't say ball without Layla perking up and her one up, one half-way up ears becoming alert and her all excited. She is a ball obsessed Border Collie mix.
W-a-l-k is still ok, but it probably not last forever. We really need to start spelling out now also.
murielm99
(30,765 posts)My dog figured that one out pretty quickly, too.