Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As dog parents, we've all dreamed of truly being able to talk to our dogs and know they understand exactly what we're saying.

Some dogs seem to understand what you’re asking almost instantly. How quickly they catch on usually depends on working ...

Some dogs are not just listening for the word “walk.” A small, rare group can quietly monitor human conversations and pick up brand new vocabulary without any direct training, behaving more like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long recognized as a skill used by toddlers who are learning to understand language, scientists have discovered that a rare subset ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

What makes a dog able to learn? New research suggests that it may be the gift of confusion. Let me unpack that. My dog, Samson, is about 1.5 years old. Like most dogs, he knows that words mean things.

Long recognized as a skill used by toddlers who are learning to understand language, scientists have discovered that a rare subset of “genius dogs” has also mastered the art of eavesdropping to decode ...