Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)

Paul S Person wrote:

After growing tired of hearing my brothers claim that he actually
/understood/ the words, I did the same thing, only I said "Georgie
wanna be cooked and eaten?". He responded the same way. IOW, if he
understood what we were saying he was as happy at being cooked and
eaten as he was at going for a walk. (Of course I then took him for
his walk, it would have been cruel not to.)

You may know that Denmark has  greenland patrol called Sirius. We have
to patrol the uninhabited parts of Greenland to be able to claim
ownership of the land. Once in a while two men are sent out on a patrol
and the most efficient way to travel involves a dog sled. The patrollers
have to learn certain commands to control the dogs. The command that
gets them started is "Hunde klar" (dogs ready).

But "klar" is an everyday word, much like "ready", so if one patroller
asks the other "Er du klar?", the dogs will set off at full speed. The
patrollers then began to ask "Banan?" instead. It took only a few times
till that made the dogs set off as well.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark