One of the things I learned early in working for a vet is that dogs don’t appreciate lexical fine points. Most of them don’t seem to know what even basic “arf” means: “No, no! I said ‘Arf!’ It’s… No, your other arf!”
Cats, meanwhile, know what “meow” means,* but they’re fussy about pronunciation: “Seriously? Where did you learn to speak Cat? TikTok?”
*Also “arf,” apparently, though cats mostly sneer at the dogs’ accents. “Where’s Professor Higgins when you need him?”
Huskies have a wide range of sounds. Our first husky could clearly say “out”. He also understood the human word “out”. But I could never get him to connect the two and say “out” when that was what he wanted.
StephenRice almost 3 years ago
One of the things I learned early in working for a vet is that dogs don’t appreciate lexical fine points. Most of them don’t seem to know what even basic “arf” means: “No, no! I said ‘Arf!’ It’s… No, your other arf!”
Cats, meanwhile, know what “meow” means,* but they’re fussy about pronunciation: “Seriously? Where did you learn to speak Cat? TikTok?”
*Also “arf,” apparently, though cats mostly sneer at the dogs’ accents. “Where’s Professor Higgins when you need him?”
pcolli almost 3 years ago
My dogs had different barks for “warning”, “where are you?”, “pay attention”…..
WittyWeasel almost 3 years ago
Should have had a bunch of little fire hydrants and shrubs. :-)
mikeyman almost 3 years ago
Should be scratch n sniff notes.
P51Strega almost 3 years ago
Huskies have a wide range of sounds. Our first husky could clearly say “out”. He also understood the human word “out”. But I could never get him to connect the two and say “out” when that was what he wanted.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Good doggie! Not a single Grrr.
Zebrastripes almost 3 years ago
He’s waiting for a treat….
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom almost 3 years ago
I like the sticky note with ‘while you were loose’ on it!
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I don’t think this is what they mean by “paper training.”
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 3 years ago
Arf in Korean…meong, meong!!
Homer J almost 3 years ago
Posted notes are all yellow. Wonder if they started out that way.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
translated, the notes all say “hey” (with apologies to gary larson)…