I agree, people who say dogs/animals don't understand what we are saying have never had one! I love back talk from dogs. Sometimes...

 

oh yeah. Mine continually prove they know EXACTLY what i'm saying. Riley argued with me over something the other day... told him one more grumble from him and he wouldnt get dinner and that included grumbling or growling at Shasta. Didnt hear one more noise from him the rest of the night. Shasta was being a butthead yesterday. Told her if she didnt start behaving she wouldnt get to go with me to get something from Burger king. She was a total angel after that. Oh yeah... they know exactly what we're saying.

 

That's so funny!

I think our dogs totally know what we're saying...unless they want to "pretend" they don't hear me...that's another story.

 

That's so funny!

I think our dogs totally know what we're saying...unless they want to "pretend" they don't hear me...that's another story.

yup! just like kids.... "I'm in trouble and gonna pretend i dont KNOW i'm in trouble and pull th cute card to see if it works...." or the famous "They want me to do a "chore" but i dun wanna.... quick! play dumb! (insert the you're a crazy person head tilt here)

 

Haha...at our house dad doesn't get the hruff! I do...I say "sit" and get a nice sit with a Hruff.
Jeez..I think my late mother cursed me with this dog.
It's funny, you'd think that you were asking them to walk over hot coals.

Dear Mom,
I'm sorry I was such a lousy teenager...please stop channeling your revenge through my dog....love, carrie.

 

I love the back talk, the sighs, the moans, the woo-woos...! Harley talks a little bit but Annie is a regular old jabber jaws. Wouldn't want her any other way!

 

Hahahaha. My girl Emma talks back to me sometimes. And my foster Chaos does too, at times its hilarious. He will be in the crate and bark and I go HEY. and get a bark back. I say NO and he goes ROOOOO. So I say uhn uh, Chaos knock it off! And get back roooooo lol.

 

I get this weird groanish grunt that sounds like an Eastern European shot putter.

 

Hahaha Stoli does this as well usually when I have just put a pair of jeans on as apparently those are the pants I always wear when we go on "adventures" but see as mommy tends to not be able to remember where her keys or cell phone are on regular basis he starts to huff and "speak" at me when I keep making laps through the house and bypassing his leash and the front door....I tried teaching him "cell phone" to see if he could find it but no such luck yet lol

 

Hahaha Stoli does this as well usually when I have just put a pair of jeans on as apparently those are the pants I always wear when we go on "adventures" but see as mommy tends to not be able to remember where her keys or cell phone are on regular basis he starts to huff and "speak" at me when I keep making laps through the house and bypassing his leash and the front door....I tried teaching him "cell phone" to see if he could find it but no such luck yet lol

I don't know how they do it or what they "key" on, but I know that they train dogs that work in prisons to locate cell phones. You'll have to check that out.
I've had my K9 partners find keys, twice, that were thrown away from a car. Once in a ditch and once in a field, but I don't think they'd have as much luck in the house. Maybe start dipping them in peanut butter.

 

Yep, Max is a sassy boy sometimes, mostly when your trying to ignore him. I sometimes wish I knew what he was saying when he is reading me the riot act.

 

So true. I like it when mine keeps talking to me like, " Hey, I'm talking here and I won't stop until you do what I want, dammit."

 

I think it's funny when Sin back talks.

Sometimes when he groans I say "oh, because your life is so terrible"

He is so dramatic.

 

Yup. Shenzi is a drama queen. We were in the elevator yesterday and someone slipped in as the door was closing, only to see the dog. 'ugh...ccccaaaannnnn you preswssssssss 6 pleeeeeaaazeEeeee?' shenzi :huuuuuuummmppppphh. You could almost HEAR her rolling her eyes at this guy! I told her she was a princess and to knock it off LOL

 

:rofl: That is so funny. Obviously she was doing the "but I WANT to" bit.

Gunner does the same, only it's followed with the huge intake of air, followed by the equally huge "pffffffffffhhhhhhh".

 

I don't know how they do it or what they "key" on, but I know that they train dogs that work in prisons to locate cell phones. You'll have to check that out.
I've had my K9 partners find keys, twice, that were thrown away from a car. Once in a ditch and once in a field, but I don't think they'd have as much luck in the house. Maybe start dipping them in peanut butter.

Never mind the keys and cell phone...my dog knows "Find it!" and will get a ball...I want to move on to "Find it" bringing me the remote control for the tv.

 

Gunnar knows to "get" his toy (kong wubba) and he can "get" his boney bone (bully stick) but those are the only things he can get by name.
When he was a puppy, he always knew where the remote was, usually he was trying to gnaw it up.

 

I think it must be a breed thing lol. I never got any of this back talk from my golden. I swear Sasha is the biggest drama queen I've ever met. If I tell her to do something when she doesn't want to, it's done (slowly), and I get to hear about it. I always tell her, "Don't you sas me!" to which I get...more sassing lol! I always tell people that Sasha talks all the time, and I almost always hear, "Oh, she's a barker, huh?" and I'm like, "Oh, no. I almost never hear a bark out of her. She just TALKS all the time!" They don't get it. Nor do they understand the talking with the ears lol!

 

haha only GSD owners or those who have spent a lot of time around the breed get it. Shasta is out biggest talker so far. It wasnt until recently when we were out front that my neighbor finally understood what i meant when i said my dogs back talk. Shasta didnt want to listen and she was backtalking me.

 

Dharma is not really a talker but Tessa is. That girl definitely likes to talk. And back talk. She lets me know when she is not happy about something or if she feels I'm not moving fast enough to get her what she wants. And then she will sigh, huff and puff to add to the dramatics. It is actually quite funny.

 

Bruiser does this all the time whenever I tell him to do something he whines and barks at me. We talk all the time...the problem lies in the fact he's doing most of the talking

 

Sonar hears the fire trucks go by and Howls like crazy, its so adorable! He howls (I mean bays/howls not barking) when he wants inside or when I leave him alone.

He will come bark once when he want to go outside, eat, or needs some water. I keep telling him I don't speak German!