Dogs understand speech the same way we do!

New study – dogs listen to speech and interpret it same way humans do. First the right brain interprets the tone of speech, the left brain works on the meaning. Like us dog prioritize the tone of speech more then the actual words spoken. In the study they use praiseful words the dog knows. When used with harsher tones seemed to change the way they respond to those words.

38 years of dog training this is not news to me. Working with dogs everyday. Here’s my take on the way dogs prioritize interactions with each other and us.

1. They read body language
2. They read tone of voice
3. Meaning of words or bark’s

New study – kind of old news to those who know dogs..

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/dogs-understand-words-intonation-human-speech-04152.html

Mark Thompson
BetterDog Training