Popular Post Neeranam Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Just wondering about training my dog. My wife is Thai and therefore speaks Thai to our dog. I speak Thai but feel more comfortable speaking English to my dogs. Will this be negative to our dogs if they are hearing two different languages? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 They are even better than that as they are multilingual https://www.wsls.com/news/2022/01/10/dogs-know-when-youre-speaking-a-different-language-study-says/ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Woof, woof, Thai and English, hmmmm, clever mutt's....????.....???? 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Speak Thai to your dog ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Ask the dog! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Mine is, and understand American & Thai, along with hand gestures, head nods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Just now, 2baht said: Ask the dog! He possibly has done so already but as the dog replied in Hungarian he didn't understand the answer ???? 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 My friend has a PhD in Bilingual Language Acquisition and I know what to do with kids - mum speak ONLY Thai and dad speaks ONLY English. Maybe this doesn't apply to dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted July 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Excel said: He possibly has done so already but as the dog replied in Hungarian he didn't understand the answer ???? I learned Hungarian once, very hard language but helped when I worked in Finland. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anyone Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 For a dog, it's just a set of sounds that he remembers. She might just as well follow Martian commands if she remembers 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chickenslegs Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Alsatians speak German and Dalmatians speak Dalmato. Yorkies speak a form of English. Scotties and Westies are only understood by each other. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Dogs dont understand language at all. They understand and react to the tones.And yes, they can learn multiple tones. 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) 9 out of 10 dogs prefer milkbone. Edited July 29, 2022 by stoner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted July 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, CharlieH said: Dogs dont understand language at all. They understand and react to the tones.And yes, they can learn multiple tones. Interesting, but this could complicate things in a tonal language. For example the word for sit in Thai 'nang' as said by my wife is a low/falling tone. When I tell him to sit, I use a higher/rising tone, which means 'movie' and he jumps up on the sofa looking for popcorn. 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Neeranam said: Interesting, but this could complicate things in a tonal language. For example the word for sit in Thai 'nang' as said by my wife is a low/falling tone. When I tell him to sit, I use a higher/rising tone, which means 'movie' and he jumps up on the sofa looking for popcorn. The dog is capable of learning more than one command for the same action. ???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Neeranam said: Interesting, but this could complicate things in a tonal language. For example the word for sit in Thai 'nang' as said by my wife is a low/falling tone. When I tell him to sit, I use a higher/rising tone, which means 'movie' and he jumps up on the sofa looking for popcorn. In our house, we have 4 dogs, its not so much what is being said, its whose saying it. They will often ignore the wife if I am around, but will do exactly as she says if I am not. I use both Thai and English, she uses only Thai (mostly) so they have learned what noise comes from who and whats asked of them. If that makes sense. ???? 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) If the dog's tongue is hanging out, it may be a sign you're overdoing the language lessons. Edited July 29, 2022 by Gecko123 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexomike Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I have four dogs, wife speaks Thai to them and I use English, no problems, sometime using hand gestures when you are talking to them, sit, come, stay, with a little training it will work, remember they are only as smart as their owners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Callmeishmael Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 My cat was bilingual. She would ignore me in Thai AND English! 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Our two Chihuahuas definitely understand Thai and English commands and act upon them when they can be bothered (if there are treats involved). As above, the cat ignores us both (and the dogs, which she teases from the safety of her favourite tree). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pomchop Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 I learned that my dog understood almost every word i said in any language as long as it involved her getting some kind of food treat. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted July 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 16 minutes ago, flexomike said: remember they are only as smart as their owners. Reminds me of a joke - After a talking sheepdog gets all the sheep in the pen, he reports back to the farmer: “All 40 accounted for.” “But I only have 36 sheep,” says the farmer. “I know,” says the Sheepdog. “But I rounded them up.” 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamfalang Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 All dogs come from one particular breed, 8500 years ago in Egypt. The "programmed" language was a mix of Egyptian over the period of 8500 to 7385. This has been found in 99.99% of all dogs, fact. Test. Give your dog a steak. If he eats it, I am correct. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 When my wife speaks to me in Thai I realize how it sounds to the dog! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etaoin Shrdlu Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Just don't listen to David Berkowitz's dog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anterian Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 All my cats are bilingual they also know sign language and body language. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, anterian said: All my cats are bilingual they also know sign language and body language. They sound like purrfect pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 3 hours ago, chuang said: Speak Thai to your dog ???? It doesn't matter whether you speak Thai or English to my cat as he always does the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Neeranam said: My friend has a PhD in Bilingual Language Acquisition and I know what to do with kids - mum speak ONLY Thai and dad speaks ONLY English. Maybe this doesn't apply to dogs? Its fine. They will get any sounds especially if it comes with a treat. There is not muxh i need to say but they will know what i want from them even if i grunt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyflower Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 No one has mentioned that they also speak DOG, that makes them tri-lingual. How do you think that they communicate with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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