Can you understand your dog?
Can your dog understand you?
Some people say the answer is “yes” to both questions.
In Germany, researchers studied a dog
that could understand more than 200 words.
In Tokyo, a company invented a device called the Bow-Lingual.
This device can translate a dog’s bark into words.
The Bow-Lingual is becoming very popular.
In fact, now you can get one in different languages all over the world!
Rico, a nine-year-old dog in Germany, knew the names of over 200 toys.
In an experiment, the researchers put a new toy together with seven of Rico’s old toys in a room.
Then they told Rico to get the new toy,
calling that toy by its new name.
Rico understood the order and finished the task 7 out of 10 times.
One month later, they did the experiment again,
and Rico still remembered the name of the new toy.
Thus, according to the researchers,
a dog can hear and learn new words just like a child.