Are there some illiterate dogs. My dog has no vocabulary

[LakeArenal]

After years he doesn’t respond to words like
Chow, cookie, toy, Dad.

I’m not sure he knows his name even.

On line talks about how some dogs have huge vocabularies. Nothing a out a seemingly learning disabled dog.

He’s not deaf. He’s perfect otherwise. He can be trained by facial expressions, pointing fingers, and tone.

[Sanity Claws]

1. Are you sure he's not deaf?

I had a cat that seemed like a slow-learner. Later I realized that she must be deaf.

[LakeArenal]

3. He responds to whistles. When we talk about him his ears turn to us.

Oh…when the neighbor dogs bark he hears that.

[LakeArenal]

5. Yes. He hears plenty. Especially the cheese wrapper

[intrepidity]

2. You should have read more to him as a pupoy

Kidding, lol....

But it is an interesting question. I mean, why not? Matbe he's not deaf, but hard of hearing?

[LakeArenal]

6. I should have. Obviously home schooling does not work.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. Now THAT

is F U N N Y !!!

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Now THAT

is F U N N Y !!!

[Hestia]

12. Are the Duzy's still around? Would definitely nominate

[doc03]

4. Dogs like people are not all equal. There was Albert Einstein,

Nicola Tesla and there is me.

[GeoWilliam750]

9. Who was the smart one?

[doc03]

11. Hint it wasn't me. nt

[GeoWilliam750]

10. Also possible that you are speaking to him in a foreign language....

[Hestia]

13. My DH says he is either part cat - knows what you are saying but just doesn't care - or depending

on the breed, maybe you speaking the wrong language, i.e., Chow-Chow, Chinese or German Shepherd, German, etc., though if he is older he should have picked up on some English by now...

[avebury]

14. Perhaps he thinks that you have nothing

interesting enough to hold his attention?

[LakeArenal]

15. There you are wrong.

There are five sleeping areas, regular meals, two easy chairs, a fenced in yard and he’s king!

Oh that’s it. He’s king. We are but underlings.