Can dogs learn a new name without being formally trained?
31 Jan 202131 January 2021
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With training from owners, dogs are capable of understanding basic commands such as sit, lie down and roll over
A new study has conducted two different types of experiments to find out if dogs who are extra talented are capable of learning a new word after hearing it only four times.
The research team, which is based in the Department of Ethology (the study of animal behaviour) at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, are investigating dogs who learn words without any formal training. The experiments are friendly - the dog s behaviour is studied by playing with toys as they would with their owners in a human family.