10 thoughts on “What language does your dog speak?”
Well, partly true. It’s more the way you say it that works.
I used to own Whippets (smaller version of Greyhounds) and lived in two different communities where dog owners were somewhat lax about keeping their dogs under control. A few mean dogs would charge out at us, thinking they would try to rip my smaller dogs to pieces. I learned to be a little more proactive than some owners who try to kick the offending dog away or pull up the dog into their arms. I began to get smart about seeing the dogs coming from a distance and got angry…
I would literally stamp my feet and shriek in their faces before they got too close,” F**K OFF!!! GO HOME!!! I’M GOING TO HURT YOU!!!”.
It’s amazing how many big, tough dogs wore down their nails braking to a halt before they reached this crazy woman and her dogs. A few ran home with their tails between their legs when I began stomping towards them, still yelling at the top of my lungs. Or how many owners were embarassed enough to keep their dogs under better control after hearing my cursing out their mutts. I’m not saying it will work in every occasion but I know my son has used the same technique to great effect while out riding on his bike and being approached by hostile dogs, keeping the bike between him and the dog while acting rather ape-shit. Confuses the hell out of them!!
(now that I have Greyhounds, all the little dogs show up and want to take them on. What’s up with that?? LOL)
PS -Meant to add that a friend of mine trained all her dogs in German because they did some protection work and she didn’t want to get them confused by commands in English. Did that mean her dogs barked in English or German?? I dunno!
Most police dogs are trained in German,it makes it harder for someone else to control them.
When my mom was pregnant with my brother, Dad was still stationed in Okinawa, Japan. (Mom was there with Dave in tummy as well because these were the days when they’d let pregnant women fly with absolutely no second thought about it.) One day, they were leaving the place they were in and there was a dog under their car. They came closer and it started growling and barking. Dad told mom to stand back (because he didn’t want his pregnant wife getting bitten by a dog) and set about yelling, cursing, and throwing things at the dog. After a few minutes, Mom suggested, “Maybe it only speaks Japanese.” Dad, of course, thought that was the stupidest thing he’d ever heard and continued. Mom, though enjoying the show, popped her head back inside and asked if anyone had a dog outside. The owner came out, said two words to the dog in Japanese, and it wandered off harmlessly.
Now maybe the dog just thought Dad was playing a game with it or something…or maybe it only spoke Japanese. Either way, that’s one of the first stories I tell people when they ask me what kind of person my dad is. 🙂
I guess what the writer says is true but his last line is funny because dogs don’t speak any of human languages… only their owners speak.
My dogs speak Butt Sniff and Doggerel.
Derek, I have never heard that story before. I can’t wait until I see you dad again. 🙂
Exactly Meo123. That’s why I posed it to begin with.
Well, partly true. It’s more the way you say it that works.
I used to own Whippets (smaller version of Greyhounds) and lived in two different communities where dog owners were somewhat lax about keeping their dogs under control. A few mean dogs would charge out at us, thinking they would try to rip my smaller dogs to pieces. I learned to be a little more proactive than some owners who try to kick the offending dog away or pull up the dog into their arms. I began to get smart about seeing the dogs coming from a distance and got angry…
I would literally stamp my feet and shriek in their faces before they got too close,” F**K OFF!!! GO HOME!!! I’M GOING TO HURT YOU!!!”.
It’s amazing how many big, tough dogs wore down their nails braking to a halt before they reached this crazy woman and her dogs. A few ran home with their tails between their legs when I began stomping towards them, still yelling at the top of my lungs. Or how many owners were embarassed enough to keep their dogs under better control after hearing my cursing out their mutts. I’m not saying it will work in every occasion but I know my son has used the same technique to great effect while out riding on his bike and being approached by hostile dogs, keeping the bike between him and the dog while acting rather ape-shit. Confuses the hell out of them!!
(now that I have Greyhounds, all the little dogs show up and want to take them on. What’s up with that?? LOL)
PS -Meant to add that a friend of mine trained all her dogs in German because they did some protection work and she didn’t want to get them confused by commands in English. Did that mean her dogs barked in English or German?? I dunno!
Most police dogs are trained in German,it makes it harder for someone else to control them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8482910.stm
It’s more common than you would think
Oops – I put the follow up link in instead of the original story. Here it is
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8458184.stm
True story that you’ve probably heard, Jonco…
When my mom was pregnant with my brother, Dad was still stationed in Okinawa, Japan. (Mom was there with Dave in tummy as well because these were the days when they’d let pregnant women fly with absolutely no second thought about it.) One day, they were leaving the place they were in and there was a dog under their car. They came closer and it started growling and barking. Dad told mom to stand back (because he didn’t want his pregnant wife getting bitten by a dog) and set about yelling, cursing, and throwing things at the dog. After a few minutes, Mom suggested, “Maybe it only speaks Japanese.” Dad, of course, thought that was the stupidest thing he’d ever heard and continued. Mom, though enjoying the show, popped her head back inside and asked if anyone had a dog outside. The owner came out, said two words to the dog in Japanese, and it wandered off harmlessly.
Now maybe the dog just thought Dad was playing a game with it or something…or maybe it only spoke Japanese. Either way, that’s one of the first stories I tell people when they ask me what kind of person my dad is. 🙂
I guess what the writer says is true but his last line is funny because dogs don’t speak any of human languages… only their owners speak.
My dogs speak Butt Sniff and Doggerel.
Derek, I have never heard that story before. I can’t wait until I see you dad again. 🙂
Exactly Meo123. That’s why I posed it to begin with.