This myth needs to die

Have you ever been told that dogs respond to your tone of voice, but they can’t understand the words you’re saying? The idea that dogs are just simple stimulus-response machines is becoming harder and harder to defend. The dog training industry has underestimated dogs for far too long. SOURCE Neural evidence for referential understanding of object words in dogs, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.029 ( https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00171-4 ) Dogs Can Understand the Words for Several Objects, Such as Toys and Leashes, Study Finds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dogs-can-understand-the-words-for-several-objects-such-as-toys-and-leashes-study-finds-180984023/