"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
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Scientists believe that dogs are capable of understanding somewhere
around 200 words. This does not mean, however, that everyone who has
contact with a dog should teach it a different word for a particular
behavior, just to see if he can keep track of them all and remember
which word means what for whom. One thing every training method I've
seen agrees on is to use consistent command words in training. I have
trouble training my non-dog friends that telling Teddy "down" when he
jumps up to say hi isn't going to help, because he knows his name is
Teddyoff.

Problem with Muttley is that he was rescued from the "hood" in inner city
Baltimore. When I tell him he is bad, he thinks that's a good thing. And if
I tell him to "get down", he jumps up and starts dancing! Yo!

Paul and Muttley