Dogs Understand People

          So many people have a little puppy or a perhaps a big dog as a pet, whether it stays in the house or outside. According to Dr. Juliane Kaminski, of the University of Portsmouth’s Department of Psychology in the article, 'Can dogs understand a human point of view?' "..it implies dogs understand the human can’t see them, meaning they might understand the human perspective.” Though it seems weird, I believe that dogs can somehow understand what we say and how we think. I have a little puppy who amazes me when he actually understands things I say like "go to bed" or "you need a bath." He reacts to those words like a human would and goes to bed or goes to the bathroom for his bath. Dogs are just incredibly smart animals. The article from Fox news states that, "Dogs were four times more likely to steal food from a dark room." This just shows how smart they are. They know that they are more likely to not get caught if they are in a dark room instead of a light one.

           Although our dogs do listen to what we say, they may not understand exactly what we're thinking, they may have just caught on to the words and learned what to do. According to Fox, "She understands the human perspective, but only because I gave her the words." Dogs catch on to what people say, which is really smart if you think about it. They get used to you saying those words over and over and eventually know what they mean and what you are asking them to do. The article also says, "We may wonder what’s going on in our dog’s brain, and you can sure as heck know they wonder what’s going on in ours." You know your dog has to think you're crazy because of some of the stuff you do. I always want to know what my dog is thinking, and I'm sure if he could talk, he would say the same about me.