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How Many Words Can a Dog Learn?

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by Amie Taylor

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According to the expert namedย Dr. Stanley Coren, the number of words a dog can learn with consistent training is 165 words.

The dog that understands theย word more than 200-1000ย is considered an intelligent dog.

Tips in Teaching Dog With New Words

To ensure that dogs canย understand our command, we need to know the tipsย written belowย to ensure that they can give us a good response.

The good training that we can provide to a dog can serve as a wayย to be smart.

Consistency

To nourish dogsโ€™ minds, we must have consistency in the training so that they will be able toย learn the words we taught.

Even we are too busy with the otherย aspect of our life; we must be able to make time to give attention to a dog so we can ensure that it willย learn multiple new words.

Verbal Cues and Hand Gestures

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During the training session, we must have aย firm tone of voiceย and hand gestures to emphasize that we haveย authority over our dogย and we can instruct within a distance using the hand gesture.

It will serve as a way to ensure that the dog will increase itsย obedience to every commandย that we give.

When the dog was able to have anย excellent performance, we must give him a reward to make theย training a happy experienceย for our dog.

Dog Breeds Who Understand Multiple Words

Many breeds possess theย intelligence of learningย the words that the owner is teaching:

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Border Collie

Theย Smartest Dogย in the World is the Chaser. The Border Collie can learn 1000 words. Here are the people who studyย how intelligent is the border collieย in terms of the number of words that can be learned:

  • Professor John Pilley

He is the one who is the owner of the Pet called Chaser, which breaks the World Record of the dog, whichย can master the 1000 words.

  • Brian Hare

He is theย psychologistย who has the study about theย interactive gamesย that are used to determine the way ofย thinking of Chaser, the smartest dog. This study is also called the Dognition.

  • Gregory Berns

He is the neurologist whoย revealed the findingsย on how the brain of Chaser works. He concluded that thisย smartest dogย could also experience what weย feel like love and happiness.

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Poodle

The Poodle ranks as the second smartest dog in the world because it can learn its experiences, especially theย concept of the ringsย that include the fighting and healing strategy.

It can be compared toย child intelligenceย within 2 to 3. It can also know how to solve the problem with the level ofย confidence and satisfaction.

The number of words the Poodle Dog can learn withinย 200-300 wordsย as long as we exert moreย effort on our dog.

German Shepherd

This dog is usually known as the police orย military dogย since it works with the department withย extensive trainingย and involvement with the crime.

GSD has the intelligence toย protect its ownerย from the bad people who will try to kill their companion, and it has an excellentย sense of smellย to recognize the person who is looking for.

Its intelligence in understanding theย concept of trainingย and protecting serve as a way to be included in theย smartest dog category, which has the third rank.

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Golden Retriever

The hunter in the forest always takes their dog, known as the Golden Retriever, which has the intelligence in knowing the way out of the forest and has theย fourth rank in the categoryย of the multiple words that it can learn.

For instance, a person isย lost in the woods, the rescuer will bring the Golden Retriever to find the person.

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Doberman

The Doberman hasย strong staminaย and the incredible speed to attack the burglar finding a way inside the house.

No matter howย good the burglarย is, with this Doberman as the police dog in the house, the burglar will have aย severe injuryย because of the dogโ€™s aggressiveness.

It is why it canย learn multiple wordsย and be the fifth rank as an intelligent dog.

Shetland Sheepdog

Sheepdog is a great companion of the house and good in sportsย because of its agility. This dog is dynamic in its works on the farm that has anย excellent performanceย in herding the ruminants to go back to the barn.

With this on our farm, we can assure that all of the ruminants will not be stolen when the sunset comes and are known to be in the sixth rank inย learning multiple words.

Labrador Retriever

Labrador has aย sweet personalityย that easily gets closer to the family, and it can be the kidsโ€™ playmates since it has theย agility and energyย in playing.

Like the sheepdog, it is also the one that has theย main role in the farm, which is to herd in the morning and in the afternoon to make sure that theย ruminantsย will eat fresh grass and stay together in the cool place.

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It can learn multiple words because of theย good environment, so it belongs to the seventh rank to theย smartest dogย category.

Papillon

The Papillon belongs to rank 6 in terms of multipleย understanding of the words. It also has a complete package ofย physical and internalย attributes aside from intelligence: beauty, loving, and cute size.

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Rottweiler

This dog is often called the โ€œbusy dogโ€ because it has multiple tasks in theย house and on the farm.

It is also theย energetic and happy dogย that loves to do more work like the herding, guardian of the house, and theย good companionย to us.

It is also competitive with the other breeds of dogs in terms ofย obedience to us. Theย Rottweiler breed of dogย is considered the healthiest dog because it has multiple works that serve as the exercise.

Aside from the obedience, this is also a dog ranked 9 in the category of theย smartest dog.

Australian Cattle Dog

This is the dog that is the rank 10 in learning multiple words from its daily activities, which include giving a response to theย ownerโ€™s command. Its intelligence makes it successful in making theย animalsโ€™ herdingย easy and fun.

Final Thoughts

We must keep in mind that the different breeds of theย dog have their maximum capacityย to understand the multiple numbers of words.

Some dogs have only a few learned words, so we must provideย training to sharpenย our dogโ€™s mind to achieve its maximum brain capacity to learn words.

We can also note thatย aside from intelligence, there is one dog with butterfly-shaped ears that canย lighten our moodsย to our stressful days.

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