We were chatting earlier about how many words we think our dog knows, so while she and the boyfriend were out on a W-A-L-K, I started making a list of all the ones I could think of. When they returned, I told him about the list and said, “I was going to read it to you, but I think her head would probably explode if I did that, so maybe you should read it to yourself, instead. I mean, imagine if some aliens landed and proceeded to speak every word in existence that you know, in no particular order, in rapid succession, and you didn’t know whether they were trying to tell you something or not. Your head would probably explode, too!”
He said, “Actually, I’m curious. Let’s see what happens if you read it.”
So I read my list, which started with her name, and as I went down the list, her eyes went wide and her ears pricked up and she whipped her head back and forth between us on opposite sides of the room, seemingly experiencing every emotion a dog could feel in a very short time as she tried to work out the word salad happening just beyond her ken. Then, ears alert, she just stared straight ahead for several moments as though concentrating very hard.
We gave her a T-R-E-A-T for her efforts.
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