why cant dogs talk?

Answer 1

I don't think they have the same apparatus as humans do to enable the same voice sounds.

But they DO speak dog language... they seem to understand one another quite well.

Answer 2

because at the initiating dogs do no longer have a element of their mind the position they memorize distinct words and pronunciations. Secondly, their vocal cords are literally not made to be in a position to communicate like human beings. Thirdly they positioned across by ability of body language. A canines wagging its tail energetically could many times advise that the canines is satisfied or excited. A canines inclusive of his ears set back and enamel bared could advise that he's not very pleased with something and could like that something to get the crap out of there acceptable this 2d. A canines inclusive of his head down and his tail tucked between his legs could be him saying that he's submissive and is no longer a probability. Do you spot what i'm saying?

Answer 3

Hey u watch it !!!!! My Golden Retriever Jamba talks to me all the time, when I come back from being out he makes the biggest fuss any dog can do, he does actually talk, and carries on for quite a few Min's, I also saw on the telly not so long ago a Pug that could actually say "I love you" that was pretty amazing.

Answer 4

Discussing canines and communication can easily become more complicated than not. Individuals dogs have been documented as having a rather large and complex language comprehension relative to human language. That is some dogs have been documented to having around a 200 word vocabulary of understanding human language.

Dog world language is quite different from Homo Sapiens Sapiens in that it includes other senses as normally being mixed with their language. For example, a human will attach a symbolic name to another human and relate that primarily to a picture memory of that other person. A canine can mix recognition of a name of someone to a sight record, a smell record, and quite likely a sound record as well as body language. Smells alone (as a significant element of canine language) can convey all sorts of information, such as who the individual is, their sex, likely age, female heat cycles, and other things.

As with Homo Sapiens Sapiens, canines also use facial expressions and body languages and various sounds (barks, howls, whines, whistles, etc.) to express their desires and feelings.

However, I expect that your quest is more focused on canines not being able to speak human language. While some dogs have been known to mimic certain human vocal patterns, that really can’t be compared to actually speaking and no they can’t do that because they are nor physically constructed to do so. I would argue that while language brain function in the dog is different that Homo Sapiens Sapiens, such function does exist and canines also have a form of language symbolic brain activity.

Within our training classes it is difficult to teach people the basic elements in canine body language. For the most part they are the same throughout the canine world. As native Americans could communicate with starnge tribes using a relatively common sign languages, a dog's body language is common throughout the world for most breeds (there are some breed specific unique canine body language elements).

An excellent paper on this subject can be found at the source link. My thoughts come from over 40 years working with dogs and over 35 years training dogs and around 20 working in canine behaviorism.

Answer 5

They talk in dog language

Answer 6

They can talk, but not like us. They communicate through body language, growls, and barks. Unfortunately their vocal chords aren't meant to form specific words and sounds like ours can. There's a really great book out there called "Dogs of Babel" that is a novel, and deals with this very topic. It's a page turner, I really suggest it!

Answer 7

My dog talks.

Answer 8

They do. They just don't speak English. They communicate with each other, and with us, using a totally different language system.

Some dogs ARE capable of mimicking some english words. But their mouths aren't made for human speach, so it sounds garbled and incomprehensible.

Answer 9

Why can't we understand what dogs are saying to us. They are communicating, but on a different level. Maybe, if we tried, we could raise ourselves to a dogs level.

Answer 10

They do not have the mental capacity and capabilites in order to initiate audible speech in a way which we would interpret as understandable.
Also, dogs do not have the correct vocal cords and muscular structure in the neck in order to 'talk'.