I have several pets and they each have up to 20 nicknames, yet they know each nickname is specifically for them. How do they know?
Do your pets have many nicknames?
2006-12-13 11:13:10 · 10 answers · asked by babyitsyou31 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yeah its weird but they know when your talking to them. i think it dosent have to even be saying their name, like my sis got a dog from a woman with a bunch of other dogs and for each of her dogs she wistled a different tune and each dog knew their tune and would come.
2006-12-13 12:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah Kanoewai 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They don't. You can call them anything you want as long as you say it in the right tone and with some sort of signal like eye contact or a treat.
2006-12-13 11:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Minerva 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they associate it with u giving them attention and maybe the tone of ur voice too they don't care about the other things u say
2006-12-13 11:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by whatuknowaboutthatisback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they just respond to the tone of your voice......For example my dogs name is April and somewhere along the line I started calling her Punky Lou Lou.....Don't ask me why...and she responds as well as to just her name of April..
2006-12-13 11:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't believe they do....they listen more to the tone of your voice then anything. If you were to say, "come here little sh*ithead!" instead of "come here fluffy!" your pet would probably listen just the same.
2006-12-13 11:17:43 · answer #5 · answered by superstar_81882 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine all have like 100 and they know when we're talking to them!!!we make up like ten new names for them every day! they also know the name is for them
2006-12-13 11:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by vcralr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's just the overtones in your voice that they respond to. you don't know but you say the names different in a way that they understand.
2006-12-13 11:16:37 · answer #7 · answered by salverai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, they don't, just add "Y" to the end of any word, and they'll respond !
2006-12-13 11:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ya
2006-12-13 11:17:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they have good brains
2006-12-13 11:30:03 · answer #10 · answered by Rina W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋