Since the onset of the cold weather we try not to open the patio doors which lead from the kitchen to the deck so as to avoid that minus mid-twenty degree cold air blast. Still, Lusi will occasionally come to these doors and ask to be let in. I make a large U figure gesture to her through the glass doors, indicating that she should go to the side door entrance. Without a moment's hesitation off she trots at great speed and we arrive almost simultaneously but on opposite sides of the laundry room door.
I have become quite accustomed to how quickly Lusi catches onto things, so I didn't think much of this until my husband observed it and stood in amazement as Lusi, now seven months old, completed her circuit to the side door.
I think that I should start to make a list of all the verbal as well as the non-verbal hand signal commands that Lusi learns!
I believe that some dogs have quite a wide vocabulary of up to around 300 words. Some hearing impaired dogs have also been taught to communicate with their owners by sign language.
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