Can a dog understand 2 different languages ?

making a dog learn 2 different languages can be very difficult if you dont train them. for example; if you want to tell him to "sit" say that in English. if he sits then give him a treat. if he doesnt sit then walk away and come back. if he takes to long to sit, walk away and come back. you dont want to wait and keep saying sit until he does. dogs sit when they get bored so dont bore him! anyway, next say sit in french. do the same thing with French as you did English. repeat until they know what it means. to make it easier for the dog, you always say sit in french, and your boyfriend always says sit in English. only do 1 command every 3 days so the dog can adjust. if you dont have time for all this training, then i woud teach it just 1 language. hope helped <333

Why would the dog have any idea what you want it to do if the command is in a new language? A dog learns a sound - we call it a word - and the dog learns to associate that sound with an action. If the sound is different, the dog has no idea what it means. You can train a dog in two languages. Once the dog knows a command, you can then train it to do the same thing in another language. This is much easier if you use hand signals as well. For example, we taught my dog 'dead bug'. We use a hand signal. Then we taught her 'insecto muerto'. Same trick, two commands, two languages

Some Dogs can understand up to 300 words, so it doesn't really matter about the language. But your dog is more likely to follow commands based on body language, tone and gesture (hand or arm) rather than language anyway.

All I can tell you is, that my husband and I both speak English and Greek. Our Chihuahuas respond to us no matter what language we happen to be speaking at the time! If we give a command or call them over, they seem to have no problem understanding what we are telling them to do. I think dogs respond more to your voice, your tone and your body movements than what language you speak!

It is probably best to stick with one language for commands so there aren't two commands for the same thing, the dog will catch on much faster that way. Using hand signals is a great option, you can give commands silently and there is no language confusion involved. My dog knows hand signals as well as commands and I point for sit, motion downwards with a flat palm for lie down, and hold my hand up for with a flat palm for stay.

Here is a great site with a number of hand signal commands, as well as directions. http://www.bordercollierescue.org/advice/Content/U...

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At first, dog training can seem pretty overwhelming, especially if this is your first dog. Truth be told, training your dog is a very big project. However, if you take it step by step, you will find the task to be far less daunting.

Many Welsh sheepdogs work in both languages. My cat understands English and Russian as my wife is Russian. They understand tone of voice more than what is said.

Yes, as a matter of fact, that's a common training technique with guard/attack dogs. The trainer will use a "secret" language for attack commands. I had a friend of mine actually use Klingon for attack commands.

I speak english & spanish. My wife speaks english & Japanese. Both our dogs (Labrador & Golden Retriever) understands all 3 languages. I joke all the time how these dogs are smarter than their "masters".

dogs cannot understand languages, they understand some sounds and associate them with certain things, so you should have no problem