Do dogs understand language just as good as we do?

I was wondering this. I mean can dogs understand what each other is saying? Is it the same with other animals as well? Like with cats, lions, tigers...? What about the animals that seemingly don't have a sound like fish and other animals that live under the sea?





Someone please answer. :D

Do dogs understand language just as good as we do?
ok theres 2 things:





talking (humans)





communication (all animals)





animals dont say things like "isnt the weather great!" etc they communicate. i.e having vocalisations for things like "danger! go away! hello!" etc and so does every other animal. humans have made their communication skills much more complex and it has turned into talking. and yes they can understand what other animals of their kind r saying. and so can we humans.





as you may know dolphins use echolocation to communicate and find their way around underwater. fish.. im not sure.. they dont really need to communicate as much as other animals..
Reply:actully ya dogs do understand a language just like we know english
Reply:I think they do bcos we humans used to be monkeys and din't know how to talk. However in the case of dogs, i think they are direct oppostie of us. So maybe since they knew before, thet should understand us, only the fact if they would be willing to listen.
Reply:I once had a teacher that said humans were above (other) animals because they couldn't communicate as well with each other as humans could with other humans.





Of course, being the smart a*s that I was in school I asked if the teacher if she could speak french. When she replied that she couldn't, I asked if the French were smarter than her because they could understand each other but she couldn't understand them.





I didn't do very well in that class but, my point is that, just because we can't understand dogs, cats, lions and tigers doesn't mean that can't communicate with each other. In addition, it is possible that dogs, cats, lions and tigers understand some dogs, cats, lions and tigers more than than others. After all, if humans speak different languages, isn't it possible that a dog from Idaho might speak a different language than a dog from Tibet?





Finally, verbal communication is only a small part of the total communication process. To fully understand this, watch a Mime perform. They can get across entire concepts and stories without making a sound.
Reply:No, absolutely not. When a dog is trained to sit, it does so by association. Most of us when we train a dog we say "Spot sit", and we push the dogs butt down on the floor. After doing that about 100 times the dog finally gets it, when human say sit, dog put fanny on floor. The thing is you don't need to use the word sit, you could use any word. If you wanted to you could train your dog to sit on the command George.





No, dogs do not understand what other dogs are saying when they bark. There has to be other clues. Body movement, scratching, tail biting, licking, or scent.