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I think I'm going nuts -- or I'm already there and am only just realizing it 
Is it possible for a dog to "talk"? I mean, in English. Not sentences... I'm not that far gone... but words?
Lucy (6mo Aus Shep) has always been verbal. She makes growly noises when you talk to her and "hums" (for want of a better word) when she's happy. When she wants attention, she makes a specific set of sounds... not a growl, but not a whine, either. But I only just noticed that when she sees me first thing in the morning, or walks into a room and I'm there or vice versa, she greets me with the same sound every time... and this morning she was looking for me, and it sounded suspiciously like she was calling "Mum".
The boys do this all the time -- call out for me in the same way.
Am I going nuts? Do dogs learn to verbalize in a way that we could interpret as "words"?
Is it possible for a dog to "talk"? I mean, in English. Not sentences... I'm not that far gone... but words?
Lucy (6mo Aus Shep) has always been verbal. She makes growly noises when you talk to her and "hums" (for want of a better word) when she's happy. When she wants attention, she makes a specific set of sounds... not a growl, but not a whine, either. But I only just noticed that when she sees me first thing in the morning, or walks into a room and I'm there or vice versa, she greets me with the same sound every time... and this morning she was looking for me, and it sounded suspiciously like she was calling "Mum".
The boys do this all the time -- call out for me in the same way.
Am I going nuts? Do dogs learn to verbalize in a way that we could interpret as "words"?