Can your dog understand you?

Some people say the answer is “yes” to both questions.

In Germany, researchers studied a dog

that could understand more than 200 words.

In Tokyo, a company invented a device called the Bow-Lingual.

This device can translate a dog’s bark into words.

The Bow-Lingual is becoming very popular.

In fact, now you can get one in different languages all over the world!

Rico, a nine-year-old dog in Germany, knew the names of over 200 toys.

In an experiment, the researchers put a new toy together with seven of Rico’s old toys in a room.

Then they told Rico to get the new toy,

calling that toy by its new name.

Rico understood the order and finished the task 7 out of 10 times.

One month later, they did the experiment again,

and Rico still remembered the name of the new toy.

Thus, according to the researchers,

a dog can hear and learn new words just like a child.