Our furry friends might understand us more than we thought

Dogs can understand us more than we thought. That's according to a new study published in the science journal, the Current Biology.

Flash, a border collie plays with his red frisbee at the City Park in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. A new study in Hungary has found that beyond being able to learn how to perform commands, dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects — a relationship with language called referential understanding that had been unproven until now. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos) Source: AP / Denes Erdos/AP

New research in Hungary has found that as well as responding to commands like "roll over,” dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects.

It's a relationship with language called referential understanding which had been unproven in dogs until now.