How To Talk To Your Pet

Skeptics insist that pets do not understand what we say to them. However, scientists continue to try to explain more and more what communication between different species is all about. That is why they have now conducted a study to explain how you should speak to your pet. As if everyone who loves and takes good care of their furry doesn’t know it yet.

Scientific studies confirm that furry people understand everything we tell them

Nor does it take scientific research to verify that our four-legged friends understand everything we say to them. It is enough to live with them.

But science people insist on agreeing with pet lovers. So, in addition to confirming that yes, our furry know very well what we are talking about, now he explains to us how we should express ourselves so that they understand us even better.

At least that is clear from a study carried out at the University of Lyon (France), and which was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which focuses on the way we should speak to puppies.

How to talk to your pet to get more attention

As professionals explain, when humans communicate with dogs, we do so in a very different way from what we use with people. With them, then, we use the so-called “dog-directed language”.

And what does this way of talking to your pet consist of? Well, mainly because we change the structure of the sentences, making them shorter and simpler. We also use a higher tone of voice. Ultimately, we do something very similar to when we communicate with a young child.

This question is undoubtedly related to the fact that other investigations found that the intelligence of dogs is very similar to that of a 2-year-old infant.

What was the study on ‘language directed at dogs’

According to this recent study, by addressing the puppies with a higher-than-usual voice, we were able to capture their attention more. In this way, then, it will be easier for us to educate him.

To reach these conclusions, the participants recorded common phrases that are often said to furry animals while looking at photos of dogs of different ages. For instance:

• Hello Beautiful!
• Come here!
• who is a good boy?
• Very good!
• That’s!

The scientists found that people spoke differently if they were addressing an adult animal, a puppy, or an elderly animal, or if they did not observe any images.

Other details of the research on the best way to communicate with the furry

The experiment then continued with the furry ones. They made them listen to the recordings made by the humans.

Thus they noticed that the puppies had a more intense reaction to the voices emitted while people observed images of dogs. The fuzzies came out barking.

On the contrary, the adult animals were more indifferent. This could be explained by the fact that dogs show less interest in the voices of strangers as they age.

However, when dog-directed language is used in face-to-face communication between human and furry, the animals appear to respond at any age.

And what is the best way to talk to your feline pet?

The study says nothing about how to talk to the kittens. So for now, I will continue to use the form that works best for me.

I address them as equals, assuming that cats consider us their peers. It works like a charm, at least with my meowing friends.

And do you have a special technique to speak to your pet?