Can A Dog Learn Words. This means that dogs aren’t listening to or learning words in quite the same way as humans—or at least, not in the same way as adult humans. But spoken language isn’t the only means by.
While preliminary evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words (i.e. Fugazza said the talent for word learning appears to be specific to a few “gifted” canines: According to psychologist stanley coren, “the average dog can learn 165 words and dogs in the top 20 percent of dog intelligence can learn 250 words.” coren lists the top 10 most intelligent dogs as: