{"id":6598,"date":"2020-06-18T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=6598"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:00:14","slug":"yes-old-dogs-can-learn-new-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=6598","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-old-dogs-can-learn-new-tricks\">Yes, Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>New research has shed some light on dogs\u2019 ability to understand what humans are saying, showing that even completely untrained dogs can follow simple hand signal commands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/lifestyle\/activities-for-senior-dogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s How to Include Dogs That are Elderly in Your Outings<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study, which was published in January in the journal <em>Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>, demonstrated that 80% of the untrained stray dogs in the study successfully followed pointing directions given by people to a precise location. That dogs can comprehend complex hand gestures and respond to them, despite not using similar communication with their own species, suggests an even deeper connection between dogs and humans than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p><em>Top photograph: Wavebreakmedia | Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next: <\/strong><a title=\"Yes, You Can (and Should) Teach an Old Dog New Tricks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-you-can-and-should-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Here&#8217;s How to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-old-dogs-can-learn-new-tricks\">Yes, Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-old-dogs-can-learn-new-tricks\">Yes, Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren&#8217;t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>New research has shed some light on dogs\u2019 ability to understand what humans are saying, showing that even completely untrained dogs can follow simple hand signal commands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/lifestyle\/activities-for-senior-dogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s How to Include Dogs That are Elderly in Your Outings<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study, which was published in January in the journal <em>Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>, demonstrated that 80% of the untrained stray dogs in the study successfully followed pointing directions given by people to a precise location. That dogs can comprehend complex hand gestures and respond to them, despite not using similar communication with their own species, suggests an even deeper connection between dogs and humans than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p><em>Top photograph: Wavebreakmedia | Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next: <\/strong><a title=\"Yes, You Can (and Should) Teach an Old Dog New Tricks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-you-can-and-should-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Here&#8217;s How to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/dog-training\/yes-old-dogs-can-learn-new-tricks\">Yes, Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\/author\/jackie-brown\">Jackie Brown<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogster.com\">Dogster<\/a>. 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