Do Dogs Understand Us?

Today's Topic: Do dogs understand us? For many, this may seem like a dumb question, as some dog parents believe that their dogs can literally read their minds. But if they can understand us, how do they do it, exactly? For example, can they understand the literal words coming out of our mouths, or are they using other cues from us and the environment to predict and/or understand what we are trying to tell them or want from them? To help us answer this question, we invited Sh...