If You Talk to Your Dog Every Day, This Is What You're Doing to Their Brain

🐾 Want a longer, healthier life for your pet — and to support the channel while you're at it? My complete owner's manual is here: https://stevecooperpets.com/ You think your dog only hears noise when you talk to them? Brain scans say something very different, and years of your good mornings have been changing what goes on in their head. Steve Cooper has lived with dogs his whole life, and has fostered them and taken in strays. In this video he looks at what scientists have found about how dogs process human speech. Learn how a dog's brain can tell real speech from scrambled sound, why the average dog reliably responds to around 89 words and phrases, and how dogs handle the meaning of a word and your tone of voice on two separate tracks. We also look at the "baby voice" most owners are embarrassed about, why dogs prefer it when the words match the tone, and why people slow down their speech without thinking when they talk to their dog. Then there's a harder question: when you say "ball," does your dog actually picture the ball? Brain-wave research suggests something surprising. Along the way you'll get simple, free habits that build your dog's vocabulary and make your praise really land. You'll find out what years of being talked to may do to an older dog's brain, and which change in how your dog responds to your voice you should never ignore. Subscribe for more honest, caring insight into what your dog is really thinking and feeling. #DogBehavior #DogBrain #DogLovers