When you speak to dogs, do you use a dog voice? You know, a dog voice — higher pitched, slower, maybe a little sing-song-y? What a good boy!” Then, that recording was played back to puppies and adult dogs. “It didn’t matter if it was a puppy or an adult dog,” Mathevon told Science. Still, though, try saying “Who’s a good boy?” to a dog without it.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2017 12:06 UTC