# Do You Talk to Your Dog? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-to-your-dog/429402 "2007-12-09T19:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-to-your-dog/429402/61 "2007-12-13T00:03:13Z")
I don’t talk to my dogs a lot, other than “Hi, Boy! Are you a good dog? Are you hungry? Wanna go out?” Sometimes I wonder what they’re thinking, though. I swear they lie around wishing for opposable thumbs so they can get into things. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-to-your-dog/429402/62 "2007-12-13T00:32:22Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] oh yes definitely talk to the dog. Usually it’s something like “Ignatius, you have serious as mental problems” or “you are dumb as hell” I also accuse him of lying a lot. ETA: my neighbor’s dog talks\* to me \* however. He tells me to shoot people. [/QUOTE] Heh, is he named after a particularly lazy green-hat-wearing slob? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-to-your-dog/429402/63 "2007-12-13T01:41:39Z")
Our Westie puppy Piper and I had a long conversation on our walk today… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-to-your-dog/429402.md?page=3)