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catbyte

(34,393 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2019, 04:10 PM Nov 2019

Dog with selective hearing only responds to "magic" word

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Dog with selective hearing only responds to "magic" word (Original Post) catbyte Nov 2019 OP

K&R for the pupper. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #1

So does our Alexa LOL at140 Nov 2019 #2

At our house that magic word WhiteTara Nov 2019 #3

With my cat the words are "Tuna" and "Brush". She loves her brushes. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #4

"ride" used to send our cocker into a frenzy rurallib Nov 2019 #5

My cat is the exact same way. I thought it was deaf. LisaL Nov 2019 #6

He has his priorities right ProudLib72 Nov 2019 #7

That's how I respond to the word 'chocolate.' Dem2theMax Nov 2019 #8

tblue37

(65,371 posts)

1. K&R for the pupper. nt

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 04:11 PM

Nov 2019

at140

(6,110 posts)

2. So does our Alexa LOL

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 04:15 PM

Nov 2019

That gadget responds only if the sentence begins with "Alexa".
It tells us weather in any city in world, lock/unlock front door, turn on/off dining room chandelier light etc.
It is indeed freaky.

WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)

3. At our house that magic word

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 04:20 PM

Nov 2019

is Cookie

Fla Dem

(23,675 posts)

4. With my cat the words are "Tuna" and "Brush". She loves her brushes.

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 06:36 PM

Nov 2019

The rest of the time I'm invisible.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)

5. "ride" used to send our cocker into a frenzy

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 09:28 PM

Nov 2019

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

6. My cat is the exact same way. I thought it was deaf.

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 09:47 PM

Nov 2019

It completely ignores everything I tell him unless I ask if he is hungry. Then he can hear just fine.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

7. He has his priorities right

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:20 PM

Nov 2019

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)

8. That's how I respond to the word 'chocolate.'

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Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:20 PM

Nov 2019

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