In our house there are certain words we don't say unless we plan on following through. Words like cookie, walk, dog park , dog beach etc. So we've taken to spelling out the words if we are talking about them but don't plan on going.

Well Dakota apparently knows how to read lol. I will say to my husband do we need to buy more D o g c o o k i e s and Dakota will perk up , walk over, and sit ... he's waiting on a cookie, we didn't say cookie we spelt it but he knows what we spelt.

Same thing if i'm asking if anyone feels like coming to the dog park with us, I spell dog park and dakota runs over and does his berserk we're going to the dog park dance. If you say dog park or walk you'd better be prepared to take him to the park or walk him or he will not leave you alone lol which is why we spell but now we can't even spell it haha.

So what words are taboo in your house and what words can your dog "read?"

We can't say Walk, Park, Ride or Ice cream in our house without wooing and whining and pouting. We have just recently started to spell them out and so far he doesn't understand.

Our house has had a no "RIDE" rule and you do not touch the leashes.
But they have not figured out how to read for those. But they do not quit if those items are noticed.
The whining starts when you mention walk, outside, grandma, or treat. But they tend to not spaz too bad. They love grandma.

We had a cat Shadie (cats over the years) and for my aussie all you had to do was say the cats name or even nicknames and she would go hunt her down. I believe she knew when we were discussing the cat even when we used the her degorgitory (sp) nicknames black rat and sh!tty. Yes my husband and that cat had a wierd love hate love relationship.