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The family pets are thought by many to be creatures who know what their owner is feeling no matter if they are sad, really happy or upset. A domestic animal can tell if their owner is having a bad day or a good day. My family has owned 2 dogs and 2 cats. Our cat, Ginger, was able to communicate whenever he was hungry, wanted to go outside or really mad. The other cat, Willow, understood us so well. Every time my sister would say, “treat”, Willow would go to the step that he would be able to get to the treats the fastest.
Koko is in some ways Penny’s pet. She would communicate with Koko in ways that a person would communicate with their cats and dogs. In the video the class watched about Koko, Koko was able to tell what she was thinking by signing to Penny she was sad that her cat, All-Ball, got hit by a car and died. Although she did not use words like an average person would use their words, she was able to communicate what she thought.
In The Study of Language, George Yule says that when a dog produces woof he does not mean something just with the word woof. The dog is trying to convey different meanings every time they bark and we understand that by watching their body language and their actions. Pets are able to understand what we are saying and have a higher level of understanding than some people give them credit for. People are able to understand their pets and their pets understand them through each other’s informative signals. These signals are what each use to inform the other when they are sad, tired, mad, happy, or even annoyed. Somehow the animal understands their owner the most of anyone else when their owner does not even say anything. Pets are able to communicate at times more effectively than humans who are able to speak.