Research shows that some brainy pooches can learn new words just by eavesdropping on their owners' conversations.

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: [I]t turns out that some genius dogs can learn a brand new word, like the name of an unfamiliar toy, by just overhearing brief interactions between two people. What's more, these "gifted" dogs can learn the name of a new toy even if they first hear this ...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: [I]t turns out that some genius dogs can learn a brand new word, like the name of an unfamiliar toy, by just overhearing brief interactions between two people. What's more, these "gifted" dogs can learn the name of a new toy even if they first hear this ...

A new study finds that some gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by eavesdropping.