I was playing in the park field with my son and his football. A lady and her small excitable dog also played with their ball. So the dog ended up chasing my sons football and the lady spoke to her dog, "Suzy... That's the little boys ball, not yours". The dog being a dog, didn't speak English and so carried on going for our football, as dogs do. "Suzy, Suzy this is your ball so leave that one alone please". 
Am I the only one who doesn't believe that dogs can recognise words other than the most repeated noises. I can accept that they respond to our words like 'Walkies' and 'Teatime' or something. But if they had a good grasp of English then they would sit and watch movies or read a book. I don't have pets because I don't like them but some people like them and that is fine. But they are not intelligent.