Can a dog talk?

When my girls were little, I loved playing the trick of "Call-Mommy" (叫妈妈) with them.

I'd hold a snack or a toy in my hand and only give it to them after they called me "Mommy". It was a great way to teach them to start saying their 1st word and give me the satisfaction of being called the sweetest thing in the world.

Out of habit, I did this to Caitey the other day and "accidentally" asked her to call me Mommy. Claire, who was standing right next to me at that time, scorned a "hm" thru her nose and said coldly "if she really did call you Mommy, you'd be screaming and running for the hills!".

Maybe so, but a show on the Animal Planet today proved that she was wrong -- they had dogs that could say things from "hello" to "hamburger".

So ha ha, right in your face Claire!