My parrot will tell the dogs to sit, and they do
she flings food, they know this and they'll wait patiently for it
not that she necessarily flings it for them, they're just bigtime messy eaters

I have 3 different species, all have some degree of speech and interact
with each other using words, murmerings, screams and mutual preening.
I only have a strong bond with one, but she can pick up on my humour
in an instant and will react accordingly. If I'm stressed she's been known
to attack my husband, he has scars on his head to prove it. But if she thinks
I'm being threatened, she'll bite me - not in a spiteful way, but a quick nip
that's her telling me to flee like she would a mate in the wild. She learns new
words all the time, jingles off the radio she picks up really quickly - we had
months of bada ba ba baaaaa I'm lovin it - that kinda stuff gets old real quick ~lol~

Dogs I've always had, two permanent residents and the fosters that come
and go. They tell you what they want so easily I can't understand how some
are so misjudged. In the fostering I've seen some of the cruellest things and
it never ceases to amaze me.

Anyway, animals - love them