Do pets really know their own names?

(09-17-2012, 02:48 AM)dashboardc33 Wrote: I feel that pets do know their own names; at least dogs and cats. I am not sure on other pets as I am not sure how much their intelligence level is. When I call my parent's dogs- the name I say is the dog that comes. If I only call one of them, only one will come. If I call both, they both come. I really think they are smart enough to know their own names.

As somebody who has lived with cats and birds, and has worked with cats, dogs, and birds, I can tell you that many birds (parrots, crows, jays, etc) are AT LEAST as smart as cats and dogs, if not smarter.