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" And by “says”, I mean the dog says it."
Oh come now, when you say. . .I’ll be damned, that dog really does say woof! That trick would get you on Letterman back in the day!
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that was the woofiest woof i’ve ever heard.
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That was, indeed, saying woof 
I think trying to mimic sounds may be partly a breed thing. My wife has a video of her husky from when she was in high school, trying to mimic her saying “I love you” and getting darn close.
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that is not a woof - that is a “you ain’t telling me what to do, human” putdown.
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That’s true.
Also: even in humans, your brain has to process a word before it can add the “no” modifier to the meaning. Hence the difficulty of “don’t think of a pink elephant.” So if the dog knows what “woof” means, or just likes mimicking when his packmates woof, “don’t woof” is unlikely to work; choose a different command.
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Could be worse. In “The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” an elephant is told not to sit on a person, but unfortunately doesn’t understand “not” just “sit”.
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It wasn’t Sonja’s fault, and in the end it was for the best.
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That sounds like a cartoon talking dog trying to pass as a normal dog.
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Because, Husky.
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When I tell my dog to say “woof” she grumbles “what you talkin 'bout Willis”… She’s a racist dog, Japanese Spitz. Yes a very white dog but I believe it’s in her soul too. Rescue dog, so not sure where she picked it up from
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