Lily is a Siberian/Shiba mix, so she's quite the talker. She yodels with happiness, grumbles with displeasure, yells at me, etc. I love it. When she was an only dog, I was teaching her to talk. She had mastered 'Hello' and Walk'. We were working on 'I love you' when I brought Moira home. Lily would rather play than use words now. Moira's Border Collie/Lab, so barking is her form of communication. Lily doesn't bark. I didn't know she could for a year.