Scientists reveal how dog’s thoughts on toys – and how they have favorites.

Researchers from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest discovered that dogs can distinguish between toys and identify their favourite toy based on appearance, smell, and unique features.

We’d all like to know what goes on inside our dogs’ heads, and it appears scientists are getting closer.

A new study has revealed how dogs perceive their toys, including how they identify favorites and imagine familiar objects.

Researchers from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest published a study in the Journal of Animal Cognition that looked at how “typical family dogs” use smell, vision, and texture to identify teddies, balls, and other objects.

We now know that when dogs imagine a specific object, they imagine the various sensory features, such as how it looks or smells.

This means they can use their senses to identify specific toys that you request.

So you can teach your dog what a teddy bear is and he or she will learn to bring it to you by the fluffy and soft texture in their mouth.

The owner would occasionally hide a new toy among the others and reward the dog with praise, play, or food when it retrieved it.

After a few minutes, the dogs were given a break before being asked to retrieve the fifth, specific toy in various lighting conditions.