There is at least one are where words matter very much in animal communications, that is when you tell a border collie to “come bye,” or go “away to me.”
“Come Bye,” is the command for a border collie to run clock-wise in what is called an “outrun,” and Red’s outruns are spectacular, they are wide, free and beautiful to watch. I told him to “come bye” this morning, as the sun came up and I loved the shot of him running the boundaries of the pasture.