A woman who thought her foster dog was ignoring her commands has discovered it was because the pooch only understands Spanish. Ariana Giampietro, 26, had been looking after pup Monty for a week and couldn't understand why he ignored her commands.
The mixed-breed American Pitbull terrier was well-behaved, but he wouldn't 'sit' when she asked him to. When she asked the shelter she fostered him from she discovered he had previously lived on a farm with a Spanish family - and it turned out he only understood Spanish words. Ariana looked up the Spanish word for 'down' and 'let's go' and when she said them aloud, Monty immediately knew what to do.
