A dog owner claims her pet pooch can say her name - and she has the footage to prove it.<br /><br />Ellie Chapman, 20, was left delighted by the "special" moment.<br /><br />She believes 10-year-old Jack Russell Ozzy said "Ellie" in a clip captured at her home in Barnsley, South Yorks.<br /><br />The dog lives with her, her brother and her parents - and does not say any of their names.<br /><br />Bar worker Ellie said: "I couldn't believe it when he first said my name - it was so special.<br /><br />"Once he said 'I love you' - it was so clear. I say that to him all the time."<br /><br />Ozzy, who's been a family pet since he was a pup and lives with Ellie, brother Owen, 25, and their parents Jill, 45, and Frazer, 44, started howling at the rubbish truck five years ago.<br /><br />It made the family laugh, and, convinced he was trying to communicate, Ellie started asking him to say her name.<br /><br />He began saying 'Ellie' in 2021, and now performs the marvel for her a few times a week, she said.<br /><br />She said: "We all just repeated my name in a kind of howling way.<br /><br />"We’ve tried Owen, mum and dad's names too but it just doesn’t work the same.<br /><br />"He always comes to me so I think that’s why he’s saying my name."
