Meaning: The owner expressed positive feedback to the dog for catching the ball well.
Choice of Words: Praised means expressed approval or admiration. Good means satisfactory or acceptable.
Alternative Expressions
The dog's owner complimented it on its successful retrieval.
Meaning: The owner said something nice to the dog about how well it got something back.
Choice of Words:Dog's shows that the owner belongs to the dog. Owner is the person who has the dog. Complimented means to say something nice to someone. It refers to the dog. On means about. Successful means something that was done well. Retrieval means the act of getting something back.
The master expressed his approval of the canine's adept capture.
Meaning: The owner showed that he thought the dog's skillful catch was good.
Choice of Words:Master is a formal word for owner. Expressed means to show or make known. His refers to the owner. Approval means to think that something is good. Of means about. Canine is a formal word for dog. Adept means skillful. Capture means to catch something.