As an example: 两只狗 - liang zhi gou - two dogs 两条沟 - liang tiao gou - two ditches The weird thing is, I’ve definitely heard people use “条” for dogs and fish a

As an example: 两只狗 - liang zhi gou - two dogs 两条沟 - liang tiao gou - two ditches The weird thing is, I’ve definitely heard people use “条” for dogs and fish as well. It gets confusing with all the special cases