Golden Retriever uses talking buttons to instruct his human
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I got a few Chinese clones off amazon and my dog just looks at me like I'm an idiot. He's been training me for 7 years to read his mind and know what we wants, why push a button?
And yes I'll pay the good boy tax.
Clearly thats a boop request! Or treat 😁
I've never seen a study on those buttons, and dogs do understand language talked to them, but I'm guessing that they don't have any idea what they're actually "saying" with those buttons.
Humans and dogs co-evolved. Dogs have simple needs. It's not difficult to know exactly what your dog wants without a button.
They can figure out that a certain button or combination gets them food or walkies, but that's it.
Pretty basic but still a form of communication.
Well yeah, but it's not language. Besides, most dogs can figure out some way to say "I want to go for a walk" or "I'm hungry" without the need for some buttons from Amazon