Meet Bunny the talking dog! Video shows how she communicates with buttons

[@suvariboy]

I had a standard poodle who didn't "talk" like Bunny does but he had about 50 toys with different names. I kept them in a large toy chest and if I told him to "get Corky" (one of his toy's names) he'd dig through the chest until he found Corky. He knew the name of every toy.

[@elido3198]

My poodle does something similar, she doesn't have that many toys.

[@karlaagee-seldon5017]

Wow amazing

[@bobdillaber1195]

I never had toys when I was a kid so if I told my doggie to go get Corky, she'd have to fight me for it.

[@trina7274]

I’m not surprised by any of your stories!! Poodles are so, so smart. I have a poodle story also from when I was little, several actually ....but I’ll keep it to just the most special one, for sanity sake 😬 I’m 51 and I grew up on my grandparents farm. On this farm I had my beloved poodle mix (my mom called her breed a “Heinz 57” when people would ask).... her name was Lambsy... she was my constant companion from the age of 4.... On our families farm (on the same property) also lived my Aunt, uncle and my 2 cousins.... their house was about 2 football fields away from my grandparents, in the forested mountains of Oregon...... our family had 120 acres.... I frequently would walk home to my grandparents house, from my cousins.... in the pitch black forest at night time..... it was terrifying... I always remember being scared waking home....but Lambsy was always my little buddy there with me!! One night, when I was 8 years old....I was walking home from my cousins house...it was winter time, so it was dark early.... My gramma had called me home as it was dinner time....we were half way to grammas house when Lambsy just stopped, dead still in her tracks.... as though she had hit a wall.... the hackles on her back went straight up..... I could see them in the moonlight.... she began a low... guttural... growl... I had NEVER heard my girl growl at anyone... EVER... something told me that something was very wrong and I instantly became riddled with true, genuine FEAR......I completely froze.... Up ahead of me in the moonlight... I could see a thin.... ratty looking...tall.... long haired dog pacing back and forth... very slowly...it’s legs were insanely tall.... I had never seen anything like it....it was doing a weird clicking sound.... similar to what cats do when they see a bird..I could hear more clicking coming from deep in the woods, to the left of me...it sounded in stereo.... and the clicking was like it was answering the tall dogs clicking.....it was all around me... I finally realized that wasn’t a dog.... it was a coyote..... and it was hunting us...... it was telling the other coyotes what to do with the clicks....I knew I was in trouble..... BIG TROUBLE....my grandpa always told us grandkids over and over and over what to do if this happened with either wolves or Coyotes...look big.... put your hands in the air.... put your chin to your chest (that’s where they attack children at) and scream as loud as possible for grandpa.... no matter where we were... scream for grandpa!!!.....but don’t look them in the eye or show any teeth......and the number 1 rule was .....DONT RUN! NEVER RUN!! My Lambsy took off like a bolt of lightning...... I had never seen an animal run so fast!! I started to scream for grandpa..... because of the field it carried my screams!! Right as Lambsy took off running.... the howling started... it was SO LOUD and it was all around me, it sounded like it was 20 of them....It was debilitating .....it was so loud that it was disorienting ...... I became so frightened that I instantly wet myself... right then and there.... I really thought I was going to die... My Lambsy ran home and body slammed herself on the porch door until my grandpa opened the it..... she never behaved like that...she barked and barked and barked.... staring right in my grandpas eyes....grandpa knew.... I was in trouble.... something was very wrong...we were always together...and she came home without me...he grabbed his shotgun above the door frame....ran outside with his slippers still on and heard all the howling....he heard it mixed with my screams...grandpa said later that my screams made his hair stand on end... Grandpa ran outside and fired two shotgun blasts in the air...BANG.....(click click) BANG.... I can still remember the sounds of the echoes in the valley so clearly..... instantly there was rustling in the bushes as the coyotes were scared away.....my grandad ran towards me as fast as he could..... he screamed at me to “RUN CHILD!!! RUN!!! JUST RUN!!! I ran into his arms..... He scooped me up and took me inside .... his cheeks were all wet.... he had been crying!! My big tough grandpa had been crying 😢 .... it still gives me the feels thinking about that moment.... My gramma ran me a bath and made me some hot chocolate ....no one said a word to me about me wetting myself!! ❤️💕 My Lambsy sat beside us at the dinner table that night and had her very own piece of chicken! 100% that dog saved my life.... if I weren’t killed ....i for sure would of been severely injured....Coyotes are very dangerous to small pets and children....... no doubt about it those coyote’s were hunting me.... until the day my grandparents passed away... this story was told at every family get together.... over and over and over about our smart, beautiful Lambsy..... Anyways.... that’s my story of the smartest dog I’ve ever known... aside from the day my gramma died.... the day my Lambsy died was the second saddest moment of my life.... even still at 51 years old......She was my most trusted friend in the entire world ❤️💕🙏 I was so blessed to be her human. Thanks for reading our story and honoring my Lambsy ❤️💕

[@lordtugboat]

@@trina7274 wow, what a terrifying, beautiful story! Lambsy sounds like she was an incredible companion. 💗

[@Mzdedeo]

Her telling her mommy that her paw had a “stranger” is INCREDIBLE!

[@karlaagee-seldon5017]

Yesssss it is so precious and amazing. One of my favorite videos

[@solvingchronicpaintogether4959]

I can only imagine the implications this could have for veterinary medicine

[@RonLarhz]

You will feel sad for her when you watch her existential crisis videos...

[@meganbarber3599]

I was floored!

[@BadassRaiden]

I thought the same thing!!

[@Voltaic_Fire]

Ever notice that every animal we've taught to speak through push buttons walks away and circles back before answering a complex question? It's like that little walk helps them work things out and plan ahead.

[@buddyguy4723]

like walking around the house on the phone

[@Catlily5]

Maybe movement helps them think!🤔

[@vincentcabezas7147]

Thats the "thinking walk" if i ever seen one

[@jillsinclair496]

People should try this technique.

[@androkguz]

But the thing is... Their brains are not optimized for human language the way humans are. So that means this is just a byproduct of their intelligence. Gotta respect their intelligence in the areas that they have it

[@diannemartino3464]

I love how she used stranger for the foreign object in her paw. She says stranger a lot. Now I have to rethink how she may be using it.

[@deannalachelle9319]

Exactly

[@surveyguyor8958]

is it "I don't like" ? or "unhappy"

[@mrs.t7254]

Unknown/foreign object or entity

[@joykelly440]

I think stanger means "something I don't understand."

[@RyanMiddleton_the_Rhino]

@@mrs.t7254 That was my first thought.

[@vlin2199999]

Bunny is left-handed! And very sweet and smart, of course!

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Yep, left paw dominant.

[@-uglyhag-5000]

😂😂😭🥺

[@-uglyhag-5000]

Left...pawded?

[@karlaagee-seldon5017]

Yes she is. I just love her conversations with her family. Their interactions just make me feel so happy to see ❤

[@solvingchronicpaintogether4959]

Most dogs are left pawed

[@DEichenberg]

I did this for my cat. She just keeps repeating "World... Mine.".

[@islandprincess9666]

😂

[@___GFY___]

I saw another video, it might have been a compilation of talking dogs, and it included a cat repeating the word "MAD" hahaha...how appropriate for a cat.

[@myRefuge3710]

" Clean" "Litter box"

[@kimberlyarrington5721]

I see she trying to take over the world like a normal cat like I see lol

[@trevorbowen6695]

😂

[@mariefrisbie1643]

I'm in a nursing home learning how to do everything again. These videos are amaze to me. Thank you she is inspiration to me and the other patients and staff member here. I love what you are doing and teaching the world. Bunny is so smart she can talk and communicate with you maybe I can walk and do more again. Thank you bunny you are a joy bringer

[@becca5100]

Dearest Marie, there is surely more life awaiting you. I encourage you in your difficult but brave journey! If we continue to seek new experiences even through KZbin - like with Bunny - we continue to grow and expand. Onward...!

[@thelakeshow6847]

Good luck and hope you recover 100%

[@ffreshfields5211]

Thank you for your beautiful message to this community. Thanks for sharing. Know you are not alone. Life moves on. You can do it x

[@richardcastlecastilloxeris8757]

Love you don't give up

[@annabanana3573]

marie, wishing you all of the best, your comment struck my heart and i truly hope you are feeling better. take care 🙏

[@bea-le2rw]

i don’t have a dog but if i did and said dog pressed the i love you button in the correct context i’d start sobbing

[@ikkirr]

biggest same

[@bubbag8895]

If you love a dog, it will just step on buttons and you'll know what they mean

[@vitaminhead1465]

She’s communicating like a human, it’s extraordinary

[@SavingPrivateBob]

@Rene' Craig We created dogs, not God. He created wolves and we bred them from wolves

[@Catlily5]

@Rene' Craig Dogs can already communicate well with other dogs. It is just interspecies communication that is difficult.

[@yamatotakeru9078]

True

[@fedeciapi]

it is fake

[@Karen_Marie]

She's not though. I'm sure she associates certain words with actions, but that is a far cry from "using language" or "communicating like a human" which animals are not capable of. It is simply impossible that she adapted the word "stranger" to describe "an unknown/unwanted thing in her paw." It's a nice happy story but it's naive to believe dogs can communicate like humans.

[@miut7995]

“I love you, thank you” is so touching to hear as a pet parent

[@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv]

My uncle had a standard poodle who came & got him to rescue their other dog who was trapped in a water pond with steep sides & couldn’t get out. He was a very smart dog.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I feel kind of guilty when I watch these videos because I never taught my dogs to speak, I raised illiterate dogs. 😔

[@christylouis2611]

😂

[@coraaaaaa1]

Chile- My dog is wayyyy to dumb to speak

[@livinglifeleona]

This is like top 10 comments I've ever seen LOL

[@mobutter2879]

😂😂♥️

[@ryanamari2233]

You can still teach them

[@Phoenixishot]

Bunny is incredibly gracious. She had a pain in her foot and didn’t throw a tantrum or flip out. She politely pointed it out. Wow. Humans are insufferable.

[@louiloughran4832]

i wonder how much our dogs are suffering in silence

[@Hili24pur]

HUMANS are murderous barbarians . stop killing pigs they r even smarter than dogs

[@louiloughran4832]

@@Hili24pur yeah but they taste so good

[@definesigint2823]

This vid had me reflecting on countries where dog meat's legal (and learning that it was legal in most US states before 2018)...and how long it would take to modify that based on what's going on here.

[@HaveYouTriedGuillotines]

People suffer in silence around you all the time. You've just never noticed.

[@annettefujii7331]

How wonderful is this? Communicating with one’s bff! Takes the pet owner relationship to a very high level! Kudos to opening the door for animal lovers!

[@ikkirr]

having companion animals is such a beautiful part of life. hopefully this helps us move beyond enslavement rhetoric like pet/owner

[@theoriginalG99]

Imagine if Bunny presses the buttons "Stranger" "Outside" "Bad" in the middle of the night 🥶

[@atlf3357]

“Stranger” “Inside” “Bad” would be even scarier lmao

[@ShipperTrash]

Im scared

[@dela_dem1355]

I would immediately press “bite” “ hard”.

[@khawlamehalaine]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrism1503]

I’ve literally seen a video of her saying something like “stranger outside”… turned out to be a seal in the water ☺️

[@deannalachelle9319]

Amazing She's so intelligent seems she told the truth with the stranger put something in her paw to show how this can be beneficial for communicating pain. Long as she's happy, that's all that matters.

[@adorable3817]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@lindaed3594]

It was a ‘stranger’…a foreign body, an intruder, something unwanted and intrusive that was hurting her paw. Truly amazing, clever communication

[@elizabethneville3086]

Part of the reason she's able to communicate so well is because you listen so well ❤️❤️❤️

[@jeniferalvarez2914]

This is amazing! I don’t think there’s ever a dog owner that hasn’t said “I wish my dog could talk!”

[@katieme7165]

I will say it! I don’t wish my dog could talk. He has only six buttons because her was driving us mad with the six that he has. Out, play, walk,hungry, ball, I love you. If I don’t immediately comply with is wishes for 1 thing. He starts slamming ALL the buttons, if I tell him to STOP he hits I LOVE YOU and just looks at me.

[@Crazyswamphag]

​katieme7165 this is what I'm afraid of. It would just be constant "walk" and "treat" 😂

[@zev3143]

I'm so glad my cats can't talk to me! Although it would be nice if they could tell me when they were in pain and where.

[@faerigirl]

Dogs ARE sentient. They absolutely know joy, love, pain, shame and they grieve if their human dies. What a great video. The more you talk to your dog the more they will learn to respond. My dogs (nowhere on the scale of Bunny) when I ask what do you want? Will turn and look at their toy box then back at me or they will look outside or at their leashes. Just listen to them.

[@loisredford6575]

I love watching people love their pets. It's irritating to see someone hurting their pet I hollard at a ten yr old for hitting her puppy in the face I told her how they have feelings to and dogs give you love unconditionally like you give them from your heart they give. They love us we feed them pet them give them water talk with them so they in return show in their own way love for you

[@loisredford6575]

We ask our pug what do you want show me she will we either go to food for potty need picks up her bowl for food bangs her bowl for water. She's pretty smart or we are pretty easy to train by our dog😊

[@AV99978]

I really wonder if bunny can “translate” for other dogs. For example, if you asked bunny what another dog wanted, could she ask the dog then provide an answer using the buttons? 🤔

[@rvserious8317]

Wow!

[@Fermifire]

Oh holy shit, never thought of that. Maybe if bunny had pups she could teach them to use the board or something too.

[@333rdAlchemist]

Interesting question , I’m sure we’ll have a answer in the next year or two with the number of people trying this out

[@gaberansom7666]

Dogs can't communicate with each other really they can just read body language

[@eps3154]

Yes!!!

[@suzannacanna7928]

This is absolutely fascinating. I knew dogs understood language, but this really shows they do on a whole different level. It's absolutely amazing!

[@indiacoers2611]

She is amazing! And that button board is so neat! I could not believe she told you she was hurting and really had a ouch!!! Dogs are so smart and I've always said I believed that dogs could understand more words and sentences than they say. Bunny has proved it!!! YEA BUNNY! ❤🐕🦴😍

[@a.leowayker8983]

Thank you Ms. Devine for sharing your divine pup's mind & charm! She & you are bright lights.

[@DNSMLT]

It takes a compassionate human to take the time for this. I hope to own a dog someday and pray this study gets a lot more attention.

[@Nathanfx2006]

The amount of people i ask if they think animals are concious and the amount of them that say "no" still shocks me to my very core.

[@Rayvn7]

...If they weren't conscious then they literally wouldn't be able to eat =\.

[@jananijayalath]

what shocks me more is the amount of people eating animals knowing about their consciousness

[@Crazyswamphag]

They might have to feel something about the way we treat them and the way we treat this world. I can't stand seeing primates or dolphins in captivity, it just makes me sick.

[@ollielarsen3538]

What's amazing is the dog knows it needs to add additional information for the owner to understand.

[@falco830]

This is the social interaction equivalent of quantum computing. Absolutely ground breaking.

[@thomasschoeck9080]

Possibly, if this is real. I can’t help thinking of Clever Hans from my Psychology 101 textbook back in the Spring of 1995 when I was a Freshman in college.

[@jenniferagrusa3155]

That’s dedication at its finest. Great job. Your an inspiration to all dog owners.

[@dianthakenney1614]

This is awesome! I believe that animals understand so much more than what some people give them credit for. And thankfully we have people like you that help to prove that. Bunny, you’re an amazing dog! Keep up the good work!❤️

[@W-superS]

They do. Sometimes more than we

[@daniellclary]

Really love that they can tell you where they hurt. That's really helpful. I find it interesting that we naturally gauge how intelligent someone or something is by their ability to speak. You could be talking to a Swedish person that can't speak good English, and you automatically think they are dumb, but they could actually be a rocket scientist. The language bearer blinds us on how intelligent or sentient we all are. So these buttons are an incredible tool. It's just a shame that they weren't widely used decades ago.

[@PaulO-se6nl]

This piece of genius needs to go on the market, would sell like hot cakes…I’d buy one…bless bunny she’s a beautiful girl ❤️

[@fatbird5296]

They are not that complex, and you could make one yourself

[@mwpoppy7162]

You and bunny are such a gift to each other and of course animals are sentient beings

[@stonemerritt9896]

She was probably scared as hell when the only info she got was "mad" and "stranger"

[@foodsthatstartwiththelette1745]

Right, like Bunny hurry and tell me more. Bunny: Mad Stranger Upstairs Robbing You Blind 😂

[@ikkirr]

@@foodsthatstartwiththelette1745 that sent me lmfaoo

[@SS-ci8yk]

@DanRage47 no offense but why did you type this out to a comment it's not relevant to

[@courtneysurette923]

This is really fantastic. I'm super impressed by your relationship with Bunny. It quite beautiful ❤

[@rvserious8317]

I want to learn how to do this with my pups and where to get the buttons. Thanks. How wonderful it must be to communicate with your dog!

[@lizbeth6343]

Omg, my dogs could actually tell me when they're sad or feeling pain, that effing amazing

[@lorifarrell5705]

She is so adorable !

[@lostboy9796]

That's amazing! To be able to communicate with your dog - mind blowing

[@belana5wega]

Thank you for this amazing Idea. I started with my 1,5Years old Romanian street dog, he is a Herd guard dog. It took some days to show him the Idea behind pushing the button, but now he learned buzzers since yesterday💡so cool to use that communication tool, thank you for sharing👍nice greetings from Germany😘

[@mizzle1788]

This is amazing my grandmother just lost her dog to Cancer and it's sad as hell but I can't imagine losing a dog when you have a connection like this. Its unreal

[@catladyrn733]

This is amazing. I love this. What a beautiful dog. You two must be so close. This is heartwarming to me

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

This would greatly improve the dogs quality of life and health too. No more suffering in silence. 😎

[@toqkaizogou1636]

It brings up questions of what would the world be like if most households with dogs and cats had these, and then if at that point, there's a moral obligation to supply lower income households with these free of charge, so that there aren't pets left without what could become a common skill for most of the world's pets.

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

@@toqkaizogou1636 Oh wow yeah it does throw open a lot of questions good point. Where do you draw the line between "it would be nice" and "it's required" when it comes to improving life? Not just the buttons but in general? Helping the homeless, saving the bird walking across the road, these buttons, everything. It makes me wonder where my personal line is.

[@pattismithurs9023]

Right? I want to get another dog now, so I can finally have a conversation with one.

[@stevepeterson5943]

This is not a new idea. . . . My cat is constantly pushing my buttons.

[@peggygianesin1969]

🙄🤣🤣🤣

[@ajax3630]

Lmaoo.........

[@MZ-rv1bu]

haha

[@becca5100]

YESssss! Hilarious. Well said!

[@kathymoenich4349]

Mine too!!!😂

[@DebadooCreates]

Oh my goodness!! First off bunny is absolutely gorgeous!! I've not heard of a sheepadoodle but I assume from looking at her Old English sheepdog with poodle. I don't know much about Old English sheepdogs but I know poodles are incredibly intelligent. Oh this just feels my heart with so much joy especially when she could tell you that she had an ouchie in her paw. All the time I look at our dogs and I wonder what they're thinking, wish I knew what was going on in their minds. This is just so amazing!!

[@shirleychavez4870]

Bunny is incredibly cute and smart. More videos please!

[@ministryofpeacekmk]

I just ordered a 4 pack of talking buttons for my Chihuahua to start off with. She is so smart, and I'm pretty good at training, so we should be comnucating in no time! I am so excited to try them, and work with her in learning how to use them! 😁

[@freeman8382]

Lol good luck teaching a rodent how to use a button

[@tracyvignati]

I can't stand it! This is beyond heart warming and beautiful! I love Bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@krisi.2011]

That's incredible that adds a whole new dimension to their relationship

[@tigressnsnow]

It’s not that she talks through the paw buttons, it’s that she understands what is being said to her.

[@Koryogden]

Dogs do not understand language/sentences. They are associating simple words with meaning. They don't understand a word like Love or know it's meaning at all. They just associate the sound of 'L.Of.' to pleasurable sensations they feel. This is because they don't have a Neo-Cortex , this is why communicating with single words with them is better than "Do you want to go outside" , all the dog hears is " duyuwannagOUTSIDE" and they recognize that sound OUT.SIDE. and understand that sound means somewhere else they want to go.

[@jaouadharmouchi7465]

Love you, thank you. They have soo much appreciation for what we do for them

[@BOBLAF88]

I need one of those to communicate with my representative in California.

[@richardsnow682]

Rofl

[@bebebe1354]

Lol 😆

[@antoikirs6277]

I love Bunny she makes me laugh every time I watch a video of her

[@The_Gallowglass]

Gorillas and some other primates have a similar setup. It would be interesting to see if a dog and primate would talk to each other with this kind of setup.

[@azreal3830]

This is absolutely FASCINATING!

[@hcm9999]

Dog learns human language, since humans are unable to learn dog's language. Now that shows which one is more intelligent...

[@carolaika]

EXACTLY!

[@laquicha8159]

Ha ha! You got it right :)

[@adorable3817]

Good point!!!!!!!!! 😅🙈👍🤣

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

Thing is, dogs don't have language. The gist of this experiment (except owner's fun) is not what dogs normally do, but what _can_ they do provided with the second signal system. Turns out, quite a lot.

[@LoveDogs___3]

Them telling you when and where they were in pain would be the best. I constantly worry about my dog's and think about when I am hurting or sick and wish they could tell me if they ever felt as bad as I do.

[@emilydisalvo4769]

These doodles are taking over the world!!!! But she's awesome. 💙💜💜

[@iced_javascript1831]

What is a chicadoodle though

[@akinpaws]

@@iced_javascript1831 sheepadoodle = sheepdog & poodle.

[@helenabe1193]

I am so fascinated with how she communicates with you. And Bunny is soooooooo adorable ❤

[@rho5539]

you will know that the animal is really communicating with you when it looks straight at you after pressing a button.

[@julierozdeba3563]

Wow it's so fascinating that she understands emotions, very smart dog.

[@stephaniemamatree5973]

I don't know how you would teach a dog tomorrow or yesterday or even mad it seems really easy to teach outside or treat etc this is amazing

[@adorable3817]

True. That would be hard. Animals live in the "now"

[@eo4345]

Reinforcement. Most dogs understand the concept of time already it’s just a matter of getting them to use it with u as well. Now versus night versus morning would be first. Out those buttons near each other too. Then tomorrow and yesterday would come next.

[@elastronaute1198]

It is great to be able to communicate this way, like with actual words, but that is really the animal attempting to adapt to us and our language and communication methods, because anyone that owns a dog will know dogs already communicate with us all the time. Just in their own ways.

[@ritanonmacher126]

That’s true. I love to just watch my dogs. I can figure out what they are saying just by knowing them and observing them. But most people don’t take the time to observe their dogs and try to figure them out.

[@crestedcrazies]

This dog is amazing!

[@dlmalley8639]

Thank you so very much for Sharing. I always knew that animals are more intelligent than people give them credit for. YOU & BUNNY PROVES THAT EVERYDAY ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@izzyd1459]

I’m wondering if Bunny turns everyday items she encounters in the house or out in the world, when her buttons aren’t available, into buttons too. My Matilda is doing this even when her buttons ARE available but aren’t sufficient to say what she’s trying to communicate.

[@deannad9105]

According to her Mom, Bunny has made up terms. Here is a quote from an Insider interview. Devine said: "One time on the beach, we saw a baby seal. Bunny was wagging her tail and looked so curious. When she came home, she pressed 'water' and 'hippo." Bunny has a toy hippo, so it's already on her button board and it seems that she thought the baby seal resembled a "water hippo".

[@shirleysinclair2934]

She’s so smart! So neat to be able to communicate with her!!

[@jasonlovi8745]

I love how she nods right after she says I'm bunny

[@nicoleelgueta8647]

i love this!!! i use to say my dog talk to me. i guess she was a really good Communicator now that she passed am so happy that i told her how much i loved her and felt she was so smart.

[@houghwhite411]

Cat: Mad Mad Mad

[@buzzlight680]

Billie the cat did that lol XD

[@Sara-pw1dx]

I love what you did with your dog! I had a collar years ago and I taught him words and I would make new sentences with the words that he understood and I made up an embarrassing sentence and he ran away like if he was laughing and he couldn't take it anymore. Such a sweet animal and so communicative if I had time to spend with him and many days I did. So the day that I had to put him down because of his severe stroke I told him to go to God and I expect to see him again.

[@googlesoglow]

Animals are sentient beings . they always have been. They were our first teachers on this earth. We watch them where they can drink water we can see when they drink water it's not poison we watch them and see where food would be that would be safe for us to eat through watching and observing. Animals are very much my brother and sisters as well. They're made from the same stuff we are made from Stardust. They are part of us as we are apart of them

[@Lisa-gy5pw]

✌

[@laquicha8159]

Amen

[@lisajax6765]

That was eloquently written. Beautiful ❤️

[@bobdillaber1195]

Suki: Wonderful response. Are you familiar with Alan Watts? If you are, I'm not surprised. If not, you will love him I'm sure.

[@jounik8980]

Human is also animal

[@emiliodaddio8517]

This has incredible possibilities and promise. Bravo 👏

[@annneusidl5794]

Never underestimate an animal’s intelligence.They are GODS creatures. Just fabulous.♥️👏🏻

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

Sorry to break it, but there's no God... Also, intelligence depends on the tools you use. A lone monkey is less than a monkey, but give it a crowd, a way to communicate and a scientific method, and it builds a paradise.

[@MelissaBranchard]

Wow, this dog is really intelligent. Congrat!

[@ForeverAzul1]

I would've loved this for my late german shepherd.

[@Robin-rj8vg]

Bunny is so very smart and I love her personality! I have a3 yr old male pit bull who I plan on getting this system for He's also really intelligent,learns quickly and I can't wait to introduce him to this way of talking to me...❤❤❤

[@Faura_Phoe]

The crazy (and funny) part is bunny actually had an existential crisis figuring out that they're biologically different species but still family! ❤️

[@holisticallyhealthyandwell]

Wow! This is amazing!!!! Beautiful Bunny.

[@kristinepass4184]

Where would I find one if Leo's devices? I have 2 dogs. One is as dumb as a box of rocks. One is so smart I am quite sure he would do great with this.

[@megazver2]

FluentPet is the model of her buttons.

[@adorable3817]

@Rene' Craig Try to buy directly from the manufacturer if at all possible 🙏💚

[@neamhcridhe6475]

@@adorable3817 yes but those were expensive. i just looked into them to see about getting some for my cat, but i can't even get a "test" kit because it's too expensive for me, let alone the other kits at $100+

[@adorable3817]

@@neamhcridhe6475 🙄 they practically push people to Amazon

[@deborahschell9176]

She's beautiful!!!!! I have had labs all my life. But all dogs can communicate. Its the level you want to communicate with them ... even without the board my dogs tell me things... my boy has certainly figured out his language with me. And he's very talkative.

[@geminidream4347]

I absolutely love this idea! I am going to share this with my sister who is the only dog lover. Me and my other sister watch Billie because we are cat lovers. : )

[@andytay5507]

cats are smart and trainable too. I once taught a cat to roll over.

[@allandamian2059]

Fascinating!

[@jjtonks5005]

This reminds me of Dean Koontz novel, Watchers! So awesome!

[@missl6571]

If my cat told me he loved me I would cry so hard...

[@ttephi3667]

I'm sure he loves you lots.

[@Terryh681]

When your cat purrs, rubs against you, he is telling you in his own language he loves you. No need for buttons.

[@hazard4574]

@@Terryh681 when my cat does that, she's either asking for food or to go outside ):

[@whatadollslife]

it would be interesting if there was a cat in the household where the dog is talking with buttons .....do you think they would both start using it to each other ???

[@missl6571]

@@whatadollslife omg can you imagine!😂

[@optimalperformanceconsulta5813]

If anyone watches this and does not cry about the I love you, you need to get in touch with your heart again! This is marvelous and proves the work of other Cognition labs for animal research. #DogsAreSmart treat them as such. I can't wait to follow this every day!

[@zettaalderman1669]

I love this!! I believe my standard poodle would be perfect for it! She already knows how to spell words, and she tries so hard to talk to us!! How can I become involved in this??

[@tyd8077]

You can buy the communication system online, it's available for consumer purchase now :)

[@notayoutuber6778]

Love how Bunny 🐶could tell mom about her paw!!!!! Without the buttons, who knows how long that would of been there....

[@thomasschoeck9080]

I’m at least somewhat skeptical about this. From what I can recall I wasn’t able tell my parents that I had a headache or an earache (using words) until I was around six years old. For a typical dog that would be close to half a lifetime.

[@strawberryseason]

This is AMAZING! I wish I known about this when my beloved Abby was still here.

[@cassandrasmith5265]

Yes, my cat Vinny truly thought and acted as if he were human. He used to talk a lot to everyone ( cat talk) and he used to hug everyone. He always wanted to be a part of any conversations being had. Oh, if only this were around when he was still alive. He lived 14 & 1/2 years. He was such a good friend.

[@strawberryseason]

@@cassandrasmith5265 Sounds like a wonderful cat! My Abby was also super smart. I can really see her using these sound buttons. She lived to be 13 years old, which is quite the achievement considering she was a borzoi mix (large sight hound).

[@SusanBrooks-g1p]

BRILLIANT! Would be great for seniors or disabled ❤

[@buciallstar]

Wait, UCSD? I worked at UCSD up until half a year ago, and I didn't know that

[@faith5401]

Yaiiiii.... such a cute lovely smart doggy indeed 😙🐾🐾 much hugs n kisses to u doggy ❤❤❤🎀💖

[@yaoblack3579]

Honestly, When she said she had a Stranger in her paw and it was true, it s scared the shit out of me a little bit

[@meganbarber3599]

Bunny is the best/smartest/cutest talking dog out there!

[@donna7507]

OmG that part would be awesome if they could tell us when they’re in pain 😭💔

[@linda6987]

Bunny is adorable! And smart! ❤️ 🐾 ❤️

[@Karenmariepombagira]

To me its just common sense that they know how to talk all along. They just did not speak our language.

[@susanroberts2011]

Hi Bunny’s Mom! I think you are awesome and Bunny is just the smartest dog/animal/human I have ever seen. ❤️ My husband and I watch all the time, we watched the one where “Dad” was gone and Bunny talked about Dad all day… and at one point Bunny said “talk dad” or something like that, could it be, she wanted to talk to dad on the phone or pc? Like FaceTime? Have you done that before and maybe that’s what she wanted? I mean she’s just so smart, I think she’s more than capable of learning anything! And kudos to you! Truly is amazing to see ❤️

[@yinzerghost]

OMG I feel so bad for not being able to better communicate with my dogs now...

[@DarmaniLink]

I had a theory that dogs have been around humans for so long that they have evolved to fully understand human language, while still no means of expressing themselves in a complex way, and this seems to confirm that

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

Ah, jeez. My dog took TWO YEARS to learn her name. She still doesn’t know any other words including walkies and din-dins. And no, she’s not hard of hearing. I rescued her 4 years ago when she was three and as soon as I learn what language she speaks we’ll be away!

[@immanuelhall4577]

Lol

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

Well, dogs don't naturally have the second signal system, so it's down to the first one which isn't that hard. But this experiment, even if you do not implement its results, does well in us understanding of dogs' way of understanding the world around them and thinking in general, which can be useful on its own.

[@steph8455116]

How’s everything going? Try using Spanish words. I know someone who had a rescue that wouldn’t react to words, so he tried saying commands in Spanish, and the dog quickly responded!! I wish I was able to show you some videos…

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@steph8455116 oh that’s funny! I’ll have to learn a bit of Spanish - although I could try french ‘ah, Tink, le dejeuner!’

[@AZ-kr6ff]

Try saying walk and eat, instead of walkies and din dins. Dogs find that kind of nonsense to be condescending, and annoying.