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Button Teaching Basics: How to Teach Your Dog to Talk
Have you ever looked at your dog and wished you knew what they were thinking or trying to tell you? Using talking buttons, a form of Augmentative Interspecies Communication, we can now answer these questions. Many dogs are able to relay their thoughts, needs, and observations by pressing recordable buttons programmed with specific words. By providing our animals with a voice, we can better understand each other, giving everyone with a more fulfilling and rewarding life.
Looking Back on One Year of Ripley Using Buttons
From initial skepticism to undeniable communication, catch up on our first year of using Fluent Pet buttons with Ripley the ‘Talking’ Dog.
6 Ways Teaching Our Dog to Talk with Buttons Has Changed Our Relationship
Ever wondered how we could better understand our pets? We do…every single day. Fortunately, buttons have revolutionized the way we connect with our dogs. In this post we dive into some of the different ways that teaching Ripley to communicate with buttons has improved our relationship!
Our AIC Story
I was skeptical too. I was intrigued when I first saw the buttons, but I was immediately flooded with all my psychology training. This was confirmation bias, the tendency to cherry-pick information confirming our beliefs or ideas.
What is AIC?
Communication is fundamental to the human experience. But what about our furry companions? How do they convey their desires or share their thoughts with us? Outside of wagging their tails or barking, they don’t. So we thought.
