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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
  • What if your pet could talk to you? What if they could say they love you, they want to play, or that they're in pain? Well, Bunny the 'Talking' Dog has been using buttons to communicate that and more with her human, Alexis. An intimate journey that started with a dog, a mom, and an 'outside' button has turned into a sprawling board of over 80 buttons and an endearing TikTok community of over five million followers. As evidenced by comments on social media, Bunny's language-learning journey is opening people's eyes to animal sentience and deepening their compassion for animals. Bunny's human, Alexis, believes if animals could learn to communicate, it could revolutionize the relationships humans have with...
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  • @sarahangeleski2027
    @sarahangeleski2027 3 года назад +314

    The fact that Bunny can use "stranger" to signal that something alien, something unusual, is stuck in her paw and is causing her pain ("ouch") is just phenomenal. It means that she can form concepts and uses words conceptually, not just literally. Such a high level cognition on the part of our canine friends blows my mind!

    • @KC-fi2or
      @KC-fi2or 3 года назад +29

      There's so much more. In one of the videos, she requests play dates with her friends Beacher and Tango. There's another where she's just asking random questions to try to figure out if her "mom," and cat are technically her "friends," too. Like I was super skeptical at first, but now I firmly believe Bunny has figured out how to communicate.

    • @shannon4386
      @shannon4386 3 года назад +22

      One of my favorite interactions was when their pet cat was up on the top little platform thing that they have on that post in the middle of the room, and Bunny hit the buttons "cat" and "upstairs". They only use the word upstairs to refer to the second floor of their home, but she was able to recognize that the cat being on a higher plane could also be described as upstairs. Just really cool how she's putting these concepts together.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад +1

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

    • @yamatotakeru9078
      @yamatotakeru9078 3 года назад

      TRUE

    • @jesusramirez000
      @jesusramirez000 2 года назад

      Make me think they just need a little push to evolve

  • @glennwelsh9784
    @glennwelsh9784 3 года назад +51

    Watched some of Bunny's videos. One interaction of note was when she hits the buttons "SOUND", "LOUD", "BIRD". Turns out, she was hearing a plane flying overhead. Not knowing what a plane was, she refers to it as a "loud bird".

    • @KlavierMenn
      @KlavierMenn 3 года назад +11

      Did you saw the one that she wanted the cat to play with her? first she hit 'CAT' 'PLAY'. her owner says, 'cat no play', the Bunny hits 'CAT' 'LOVE YOU' "PLAY'. like she WANTS to play with the cat, and also love the cat, but the cat being cat doesn't bother with poor Bunny

  • @mom2adragon677
    @mom2adragon677 3 года назад +97

    I learned years ago how capable dogs can be when learning words. Our little dog was very sensitive to certain words like “Turkey,” “park,” “walk” etc. So we eventually started spelling her trigger words. Within a month she knew exactly what we were spelling. Same result when we learned to say the words that really drove her nuts in Portuguese. So we had an elderly poodle that spelled and understood Portuguese. She was the star of the family.

    • @marjoriejohnson6535
      @marjoriejohnson6535 3 года назад +8

      Same here...shetland sheepdog. Went to spelling words. Found out I needed to spell them slower...when that no longer worked - switched to french...by the time Samwize was 5 ...I needed to find different ways to communicate with my granddaughter that i wanted to take Sam on a walk down the railtrail and she should get ready to go...other places didnt excite him s much and it didnt matter to me that he understood and would get his leash and go to the door..but the railtrail walks were a whole different thing as far as he was concerned. Just way to excited and had to be careful that he didn't blot out the door.

    • @susans3469
      @susans3469 3 года назад +5

      Same here with my Yorkie Lola! She's super smart as well. Spelling things seems to be condescending to her! Lmao I didnt know others experienced this. I ❤ God's creations!!! ❤❤❤

    • @someopinion2846
      @someopinion2846 3 года назад +1

      Give Bunny alphabet buttons. Probably most animal give up on human language only because they can't vocalize properly.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

    • @lisaspikes4291
      @lisaspikes4291 2 года назад +2

      I had a shepherd mix mutt that did the same thing! Pizza, walk, outside, treat. We started spelling them all, and soon she knew what the spelling meant too. I’m curious about if I had had one of these mats, what she could have communicated to me!

  • @jolube2448
    @jolube2448 3 года назад +84

    Its wonderful to see a dog saying things we believe they're thinking

    • @saramachado3077
      @saramachado3077 3 года назад +3

      But they think....In a more primitive way but still

    • @Ninastarr
      @Ninastarr 3 года назад +4

      Omg that reminds me of the popular theory that if you assign human emotions to an animal, your viewed and labeled as 'immature' lol...id love to see that psychologists face watching THIS

    • @ems7623
      @ems7623 3 года назад +3

      Yes, but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that human beings have a strong tendency to anthropomorphize the world, especially our domesticated animals. I respect this woman's intelligence and she certainly knows a bit about some of the relevant science. But it would be very easy for anyone teaching their dog this way to read too much into what the dog is doing and "saying". She maintains healthy skepticism it seems, but still ...
      RUclips is overflowing with examples of extreme anthropomorphism. It's just part of who we are as a species. But it does mislead us quite often when we try to understand what the lives and especially minds of animals might be like.

    • @BeardedBarley1
      @BeardedBarley1 3 года назад +1

      @@ems7623 - ...And yet, here’s Bunny!

    • @billbob4243
      @billbob4243 Год назад

      I feel the same way about my girlfriend.

  • @daytonapeanut
    @daytonapeanut 3 года назад +51

    Can you imagine that someday someone might be able to visit the vet and say, "my dog says there's something wrong with his stomach"?

    • @emo.tional_darkness6669
      @emo.tional_darkness6669 Год назад +1

      Frrrr😂 I watched a thing and apparently scientists predicted dogs talking in 200 yrs🤡idk if I completely believe that... but I wouldn't exactly b too surprised yk? Lol

    • @emo.tional_darkness6669
      @emo.tional_darkness6669 Год назад

      And I mean vocally speaking like us bc apparently they're vocals or whatever tf will evolve tremendously in "jus 200 yrs" part of me want to b like bsss... but honestly google says dogs don't talk and I have a very vocal pitty/boxer mix who says a handful of words vocals, he can say go, no, mom, get out, outside and more, and it's so perfect it always blows ppls mind lol, so part of me kinda believes it😅

  • @lucileofvenus
    @lucileofvenus 3 года назад +201

    2:13 woah so does that mean she perceives "stranger" as something unfamiliar, which is why she used stranger to represent the foxtail? that's so cool

    • @tranquility9325
      @tranquility9325 3 года назад +4

      I was thinking stranger as in person stranger. Seems like Bunny needs to teach me lol.

    • @ABCDEFR
      @ABCDEFR 3 года назад +16

      @@tranquility9325 Even though it seems like a lot "for a dog", Bunny's vocabulary is still ultimately limited by the number of buttons she has at her disposal. She doesn't have a button for "thorn", so she uses a combination of "ouch" and "stranger" to describe a foreign entity causing her discomfort. Her ability to combine and expand words beyond their literal definition to describe abstract concepts is really quite fascinating, at least to me. I recommend you check out their RUclips channel, there's plenty more examples that pretty convincingly demonstrate that she's really quite adept at communicating using the tools she has at her disposal.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад +1

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

    • @lorcis1
      @lorcis1 2 года назад

      dont forget, she has an extremely limited vocabulary, stranger could mean thots of things, she is extra smart for making a good choice

    • @sundoesshine8583
      @sundoesshine8583 2 года назад

      @@prittyugly86 serious!?

  • @LS-ys8nr
    @LS-ys8nr 3 года назад +25

    This seems like some kind of scientific breakthrough; having an animal understand and communicate on this level. Mind blown! :)

  • @coolbionicle
    @coolbionicle 3 года назад +36

    Can you imagine having this as a standardized form of comunication and reaching the veterinarian comunity enabling propper medical consults on dogs? That would be amazing!

    • @debbienpeters
      @debbienpeters 3 года назад +6

      I was just thinking about the idea of teaching animals body parts to ask where things hurt. I wonder if anyone has done that. Like, ears, paws, stomach, inside, but, ect.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

    • @shurgars
      @shurgars 2 года назад

      @@debbienpeters wouldnt it be just as efficient to touch the dog in these places and judge by the reaction where it hurts? That's essentially what we do with people and they don't even need Buttons to talk.

  • @cynthiatolman326
    @cynthiatolman326 3 года назад +57

    Have their been any brain scans on Bunny? Like a baseline before, and perhaps as her communication skills develop to see what changes might be occurring in her brain? She's so sweet and so intelligent.

    • @Diamondqueen781
      @Diamondqueen781 3 года назад +2

      I would love to know what differences it would show in such a smart girl she's so lovely and sweet xx

    • @ShaunMahabeer
      @ShaunMahabeer 2 года назад

      We are finding that all dogs are intelligent and all life is intelligence

    • @ryanhampson673
      @ryanhampson673 2 года назад

      They’ve done brain scans on dogs that are being talked to and they use the same area of the brain as we do when actively listening and comprehending someone talking to them.

  • @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens
    @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens 3 года назад +37

    *I want to give Bunny Scritches!*

  • @tigressnsnow
    @tigressnsnow 3 года назад +28

    It’s just dawned on me that dogs (all animals) can get depressed because they aren’t able to talk when they need help.

    • @yasmin7903
      @yasmin7903 2 года назад +1

      More like WE do not pay attention. They do communicate in a lot of ways. With their eyes, their barks, their body language...

  • @andreatuckman1084
    @andreatuckman1084 3 года назад +23

    What’s also amazing is how she memorized the position of each button. Obviously she isn’t reading them. Dozens of similar colors and shapes yet she’s able to select the correct one.

    • @debbienpeters
      @debbienpeters 3 года назад +3

      Dogs can read.

    • @debbienpeters
      @debbienpeters 3 года назад +6

      As I’ve seen videos where dogs can learn the written word sit, and they know what to do when they see it. I’m sure there are other words they can site read, so yeah, dogs can read,

    • @gargoyle4807
      @gargoyle4807 3 года назад +4

      I wouldn't even be able to memorise the buttons..... 😳

    • @ems7623
      @ems7623 3 года назад +3

      You're almost certainly right, but we don't actually know what precisely Bunny is looking at to remember which button is which. She could in fact be seeing the array of shapes which we call letters and remembering something about them that's different from the others.
      But, no, people that doesn't amount to "reading" which is a far more complex activity than recognizing what are called "signs" in linguistics. Slow your roll and don't jump to wild conclusions on such limited information.

    • @sundoesshine8583
      @sundoesshine8583 2 года назад

      @@gargoyle4807 ikr

  • @sabretooth717
    @sabretooth717 3 года назад +18

    Im glad bunny,s here ..maybe people will be kinder to animals for once.!

  • @12345directioner
    @12345directioner 3 года назад +4

    You and Bunny are amazing! It seems to me that the communication that you share has mad your relationship with Bunny so much more fulfilling for both of you. I can imagine how great it must feel for your pet to be understood. Love your videos!

  • @killacitybaby
    @killacitybaby 3 года назад +33

    This will take animal rights to a new level eventually. Just because animals don't speak our human language doesn't mean they don't understand and can't comprehend what is going on in our world or theirs. I feel like we are toddlers compared to a lot of animals. We don't understand their needs fully till we literally teach them to communicate with us in our language.

    • @indodinoyoutube
      @indodinoyoutube 3 года назад +1

      Next step: humans learn animal language.

    • @grunt7684
      @grunt7684 3 года назад +2

      @@indodinoyoutube Telepathy is the natural language of all animals. Look up animal communicator videos on here. It's easy to communicate telepathically with animals. I did it with my dogs, and now do it with squirrels and birds.

    • @indodinoyoutube
      @indodinoyoutube 3 года назад

      @@grunt7684 Interesting...
      Can you tell me a bit about your experience with this?

    • @grunt7684
      @grunt7684 3 года назад +1

      @@indodinoyoutube It truly is communication from the heart, not from the mind. It also grants a deep understanding of the animal's inner workings, which is lost when using an external method such as the buttons.
      Not criticizing, the speech buttons are wonderful!

    • @indodinoyoutube
      @indodinoyoutube 3 года назад

      @@grunt7684 I wish we could make translators like the ones in Up lol

  • @isabelleg9118
    @isabelleg9118 3 года назад +45

    We need to do this with whales, and elephants and other sentient beings that we have not been able to communicate with and objectified.

    • @KlavierMenn
      @KlavierMenn 3 года назад +5

      I think that there's a story of a beluga whale that learned how to say GET OUT. Idk about you, but that would scare the bejezus outta me.

    • @RinkieGeintie
      @RinkieGeintie 3 года назад

      i mean it would be hard to create a button panel for a whale though

    • @Hb1290Logos
      @Hb1290Logos 3 года назад

      Other primates too. If they can learn sign language surely they can learn something like this.

    • @EurydiceAllAlong
      @EurydiceAllAlong 2 года назад +1

      Nasa actually did try to reach a dolphin to talk but the story is batshit crazy. A woman lived in a partially submerged house with the dolphin. She ended up giving the dolphin handjobs and they dropped acid together and eventually the project was cancelled. I'm pretty sure the woman wrote a book on the experience but I'm gonna say teaching dolphins is not on the agenda anytime soon

  • @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv
    @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 3 года назад +2

    Dogs are very patient with us; clearly better senses than us & they know we need them

  • @suzannpuppiesareprecious5285
    @suzannpuppiesareprecious5285 3 года назад +1

    Bunny is so beautiful and Intelligent. Of course everyone is going to follow her for her new adventurers.
    Beautiful Bunny has the very best videos a lot better than any cat videos , I've seen , where cat's don't really want to talk with their human parent.
    Bunny adores you and it shows her willingness to communicate with you says volumes and we enjoy so much seeing it.
    This proves that Dogs love their Human Parents , with all their hearts and are extremely loyal .
    God bless you and Bunny ,we really appreciate and enjoy all your viedos.
    Thank you Suzann Sr.

  • @alexxdaye1
    @alexxdaye1 3 года назад +1

    Awwwww!!! This is AMAZING!! Bunny is ADORABLE and rather intelligent! She's so cool!

  • @indodinoyoutube
    @indodinoyoutube 3 года назад +3

    Animals are so much smarter than humans give them credit for.

  • @KC-fi2or
    @KC-fi2or 3 года назад +3

    I've been following Bunny on RUclips for a while. Her parents have legitimately taught her how to communicate. The only animal with buttons I believe. She's, very clearly, demonstrated she knows what she's talking about.

    • @ABCDEFR
      @ABCDEFR 3 года назад +5

      There's a cat on RUclips named "Billi" that also uses buttons to communicate, and Bunny's parents have stated that they took the idea from another person on instagram that was doing the same thing with their dog. So not the first/only to explore this concept, but I think given how fantastic the results with Bunny have been, she's a great ambassador for trying to expand the boundaries of communication with our pets.

    • @TieDyeVikki
      @TieDyeVikki 3 года назад +5

      FYI, there are a couple thousand pets with buttons (mostly dogs, some cats, and a few other species like pigs and horses) who are enrolled in a scientific study at a university, including Bunny and Billi (and Stella, whose owner I think started it all). They and the others who are on RUclips and other social media have inspired many more people to try it with their pets, most of which probably won't actually enroll in the study. So that's a lot of potential button-talking animals out there! Pretty exciting stuff!

    • @debbienpeters
      @debbienpeters 3 года назад +1

      @@TieDyeVikki Billi is so interesting as the videos have show that she understands object and subject. Like she will say billi pet mom, which means she wants to pet her mom, not billi wants pets from mom. Billi seems to understand the subject object order. Really interesting.

    • @TieDyeVikki
      @TieDyeVikki 3 года назад +1

      @@debbienpeters The "Billi pet Mom" video was really cute, though it's hard to say if that was really what it looked like it or not. Even so, it's pretty evident she's got a pretty good grip on it all. I'm not one to underestimate animals, but even I was floored to see a cat button-talking as well as the dogs, especially considering how old she was when she started. And she clearly keeps progressing. And her Mom says she was just an average cat before. Imagine what might be possible with cat breeds known for intelligence, like the Abyssinian, Siamese, Turkish Van, Bengal, Savannah, etc. I wonder if any such breeds are enrolled in the study.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

  • @Meekoid
    @Meekoid 3 года назад +5

    This has to be the easiest dog in the universe to dogsit

  • @TheBrickTavern
    @TheBrickTavern 3 года назад +1

    I simply LOVE this dog!

  • @551moley
    @551moley 3 года назад +2

    It's amazing! my cockerpoo would have worn the treat button out within a day!

  • @tatianaking
    @tatianaking 3 года назад +2

    Planet of the dogs

  • @pattismithurs9023
    @pattismithurs9023 2 года назад

    I'm on an endorphin overload right now. Thank you for sharing Bunny with us!

  • @shafur3
    @shafur3 3 года назад +2

    Bunny is adorable❣️

  • @lorcis1
    @lorcis1 2 года назад

    beautiful and amazing, i bet most animals could do this to some degree

  • @revangerang
    @revangerang 3 года назад +4

    Bunny is the best!

  • @Just-Nikki
    @Just-Nikki 3 года назад +2

    I’m in awe this truly amazing

  • @LS-ys8nr
    @LS-ys8nr 3 года назад

    So amazing and cute!

  • @enjolecjohnson7224
    @enjolecjohnson7224 3 года назад +2

    this is so cute!!!

  • @LoveBeautyFun7
    @LoveBeautyFun7 3 года назад +1

    Wow, this is a real revolution!

  • @lizagates6252
    @lizagates6252 3 года назад

    So adorable

  • @LuchoPiastri
    @LuchoPiastri 2 года назад +1

    Thanks, now I'm teaching my doggies to say "food" and "go for a walk"

  • @Camwin
    @Camwin 3 года назад +1

    This makes me want a dog so much more, but it also doesn't. It's hard enough losing a pet let alone one you can actually talk to.

  • @danielenocito5080
    @danielenocito5080 3 года назад

    This is so wonderful

  • @maxbagdasarov1311
    @maxbagdasarov1311 3 года назад

    Amazing!!

  • @rosegarden0988
    @rosegarden0988 3 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @mrmervinjminky1536
    @mrmervinjminky1536 3 года назад

    It is such a cute looking dog ☺️

  • @lugh6982
    @lugh6982 3 года назад +1

    Wouldn’t it be amazing if billi and bunny could talk to each other

  • @karengossett1475
    @karengossett1475 3 года назад

    After losing a beloved Bulldog I would have loved having a form of communication with her. 💕

  • @alecbrown66
    @alecbrown66 2 года назад

    I believe we all have dogs that talk, not just by body language, but they also try to vocalise, yet we dont listen or put it down to it being yappy or just " being a dog".
    As i have had many dogs all my adult life, and being with them 24/7 due to my disability, i have noticed they all have tried to speak " human". They just cant vocalise it as clearly, loudly enough as a human due to their biology. However, if you listen carefully to their breath exhalations, these modulate in mimicry of human speech and can work as well as buttons

  • @jennifervogann6656
    @jennifervogann6656 3 года назад +1

    She is so sweet🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @badger6817
    @badger6817 2 года назад

    Amazing

  • @oscaroctavio
    @oscaroctavio 2 года назад

    That is amazing 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv
    @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 3 года назад

    Bunny needs a button so she can get a beenie, but not lime green.

  • @nildaaponte6684
    @nildaaponte6684 3 года назад +1

    Awesome

  • @happyhealthydutchie
    @happyhealthydutchie 3 года назад

    Why the dislike? Bunny is funny.

  • @deborahchapman222
    @deborahchapman222 3 года назад +7

    I had a dog that my vet called the dog who could speak English. Nicki couldn’t actually speak but she understood what I was saying with incredible accuracy. Niki was a shih tzu crossed with a pug. She passed 5 years ago at the age of 10.
    Let me start by saying I am not a dog trainer. I really have no clue how to train a dog. I talk to them a lot with the expectation that they understand me. In time they understand complex sentences. Here is the real kicker: Nicki started to understand me telepathically! I noticed she was was responding to things that I was thinking about. For instance, I would be thinking about taking Niki for a ride in the car. She would get really excited and start making circles by the door.
    So I thought that I would test it. She was sitting on my lap. I thought, “Niki do you love me?” She looked at me with those big expressive eyes and licked my arm. 🥰. I did this one by accident. I was thinking about what would I fix for breakfast. I thought I would make ham and eggs, Niki’s favorite. I Sat there 15 more minutes watching the news. Suddenly, she was at my feet and started barking at me. She rarely does this unless she wants to go to bed. I stood up and she herded me into the kitchen. Then she started making circles by the stove. She wanted me to make the ham and eggs that I was thinking of. She always gets a healthy portion of it.
    So I have tried this with other animals. They understand our thoughts better than you would think. Actually, I am quite sure that this is how animals communicate with each other. I wonder if there have been studies about that.
    I have a Morkie now. Just like Niki, Dixie understands me when I talk with her. I haven’t tried to communicate telepathically to her yet. I guess I should test it.
    Debbie

    • @debbienpeters
      @debbienpeters 3 года назад +4

      I had a cat who was very good at understanding what I was saying. Never tried the telepathy, but upon hearing that cats only meow to communicate with humans, it makes sense. I know yr talk about dogs, but I think cats and dogs have similar intelligence.

    • @indodinoyoutube
      @indodinoyoutube 3 года назад

      Woah...

    • @grunt7684
      @grunt7684 3 года назад +2

      All animals communicate telepathically. Humans can learn to do it as well, although this button stuff is also awesoeme. But look up animal communicator videos. Telepathy is real.

    • @deborahchapman222
      @deborahchapman222 3 года назад

      @@grunt7684 I know. Isn’t it great!

    • @deborahchapman222
      @deborahchapman222 3 года назад +2

      @@grunt7684 absolutely! I thought I would check it out on a chicken. I was at a outdoor party. They had free range chickens. The little kids started chasing one trying to catch it. The poor chick was totally freaked out! It was screeching and flying around. I said quietly under my breath, “Come to me chicken. I will save you.” A few minutes later, I found the chicken seeking shelter under my chair! Yep, even chickens!

  • @czernm20
    @czernm20 2 года назад

    Trust is hardest thing cause they in literall sense can hear your thoughts. I think they can hear blood flow in head or hearth work. They have awesome ears.

  • @terriem3922
    @terriem3922 3 года назад

    Poodles are geniuses.

  • @maddygates9566
    @maddygates9566 3 года назад +1

    WOW THAT'S SOOO COOL
    U R DOING VERY IMPORTANT WORK! I feel that in the future most animals will have this at their disposal. Very cool!!!

  • @r_e.
    @r_e. 3 года назад +1

    That's unbelievable

  • @benjaminfreyman4273
    @benjaminfreyman4273 3 года назад +5

    Well she's got poodle in her blood so who's surprised that bunny talks alot. Of. Course dogs can say almost anything. Can't your kid?

  • @ephemerabluetit335
    @ephemerabluetit335 3 года назад +1

    Are there smaller buttons for kittens and rabbits?

  • @shurgars
    @shurgars 2 года назад +2

    It's interesting that when the dog 'says' "scritches go", the owner reinforces the interpreted message verbally and using gestures. The dog then comes to her for scritches, almost as if prompted by her. I wonder what would have happened if the owner instead acted like "scritches go" was a request for playing with a ball, picking up a ball and gesturing with it, would the dog have reacted, as if prompted to play ball with her?
    I'm not saying this is definitely what is happening, but you have to be really careful with these things so as to not generously interpret, or accidentally prompt the dog to act consistent with it's supposed communication, then use it's behaviour in response to that prompt as evidence for the supposed communication.
    I don't want to sound overly pessimistic, I am convinced dogs can easily learn to distinguish hundreds of objects and activities etc. and also to communicate their wishes in relation to these concepts and objects.
    It's when animals are supposedly creating human-language like sentences and combining words in human typical ways I get very skeptical; it's very easy to over interpret and it has happened before with ape sign language experiments.
    I would love to be proven wrong in the future. Unfortunately I doubt the scientific rigor of any tik-tok celebrity.

    • @sundoesshine8583
      @sundoesshine8583 2 года назад

      actually they are indeed part of a scientific study. watch the ytube vids. you'll be able to see that she will say ball, and look around for it, or stairs, and look upstairs. she'll even use upstairs when referring to a cat on a counter, because she doesn't have a word for counter yet. i can see how you'd think what you wrote of though, happens too.

    • @Zowiezo101
      @Zowiezo101 2 года назад +1

      I believe both of you are right. I think the verval reinforcement is used to try and link the action of the button press to the result of scritches, ball or anything else.
      With some animals that goes wrong and they just press a button and the owner eventually 'gives a command' as a response of the button press.
      With other animals it goes right and they understand that different buttons have different results.
      At least that's what I believe!

  • @christopherg.matton9610
    @christopherg.matton9610 3 года назад

    Dean Koontz must be so excited

  • @Dehcallmeandy
    @Dehcallmeandy 3 года назад +1

    How do you teach bunny a word like stranger?

  • @wallie2strong516
    @wallie2strong516 3 года назад

    wow! 5.7 mil followers

  • @billbob4243
    @billbob4243 Год назад

    My dog can sign language.

  • @jasoncoker1625
    @jasoncoker1625 3 года назад

    💜

  • @datboiderrty
    @datboiderrty 2 года назад

    0:50 ooooooo you like sriracha!~~~

  • @Lisa-eu9fy
    @Lisa-eu9fy 2 года назад

    💖💖💖👍👏

  • @johnlee5937
    @johnlee5937 2 года назад +1

    Got one for my girlfriend because she says we need to talk more.
    So far she only uses the "money"' "money" bottom.

  • @janetgreenslade9281
    @janetgreenslade9281 3 года назад

    👏👏👏

  • @eriktheviking6187
    @eriktheviking6187 3 года назад +1

    Mommy smart. I want a smart mommy too.

  • @anitahaviland3036
    @anitahaviland3036 3 года назад +1

    Buttons: ear, nose, mouth tail She has Hurt?

  • @grimaffiliations3671
    @grimaffiliations3671 3 года назад

    This is nuts

  • @heatherwhatever7714
    @heatherwhatever7714 3 года назад

    Bunny, it almost looks like you’re in my old apartment. If you pull back that far right curtain just a touch, it should be Alcatraz. Cool. Peace, cutie.

  • @ShamanSage
    @ShamanSage 3 года назад +2

    is that really a dog cuz im startin to think its a guy in a dog costume

  • @Brittunculi
    @Brittunculi 3 года назад

    Associate notes to words,repeat until a reaction,then 10% for the big guy 😉

  • @Rizzatouille
    @Rizzatouille 2 года назад

    THIS NEEDS TO GO TO ELON MUSK. Put nuerolink into a dog's brain and some how make it able to select objects irl or maybe some kind of overlay of phrases it can see and choose from, and have it speak thru a device. ( extra money for different types of voices )

  • @brandonleesanders
    @brandonleesanders 2 года назад

    I wanna see dolphins or seals using the same method.

  • @unamclister4340
    @unamclister4340 10 месяцев назад

    I suggest a f...off button. Try it when dogs are together ; not on their own.❤

  • @lizagates9428
    @lizagates9428 3 года назад

    Now, bc of you, there are all these talking dogs, but I love your "set up". You work with a cognitive science dept at a reputable school (I was a graduate biological behavioral neuroscience student at Columbia university, and I know work as a therapist, so I admire the partnership with the scientific method), your house is AMAZING.. Youre adorable, the dog is just so cute... It makes for a charming, substantive "channel"

  • @robbieberry9700
    @robbieberry9700 2 года назад

    Hi Bunny

  • @morganmurphy103
    @morganmurphy103 3 года назад +1

    where can I get one of those for my doggo?

    • @ABCDEFR
      @ABCDEFR 3 года назад

      Bunny uses a system from FluentPet, if you want to pick some up.

  • @CarolinaChris26
    @CarolinaChris26 Год назад +1

    IS this scary or cool.......???

  • @davel9015
    @davel9015 3 года назад

    What is a "sheepadoodle"?

  • @dsanders755
    @dsanders755 3 года назад

    Audio much better.

  • @TrashCanComputerChris
    @TrashCanComputerChris 6 месяцев назад

    If the dog can talk? Why couldn’t we teach it to do math or read?

  • @ItsMeMissV369
    @ItsMeMissV369 3 года назад +1

    UCSD!? Are u in SoCal? I thought pacific nw 🙃

    • @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens
      @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens 3 года назад +2

      They live in Seattle.

    • @ItsMeMissV369
      @ItsMeMissV369 3 года назад

      @@Khaleesi_Of_Kittens I guess I was right the first time lol Ty!🐾

    • @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens
      @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens 3 года назад

      @@ItsMeMissV369 they aren't in SoCal. You're welcome.

    • @ItsMeMissV369
      @ItsMeMissV369 3 года назад

      @@Khaleesi_Of_Kittens you already answered and I said thank you 😄

    • @ziggystardog
      @ziggystardog 3 года назад +1

      Vídeos go to UCSD for analysis and they advise on possible words to model.

  • @SlyLikesSpace
    @SlyLikesSpace 3 года назад +2

    first :D

  • @renphelpsz9383
    @renphelpsz9383 3 года назад

    UCSD! Omg you're in SD!?

    • @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens
      @Khaleesi_Of_Kittens 3 года назад +1

      They live in Seattle.

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

  • @rayskitten78
    @rayskitten78 3 года назад

    Its lovely that she can use the buttons but dogs are not an experiment

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

    • @KlavierMenn
      @KlavierMenn 3 года назад +1

      That's more like research. Or a curiosity. She isn't being mistreated, if you fear that.

  • @melpost8117
    @melpost8117 2 года назад

    Ugh adds and more adds

  • @texasalalmoful
    @texasalalmoful 3 года назад +1

    This is not talking by any sense, this is simply communication.

    • @sarahangeleski2027
      @sarahangeleski2027 3 года назад +1

      Simply, right. 😂

    • @TieDyeVikki
      @TieDyeVikki 3 года назад +4

      "By ANY sense"? Really? Maybe not in the LITERAL sense, as in audible words coming out of her mouth, but ANY sense? By that standard, deaf people who communicate with sign language aren't really talking.

    • @texasalalmoful
      @texasalalmoful 3 года назад

      @@TieDyeVikkithese are feel good videos demonstrating Pavlov’s classical conditioning. A dogs brain is just not made for complex tasks such as talking.

    • @TieDyeVikki
      @TieDyeVikki 3 года назад +2

      @@texasalalmoful It's called brain plasticity, and this goes way beyond Pavlov's classic conditioning. We don't know what's possible until we try. And once we see results, we can't just keep saying it's impossible. We've seen too much from Bunny to keep chalking it up to randomness, coincidence, human projection, etc. Now maybe the results of the study will show she's just an exceptional dog, or it's only possible if you start as a puppy like she did (although Billi the cat started at age 11or 12 and she's impressive, but maybe she's just exceptional too), or maybe only certain breeds show promise, etc. But I'd say we have enough preliminary evidence on Bunny (and Billi) to know it's not random. Even you admit it's "simply communication"... well how is that possible if their brains can't handle such things?

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 3 года назад +1

      Hello has anyone else had these fluent pet buttons with pre recorded obscenities and creepy messages? Me and a few others have.

  • @warrenrodgers7544
    @warrenrodgers7544 3 года назад

    Jesus is the only way to heaven humble your selves and ask him he will answer you