Todd The Toy Maker - Todd Can Haz Language Pt. 1
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- In my opinion, in a video Jackson Galaxy did a while back • Talking Buttons for Ca... he said that cats who use the recordable buttons are not really communicating but just using a press and reward system. I have already done a response video to this but I continue to get comments frequently along the same lines, many referring to Mr. Galaxy’s video. Todd has done so much more since my response video I feel it’s time for another.
I will admit I am biased about Todd and his abilities so I will present a multi-part series showing what I feel is critical thinking and communication beyond just a push and reward system.
Todd is a 6-year-old neutered male cat at the time of this video. Todd and his dad have been learning to communicate with each other since May of 2022 with the help of recordable buttons. We aim to let Todd express himself and tell me his wants and needs. Currently, Todd has 51 words on his soundboard. This channel is dedicated to Todd learning to “talk”. If you would like to see more of Todd and his day-to-day life please visit his Facebook page.
Links:
Todd on FaceBook: / spiffykitty
Todd on IG: / the_chronicles_of_todd
Todd Mug: www.zazzle.com...
Todd’s Buttons (Fluent Pet Affiliate Link): flnt.pt/Todd
Todd’s Website: thechronicleso...
Ambush Toy
www.amazon.com...
Butterfly
www.amazon.com...
Peacock Feather
www.amazon.com...
String Thing
www.amazon.com...
Flappy Bird
a.co/d/67Iq2We
Puzzle Box
www.chewy.com/...
Mousey
www.chewy.com/...
Bird Toy
www.chewy.com/...
i saw a video here on RUclips of a dog asking his owner to refill their other dog's water dish. there was no reward for him whatsoever, yet he communicated this to his owners using his own buttons. the other dog didn't know how to use the buttons. so it can't be reward-based. our pets really want to talk to us!
A cat named Russell does that for the other 3 cats in his household. He asks for food puzzles, brushes and toys for specific cats in the family. The only reward for him is seeing the other cats happy.
@MaureenYost Russell is a clever boy, and cheeky!
I agree
@@MaureenYost that is so sweet ♡
The picture of Todd at the opening is the cutest! He reminds me of my beloved cat who has passed on now. I think Todd is definately asking for his desired toys.
Thank you. I'm sorry for the loss of your sweet fur baby
Better stock up on butterflies; he seems to want them on everything. 😁
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In BilliSpeaks’ latest video, she gives some very strong evidence for communication, over reward seeking. She’s in end-stage kidney disease, has largely stopped grooming herself, and her overall use of buttons has plummeted-but she expended her limited energy to *narrate*, saying “before catnip.” To me, that says she values communication for itself. If only the evidence didn’t come from such heartbreaking circumstances.💔
(5/21/24, Palliative Care Update: Cuddles, Pets, Catnip, DAD!, 1m20s)
Edits:
- I misquoted Billi! She said “Before catnip,” not “Catnip before.” The price of fame-being misquoted.
- Also added right date, title, and timestamp.
I have seen that. We love Billi, she is the reason Todd and I started our journey with buttons.
I lol’d at the one where she announced “water”, walked over to her dish and drank some, then announced “all done “. She seems to like to narrate what she’s doing.
I'm so sorry to hear about Billi's health. She was the first kitty I discovered who communicated via the buttons too. Now, both she and Todd continue to inspire me to teach my kitty!
Todd has such a good engineering assistant!
Thank you
This subject is the one time I have disagreed with Mr. Galaxy. As you stated, there is an element of "press and reward" when you give Todd his mousey or make the toy he requests. We've also seen that there are times when Todd not get his request. For example, he's had his evening mousey and requests it again.
I completely agree with that.
See right there. He knew what he wanted and communicated it. He immediately began to play when you combined what he wanted. I’ve seen too many videos of animals coming up with new combinations to communicate, even if sometimes it takes a while for us humans to understand!
He certainly seems to know just what he wants.
Todd is such a good boy❤️
Thank you 😊
It seems that someone needs to make both whirly and wand toy with multiple attachments!
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So what Todd wants is a wand with a string, and at the end is a universal connector to attach/detach the peacock feather, butterfly, or other things he might want to play with. Velcro? As far as jingle ball/bird toy goes, though, I don't think you could explain the laws of motion to Todd, even though he is very clever.
The wand actually has a fishing line brass snap on the end of it. I just have to make the fitting on the toy to attach it. It's not hard in most cases. If Todd tells me it's something he wants I will do all I can to make it happen for him.
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks Genius runs in the family, then. :)
Charles Darwin himself expressed the belief that the difference between ourselves & other animals is one of degree and not one of kind.
I had not heard that but I like it 🙂
Great video❗
Thank you
I have known smart cats, but at that time those buttons simply were no there. Cats communicate, but mayn will not have the desire to use our way to do it. If they are motivated to do so, the results seem spectacular to me.There is one final proof, that would be one cat teaching the other to use the buttons. That has not happened-yet, to my knowledge.
what happens is that the animal (cat or dog) that can use the buttons becomes the spokesperson for all the cats and dogs in the household. That I have seen happen frequently.
Besides monkey using computers and sign langage to communicate have been demonstrated. See robin Williams visiting Koko or another TV guy who takes off his shoes in every show at first-
and Koko, which has only seen him on tv before, takes off his shoes. See what birds can learn and use puzzles, especially the raven varieties.
It is no big leap to assume that dogs and cats that co-evolved with us might be able to use human language by buttons.
I think you are referring to Mr. Rogers and Koko
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks Yes, indeed. Extraordinary Gal she was-and had her own cats ;-)
Animals are sentient beings. They have thoughts & feelings not unlike us, as evidenced by brain scans showing the same chemical reactions for different cognitive functions & reactions that we have.
Hi Todd
From Sweden
Morning!
You still don't have your "whirly" listed. Which "whirly" is that?
It will be in future video descriptions here is the link to it now. Whirly
www.chewy.com/cats-meow-motorized-chaser-cat-toy/dp/179086
I think Jackson is great, but yeah, he seems to poo-poo this whole button thing. He needs to see this video.
I would love to have a good conversation with him so I can understand his opinion better and let him see Todd's videos. I have a great deal of respect for Jackson and the work he's done but I do disagree with him on this subject.
Clearly, you will have to acquire some "duplicate" toys to scavenge for "parts." (Alas, no one I know of makes a feline version of tinker toys.)
Lol
EVERYONE HIT THE LIKE SO WE CAN GET TODD MORE VIEWERS🖤🤍🖤🤍
Thank you 😊
Todd is totally the BEST HEY ? His dad's really cool too (& so are Glamour and Paulie and Mrs Todd's mum!)😊
9:36 Poor Todd, learning the limitations of physical reality-jingle ball can’t roll when it’s attached to bird toy 😢 Physical reality, every engineer’s nemesis!
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Todd is very a fortunate inventor because he has a very intuitive engineer as a collaborator, who can easily follow his outside-the-box design thinking 😂
I just pictured a toy industry magazine with one of those “meet the rising stars” cover photos featuring Todd and Dad with the headline “First Cat Toy Invented by a Cat” ❤😂
Heck with patents, Dad, it’s all about marketing, and that’s quite a tag line. Go for it!
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I would buy Toys by Todd inventions for my kitty!
@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks I bought dowel rods and cording to make wand toys for my babies. And I bought some cheap fishing rods for long-distance wands (cast then reel in). Glad you were able to make the toys he wanted
I got some serious problems with the Jackson Galaxy thing. Seriously. He don't know Todd!!! 💝🐾 No question in my mind that Todd is communicating.
Thank you 😊
Todd invents toys to impress Glamour 😹 and to get her to play with him
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Ok, now *I* have a toy idea... design & manufacture a series of toys, Todd Toys, designed by cats for cats!
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Jackson Galaxy is wrong about this. I also follow Billie (the cat) and she sometimes presses buttons to tell/talk about what just happened. She uses "before" to talk about things past. And there is no reward what so ever in doing that (other than maybe getting the attention of the humans). The reward (food, catnip or toy) is already consumed and she does not seem to be asking for more because she is content with just telling about it and then leaves for other business. Todd also asks for toys to be used by his fellow cats. Where is the reward in that behaviour (other than wanting to be nice)?
Jackson just gets on my nerves!
Absolutely agree!
Billi: Expending energy to say “before catnip” when she can barely groom herself and has mostly stopped using buttons
Me: 🤯…💔
Totally agree with you. A few months ago I started the buttons with my male cat (he is very hard to read, the only vocalizations he makes are purrs and chirps and very rarely he lets out a tiny squeak and when he wants something, he just comes and stares at you, his tail twitching and if you can't read his mind, he will bite) because I was getting desperate since I didn't understand his wants. He doesn't have a big vocabulary yet because I'd rather take it slow and make sure he understands his words before getting new ones, but he sometimes says what he wants now or later (we don't have the before button yet because I haven't figured out how to model it for him), and he announces when he is done with something, such as "play all done" or "food all done". The part where he tells me that he is done with something also got me thinking where is the reward in that because that usually means that I put away the toy he was playing with or go and take his food dish to wash it. My female cat doesn't use buttons at all (I have offered it to her as well, just no interest).
there's also a lot of instances when she, e.g. says 'cat now' and looks alert, Kendra asks 'where?', she perks her ears up, comes to the door to sniff, comes back to the buttons and answers 'outside'. Pressing buttons for reward, seriously? That's a conversation. she announces sth she hears (and we can't) and then replies to the question asked. Or when she asks 'where ouch' when she accidentally bites Kendra while playing and then adds 'love you'. She actually STOPS the game to run up to her buttons and say all that! that's not 'for reward', that's 'against the reward'!
Then she also asks questions, like 'where dad' and when Kendra says 'in Ghana' she asks 'what'. she has no rewards from trying to find out what Ghana is. Not even mentioning moments like when she gives a new friend a name ('Squirrel')
15:46 Market research completed on Butterfly-Whirly…Glamour likes it!
Lol and a few viewers have made the toy for their cats, and they like it too. 🤣
I wonder if Todd told her you made toys on request and she told him what she wanted made? She came in as you were making it
He's the first cat able tell us how he wants his toys made.
I find it amazing. I wonder what he thinks up that he doesn't have words for.
Billi asked Kendra to combine her bird toy with her fan toy.
@@MaureenYost I think it was the bunny toy +fan toy. ❤
@@InAHollowTree Gosh, I'm going to have to watch that video again to refresh my memory. 😁
@@InAHollowTree You're right! I found the video. 😊
Maybe dad should go into cat toy manufacturing designed by Todd😽 Beautiful fluff boy knows exactly what he wants, thank you for sharing your family.
This is a brilliant idea. Imagine the marketing! Designed by a cat, for cats
You are welcome 😊
I second that, put some Designed by Todd Toys in your RUclips channel store.
Just because someone is a "cat expert" doesn't make them all-knowing about cats. They may know more than many of us about cats in general. However, just like our family doctor told me about my babies - parents know their kids better than the doctor and you need to listen to what your intuition is telling you about them. Same with good pet parents! You can tell what your pet knows. Some are smarter than others, too. I watch a number of cats with buttons and some of them are EXCEEDINGLY intelligent and make up new combinations of words to mean new things, just as Todd does for inventing new toys. Flounder Cat is quite vocal AND uses his buttons in innovative ways. Billispeaks is another, although, she is on palliative care currently. :( I hope Jackson Galaxy sees your video and my comment and goes searching for these amazing felines that will prove him wrong alongside Todd!
There even are some doctors that think babies don’t feel pain. Imagine going through school as long as doctors do and still coming out that ignorant.
Thank you and I agree. I have not heard of Flounder cat, I will have to look for that one. We love Billi, she is the reason Todd and I started with the buttons. I was hooked when she was not feeling well and asked for help and another time when she was saying her tummy ouched. Todd also has some medical issues and I wanted him to be able to tell me when he starts to feel unwell.
Todd's back paw dexterity shows how excellent his hunting skill must be. Does he outperform his housemates in hunting, or is it difficult to know for sure?
They are all indoor kitties and have their own hunting style if a bug gets in. Paulie usually does not bother the bug. Todd will catch it and eat it. Glamour is a tiny monster, she will pull the legs/wings off and leave it alive laying next to it's body parts. Dad will come and perform a mercy kill after Glamour hunts.
That sweet little gentleman knows what he likes! ✨
Yes he does 😊
Todd is one amazing little kitty dude😻💕💕✨
Thank you 😊
todd is so brilliant! I'm hopeful my Coconut is half as smart.
Coconut pushes every button in the house. Starting with the pet speak buttons (he always asks for his red bird, which is a tweeting bird). my problem is I'm disabled and there are many times I can't reinforce his 'red bird' training. and by 'every button', i mean that. my computer power button. my nebulizer. anything with a button is his - and i learned from todd, the back foot press is no accident.
watching todd is such an encouragement. i know Coconut can do it, the question is, can I do it!
I think they understand our limitations, too. Just like how most dogs won't pull on their lease when they understand their people are elderly and can fall easily. I have seen Todd pick things that don't require me to do a lot when i don't feel well. He will just ask for cuddles and pets instead of jingle ball and bird toy.
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks aw, what a sweety! it also made me realize the cuddles I've been getting (no biting!) is in relation to the medical issues I'm currently having. i didn't expect it from him heh.
thank you for letting me use todd's place to talk about coconut, i got no one to talk to about him.
@UKfeath you are always welcome to talk about Coconut here.
I absolutely agree with you. My cats, Henhouse, and before him Solid Dennis, both make adjustments for my disability. If they scratch to come in and I answer that I'm on my way to the door they both show huge patience in waiting. If my husband answers them they scratch continuously. They are also more patient with me when we're playing. We underestimate non-human animals utterly.
Todd he very smart toy maker kitty 😺 😊❤
Thank you
Hello, I thought a long time ago a little bit like Jackson Galaxy especially on the back paw press. From watching your videos and others there is a distinct connection of transfer of thought from Todd to the buttons to you. The butterfly whirly is concrete proof of concept thought and the ability to convey this idea through the buttons, and Todd could see Glamour enjoying it, backed off but he was enjoying her with the new toy. Great job on a wonderful environment for your cats.
Thank you. I was skeptical of the backfoot presses too when he started doing them. My only clues that they were not at first were the fact he didn't get mad. He will put his ears back and stomp the button he meant if he makes a mistake. The other thing was the backfoot presses always were in context to what he was saying. That blew my mind when he started doing it and still does.
Of course not all cats, nor all dogs, are capable of interspecies communication. But Some people aren't able to learn other languages either, and some have trouble communicating Period (even if they are able to speak). 25 years ago I had a cat who learned to produce some words, video cameras were expensive way back then or I'd have recorded Trouble 'saying' things like Mama, Come, Lovin' (cuddles); I wonder what Mr. Jackson would make of that.
That would have been amazing to see 😊
I totally agree with you. But, even if it weren't true, giving our pets the ability to ask for what they want is well worth it for their mental health regardless of what that Galaxy guy says! Todd and other pets with buttons have convinced me that we are only scratching the surface of what thoughts our pets have!!
Agreed
I usually like Mr. Galaxy's videos and find them helpful but I have to respectfully disagree with him this time. It is pretty clear that Todd (and other button cats I have watched) are not just mashing the "treat" button mindlessly and waiting for a reward. Todd shows critical thinking, and concepts like asking for help, specifying activities, and so many clever things that go far beyond "feed me." Todd is a genius toy-maker and I love watching him come up with new ideas and testing them out :)
Thank you
YES!!!! YES!!! YES!!!
I unsubscribed from Mr. Galaxy's channel when he bullied pet owners who use AIC. He's not much of expert if he is so closed minded about cats. It's unfortunate. I hope he grows and opens his mind to the very real abilities of cats. Todd is a great example of what can be accomplished with a cat who wants to communicate with their humans. He even talked to himself about Jingle Ball being broken. I've seen dogs and cats using one animal's buttons to talk to each other. A cat I've watched named Elsie had been playing with her human's nephew named Eli, then talked about it with her buttons. Her human told her the nephew's name and added a button with it to her sound board. Elsie immediately walked over and pressed "Hi" "Eli". Now, that is impressive. I don't know why some people (Mr. Galaxy isn't the only one) feel the need to put down and bully people who are open-minded and confident enough to try this with their non-human companions. Maybe the cats from Hell, as Mr. Galaxy refers to them, would be happier if they had AIC to advocate for themselves.
You and Todd should go into the cat toy business. "Toys for cats designed by Todd the Cat" is a great marketing line. ❤🐈
Thank you for your comments! I personally don't feel Mr. Galaxy is trying to bully anyone. In my opinion, I think he just doesn't believe cats can truly understand and use buttons to communicate. He feels they are smart and understand that if I push this button, I get something nice. I disagree and would live to have a dialog about it. Todd thinks about what he wants and tells me what he wants to do now and later. He tells me things he is going to do, like take a nap. He uses and combines words in ways I did not teach his to express thoughts and feelings.
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks I'm referring to something he posted about it. It was a while ago so I don't remember his specific wording but it was so bad I unsubscribed. I hope he changes his mind one day.
DITTO. I learned some over the years from JG's cat experiences, but the attitude about the button cats got me to unsubscribe.
If only he had left it at, not every owner has the dedication and skill to model language to their cat, and it's obviously not necessary for everyone because we've all learned to read our pets and communicate nonverbally, there's nothing wrong with not having buttons; however, to say the buttons are BS and the cats aren't communicating went way too far.
Jackson Galaxy may have some good information but he is dead wrong when it comes to the buttons. Listen i can be a sceptic when it comes to things, but I have seen enough of Billi,Todd and others to know there is a difference between behavior for reward and genuine interaction. Yes when they ask for food and play they they are seeking what one could call a "reward" . All cats I have seen using buttons have their own quirks and use, Todd is very smart boy that likes to invent and ask for things that is unique and also for the other cats, Billi likes to express her feelings a lot, she expresses when things are making her unhappy in the moment, Russell Asks for things for the other cats in the house like Todd does. Arguments that it is for reward is no different than it is for human toddlers, their first vocab is always based around mom/dad, Food and etc..things they want, then they build upon that ,express their feelings, and etc.
Agreed
And let's not forget that time Russell pressed "Smell Dylan" then went straight to Dylan's shoes 😂
My fav is the butterfly-whirly❤
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These animals are definitely using language. It builds up no differently that with infants and children. They likely are not going to write plays or novels, but they have language. Todd is a smart boy!
Thank you 😊
With respect to JG's unease with the "button talk" fad with cats:
---The criticism regarding "reward" and some comments here about "there's no reward": Don't underestimate the reward value of attention and socialization. For social creatures (which cats are), that is huge. That does not mean that the words, in that context, are NOT being used to communicate--humans do the same thing, learn language from associations and rewards (including attention and other social reinforcements). Early in development, when a kid says "jhoos" and you give them juice, nobody says "well that isn't really language use, that's just stimulus and reward." Of course it is stimulus and reward, it's also language use. The question is to what extent that language use will eventually develop.
---Novel combinations: However, the fact that Todd is creating novel combinations of words that he has not previously been taught, and reacting as though these combinations of objects are in fact what he wants, is indicative of forethought. It doesn't come up to the standards of language researchers, but it is enough to give one anecdotal evidence to ponder (and perhaps to design some tests around).
---JG does have a point, in warning against people potentially "getting lazy" about learning to understand their CATS, and instead expecting the CAT to be able to "speak human." Even if the cat is using human words, clearly using them to communicate, there is an entire nonverbal subtext involved. This is also true with humans, and humans who can't "read" that nonverbal language are at such a bad disadvantage that they are considered disordered/impaired. Humans who use "talking buttons" as an excuse not to learn their cats' nonverbal communication are not doing their cats any favors; not only will they miss a lot, but there is a real danger in MISinterpreting what the cat is "saying" by assuming that the cat means by a given word what YOU think it means. Cats do not think like humans, they are their own very different sort of creature, and it is important to remember this when we are interpreting their communications, whether with buttons or with their natural non-verbal communications. I think that is probably JG's main issue with the buttons. Luckily, as with human communication, it isn't "either/or"--it can be both.
BD, thank you for your comment and I understand what you are saying and agree with most of it. I can only speak for myself. The buttons are an extension of Todd's normal communication. He uses it all the time when we are away from the buttons and when he is using the buttons. Prior to the buttons, I knew when Todd wanted to play but not with which toy. I knew when he wanted affection, but not if it was cuddles, pets, belly rubs, etc. I believe Todd has shown an understanding of the concepts behind the words and knows how to use them. After he received the happy button and before he received the mad button, Todd started on his own, expressing his dislike for things, like me leaving on a business trip, by saying Happy No. I believe this shows his understanding of happy and no and understood the emotion he was feeling was the opposite of happiness and how to express it by combining the two words. Todd understands time and how to express it. He knows morning, afternoon, and evening. He k ows soon, which means 15 minutes or less and later means longer than 15 minutes. He shows this by telling me he wants to play with certain toys later or in the evening. I will offer the toys to him right away and he will show he does not want it then. He will tell me things like he is going to go take a nap. He has told me when his mouth was hurting by saying head ouch and I took him to the vet, and he found an issue. I believe this does show an understanding and ability to communicate the concept he is expressing. I respect Mr Galaxy's opinion and yours.
I love how chill felix is. He looks like an OREO WHEN HE LAYS UPSIDE DOWN
And I think it is likely that our furry buddies have lots of thoughts and wishes but we just haven’t learned how to hear them just yet.💕💕💕😻
I agree with you 💯
I ABSOLUTELY 💯 % AGREE with you. It's simply a matter of people-training, basically. People really are unwittingly taught to automatically assume a 'certain cut-off level' of communication (let alone THOUGHTS!) when it comes to most animals, especially dogs and cats. It's so sad really - of course ANY mammals, as well as many other animals, are not only highly intelligent, deeply feeling of pretty much the same emotions as a human, - I'm quite certain that many mammals - & marine lifeforms - are far MORE intelligent than humans - not necessarily inherently with humans (because humans are SO "dumbed down", and HEAVILY INDOCTRINATED & ERGO, maleable, controlled, etc, etc, by the utterly corrupt world we live in) so - of course there ARE truly MANY intelligent, loving, caring and compassionate people who are capable of actually thinking for themselves. These people have retained or regained their true humanity (& they haven't been successfully indoctrinated) & because their humanity is intact, they don't have a gaping hole in their humanity, so it hasn't been spak-filled with the "ego" - which is malleable, easy to fool or, more importantly, easy to PANDER TO. This is HOW the world STAYS CORRUPT AT EVERY LEVEL OF AUTHORITY. )
Sorry to preach, I couldn't help it. But I KNOW that there are many of you, who, if you read this, will absolutely understand what I'm saying 😊❤😊🐕🐈⬛🐈👍✌🏽👏👏😘🙏😇😍💞💓💕🤎♥️🩷💚💛💜💙🩶🩵🧡🤍❤️🇦🇺👏🤗😘🙏😇🐕🐈⬛🐈🐕🐈⬛🐈🐕🐈⬛🐈😊
Yes, and thank you for all you are doing to love and to listen to our fur buddies.💕💕💕✨✨✨
Yup! Absolutely understand what you are saying.💕✨✨
I love this compilation! I am looking forward to new toy inventions with all the new cameras. Seeing Todd’s reaction to you understanding and building the toy will be awesome! To be fair to Jackson Galaxy, most pet talking videos are just the button press with no context. After watching Todd and his buttons I was very excited to see more pet talking with button vids. Is it Bunny? The really “famous” poodle using buttons? I watched those videos and it was clearly stuff taken out of context and more of human telling story punctuated with button presses. Your videos are so awesomely authentic when you let us see lots of time before and after the button pressed. I love the fact you fast forward in most of your videos and let us see time passing. I know you skippped that here, but I saw most of the original videos for this compilation and know there was lots of fast forwarding in the original vids. I am so happy you added the extra cameras too. That give us so much more insight into little Todd’s thought processes!
Thank you, I include the fast forward just so you can see there are no edits and everything is happening the way it looks. Todd does and says some amazing things, and in the beginning, some were saying that I edited the videos to make it look like he was really doing all these things.
My interest in the buttons is from losing my son's cat to a combination of kidney disease and probable brain tumor (seizures). I wish he could have told my son that his tummy hurt, and his head hurt, instead of what he went through when first the KD was diagnosed, and later the tumor. I hope the cats I care for now will be able to ask for help with their hurts. I hate to say it, but Jackson Galaxy's cat Caroline might have been able to communicate her pain before the tumor was too large to remove surgically. That was awful. Maybe the words don't offer cures, or even come in time for the vet to provide a cure, but if there's a chance to get vet care early enough, I'll take it.
I am sorry about your son's cat. Todd has some medical issue and this was the whole reason for starting the buttons. After seeing Billi ask for help I wanted Todd to be able to do the same.
What a smart kitty Todd is.
He is inventing toys and also thinking things through first.
Thank you 😊
He's not "The Willy Wonka of cat toys", Dad. He's Todd Tonka. LOL Try putting the Jingle Ball on a child sized fishing rod & reel when he asks for the Jingle Ball / Bird Toy combination again. Just be sure to turn off any ceiling fans that might be running. LOL Thank you for sharing your beautiful and brilliant fur babies with us!
You are welcome!
Jackson Galaxy seems anxious about people thinking every cat will communicate with buttons, to the detriment of humans reading their body language. That's no reason to ignore how clever cats have an understanding of language, and how they want to (and do) communicate with buttons! It's sad to see him downplay the exceptional - they don't deserve it!
The buttons are an addition to Todd's body language and meows.
Todd is a genius trapped in a cat's body. If he had human hands, he would have built a time machine a long time ago.
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I couldn’t agree more with this comment! He’s literally Nikola Tesla in cat form 😂
😂😂😂So true!
Todd, communicator and inventor, unparralleled. He knows Dad can usually fullfil his requests. He could really impact to cat toy industry.
Thank you 😊
I actually believe in button cats _more_ than button dogs. Dogs are eager to please their people and would thus be much more susceptible to the Clever Hans effect. Cats are wired to care a lot less about such things.
Jingle Ball + Bird Toy needs an actual fishing rod. Maybe a youth sized pole. You can cast the toy down the hall and reel it back in. lol
In my opinion, most cat fishing pole toys aren't NEARLY long enough. I actually took a yard long wooden dowel, about 12 or so feet of clear elastic cord, and made a looped end where I could hook on fuzzy worms or feather toys. It's even more fun for me, not just my cat, to stand in the perfect spot in our wide central room, and swing toys out over 10 feet in huge circles and arcs, sending birds sailing through the air before they fall jingling, and I have them wriggle and scurry all that way back. Gives the cat a huge window of time to hunt and prowl after it before attacking. lol
Todd’s the Idea Man and you’re the Engineer in this Company.
True 😊
45 seconds in and I'm like 'WHO DARES DISBELIEVE TODD'S GREATNESS?'
All you can do for the unbelievers is gather more examples, and Todd is clearly enjoying delivering.
I have no idea how you'd relay it to him, but having Todd enlighten us humans even more on cat's eye language would be a boon for everyone lol
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I never understood why people want to have out of body experiences. I had an NDE at seven years old and now I’m 50 one of the things I am able to do, but never do is have my consciousness leave my body. Because operating This meat suit well Requires the consciousness to be anchored and grounded in the body. Lol.
But one night I did and I placed my consciousness in my cat. It was really shocking to me because my consciousness was not in my head, but I was the entire body, including the tips of the hair…..
When a dog retrieves, even after he’s running after it, he’s still in a retrieve state of mind, i.e. to return the object. A dog that is designed to kill or guard doesn’t bring the object to the person they hold it down till the person comes to it .
But a cat would have killed mice and rodents that harm the human so their programming wouldn’t be to return it to us or be near us. When cats do bring something they leave it at a door or a threshold.
So Todd’s consciousness is too chase and kill jingle ball, but as you see him walking back to you, he’s softer, so he’s having to change his consciousness and not stay inthat kill state.
I think he wants you to tie a string to it and you return it to you and he can stay in the kill state.
As you walk past him and get close to him, he hast to change the entire program. It’s like asking us to fight the bear, t turn your back on it and immediately carry the baby….
I use a bunch of hair ties and just slingshot them, or I have an actual kids slingshot that I shoot their catnip mice.
But I am going to try tying a string to their favorite and see what happens….
🥰🥰🥰 love you guys.
Oh. And always remember to use a jute string and put it away. I lost a Maine coon that chewed on string that caused her intestines to accordion. It was horrible.
I try not to leave any string and anything like that out for that reason
I take what Jackson says with a grain of salt. I've listened to some of his videos but in the end I would never take his advice on anything. The guy is a little too egotistical for me to take him seriously on anything.
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One of the few things that I disagree with Mr. Galaxy about. I truly believe that every sentient creature is capable of communication in some capacity, most especially creatures as intelligent as Todd!
True. I recently went to a place that had a locked door and a sign that said "press button for service" so I did. Was this not a communication, either? It might not be language but it definitely is communication.
@@zencat55 I couldn't agree more!
I agree with you
I agree, the more new buttons, the more of Todd’s thinking, wanting , expressing and creating will emerge. There is a lot going on in his cat brain, but it takes a bonded and listening Dad to understand it all.
Thank you
Maybe the nay sayers would believe when Todd asks for one specific toy and you bring another instead. My bet is that he would not play with the wrong toy. And would look at you like you have suddenly gone spare, lol. This is pretty much what you show here, but with just one toy request.
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Well somehow I had missed a couple of those inventions! He always amazes me. I wonder if Jackson Galaxy has ever watched Todd. He may change his tune. There's another cat too, Russell. He told his mom HELP, then led her to the utility room where a red warning light had come on for something or other. No emergency, but something he knew mom would always turn off or do something about. That's self motivation, not push and reward. Todd does this too, plus he's an inventor!
I don’t think Jackson’s ever watched a single one of the button communicating animal videos, judging from how he portrays them in his video.
I love Russell. 😊 I loved the one where he told mom "Litter" and she said I just did the litter but show me. He took her to the litter pail that was like 4 inches out of place and wanted her to set it in the right spot. Lol
Wow, some cognitive reasoning right there....I wonder if he would come up with food combinations
Ahhh, it was Glamour I saw at the end. The poll gave the expected result because Jackson Galaxy, who I admire for most things, did not vote. What will the subject be next week? You said a multi-part series. 😻
Most likely, it will be on Todd using words in a way I did not teach him that shows true understanding and communication
How about putting the jingle ball on a long string so you can throw it down the hall and then drag it back so he can chase it both ways. Maybe that's what he was thinking the bird toy would do. He likes the run as well as the chase, so that would combine both.
Possibly
“You are Willy Wonka of Cat Toys”……love that line! ❤
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Hey, he might invent a new toy. 😮 that would be awesome. Todd has a great brain. Amazing
Ooo! that lil smarty pants! I love it! Well, u gotta think, I'm sure they get bored
as we do. And new stims are always great challenges/entertainment. 💜💜💜
todd needs a "like" thumb button. when pressed, he gets thumb shaped treats and then you pretend he is reminding everyone to "hit the like button everybody, todd would like that very much". PULSECHAIN
That would be fun 😁
Todd seems to enjoy watching Glamour play with the toys he invents.
Todd is a very smart kitty! I just love his toy combinations!
Thank you
This Galaxy person can go eat cat food 🙄😾
I have a great deal of respect for Jackson and his work. I would love the opportunity to talk to him and find out more why he has this opinion and I can share my thoughts as to why cats do communicate above a push and reward level.
Please post a picture of Todd’s jingle ball toy. I may have some to send to Todd, but I want to be sure it is the right toy. Thanks.
There is a good picture of it in this video. ruclips.net/video/Ee805R00cms/видео.html To be a True Jingle Ball and not an Orb of Sadness it must be Hot pink and Blue in color. It must be 1.5 inches in diameter. It must have the correct lattice pattern and it must have a 4 tine metal jingle inside. If it is right in every way but the Jingle I can replace the jingle with one he will accept.
Todd to me is the 8 wonder of the world he knows what he wants and when he wants it
That he does. He is a kitty who knows his mind.
Todd is one smart kitty. You need to find one of those 1970’s K-tel pocket fishermen rods and attach the jingle ball to it. Cast it down the hall and go fishing for kitties named Todd. Reel him back in as fast as you can or play with the line (tug of war game).
Lol. I have had several people suggest a small fishing pole. My hesitation with it is if he decides to take it downstairs. He will run with it in his mouth and I don't want the line getting snagged and a sudden stop hurting or breaking a tooth.
I often wonder if he is thinking of toy combinations for Glamour too. Glamour can hear the jingle ball bird toy.
I don't know if he is doing that or not but she loves the Butterfly Whirly. I wonder what he is thinking of that he doesn't have words to ask for.
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks I will think about that for a minute. Maybe the followers can brain storm. My immediate thoughts are words for thunder, rain, scared .
@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks what about connecting two jingle balls with a string so Todd and Paulie can interact but at a distance? Would need direct supervision so they don't get tangled, but some of my cats have a blast pulling a shoelace back and forth, better if I run it through a section of PVC and a toy attached at each end so it moves when a cat pulls but they have hard time just grabbing the string
Years ago, my one cat had a ball that had feathers sticking out on one side. It wasn't on a string & stick. It rolled loose like and the feathers wobbled.
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What is a better cat toy than the one a cat invented? Cat toys invented by a cat, as a cat owner I surely would buy them! I see a great business opportunity here! On the other hand it makes me think maybe one day technology will be connecting us more with animals and we will see we are not so different as we think. This is amazing. Todd is amazing. Thank you for sharing this 😊 One more thing, to invent something you need imagination, after seeing Todd who can still think animals don't have imagination?
I agree! As an aside, I have had a couple of viewers who say they have made Todd's Whirly Butterfly toy for their cats, and they loved them. 😊
Sure, it was made by a Kitty, Todd knows better! 😊
I have had 8 concussions so I hear you on the ouch head felix, I had a tooth abcess too a year ago. OUCH HEAD I had bad headaches from it too.
So fascinating. It's not just that Todd has patterns of asking for things. He asks and then waits to see whether you understand him. If not he either tends not to respond or his response is muted until you get it right. You can almost see him rolling his eyes and a cat friend saying to him, "Oh, Todd. The humans don't really understand. They just expect a reward. " The jury is out about us but Todd is definitely communicating.
Todd is so cute he’s all like
“I do not want the toy you have, I want a toy you don’t have, make it work”
Todd is lucky to have a human like you. He's so adorably cute anyone would want to hug and love him, but his mind is also much more active than the average kitty. Few situations could offer him the mental stimulation he gets with you. I had a cat once that could say yeah and no so we could have simple conversations.
Perhaps someone already made this suggestion: could you try a fishing rod to throw the jungle ball down the hall and drag it back?
Also, one toy we made for our cat was a ‘chain’ of 4” zip ties and play just with it as a chain, or add a toy using a zip tie to put the jungle ball on and then you can throw the toy end of the chain and slowly drag it back.
I think JG is too close to many of these felines to recognize the truth about their feelings and intelligence
I would think the closer you are to them, the more you would see it.
I've said it before and will say it until the day I die, cats are smarter and understand more than the "experts" give them credit for. I see it everyday with my cats, for example Reba knows the difference between her playroom and "the forbidden room" (spare bedroom used for storage). My husband had a cat that would pee on everything that he could see so we kept the door closed to keep him out of it. We had two cats in the same house that thought they were the dominate cat.
I agree, they are way smarter than people give them credit for
TODD LIKES TO MAKE UP HIS OWN CONCOCTIONS
Yes he does. It amazes me he can think I would like to have part of this toy put on that toy and then be able to tell me about it.
So great to watch these. I am retiring soon and my son and my grand dog are going to move in for a while. I think I am going to get a mat. My sister is living here also and has a cat, she sides with Jackson. You are a great Cat Dad.
If you get one and have questions feel free to ask. I will answer if I can. Thank you 😊
He is an amazing Kitty
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I like Jackson Galaxy but I think he missed the mark completely on this topic! I have had kitties for over 50 years and I am absolutely sure some of them understood language. They communicated in their own way before these buttons were available. I wonder what they could have told me if they had these buttons! Todd ABSOLUTELY understands language, concepts, time and toy making!
Thank you
While i do understand some skepticism,i also firmly believe animals have learned how to communicate.There is a thinking brain,in cats,dogs,etc.
Evolution of them sharing their lives with us,is the desire to communicate with us better.
Thanks so much for sharing Todd! ❤
You are welcome 😊
Um.... what else IS language except a reward system? Isn't accomplishing a task or getting a reward the whole POINT of language?? How do parents teach baby humans about language? They speak a word while offering a thing---cup, banana, blankie, potty---and the child learns she will get that thing when she communicates that word. Its a reward system! The entirety of language is based on being rewarded for a correct "verbal" action. So it doesn't count when a cat does the same thing as a baby, or what???
Absolutely it's the same as toddlers learning. I have often compared pets to perpetual toddlers, they just don't grow into rebellious teenagers 😅
I agree but Todd goes beyond this by telling me how he feels, what he is going to do (take a nap), etc. There is no reward in these things, he is just communicating to me his thoughts and actions.
@@TheChroniclesofToddToddTalks The reward in telling you he is going to take a nap is....your friendship! Todd protects his relationships in many ways.
How much time between the two Jingle Ball-Bird Toy requests??
I don't recall. He does still ask for the toys he invented.
Dad, I was going to once again say that I amazed by Todd's language skills, but I have have seen enough of your videos with him to know of his abilities. You are completely correct in your assessment - that he has such command of concepts and language that he is asking to create these toy combinations. Congrats to both of you for figuring it out! And, as always, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you are here!
He is a genius .
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👍😎🥰😊💖if humans were only smarter to understand better.
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Why haven't you or a company licensing Todd come out with the Todd Toyline? Cat toys designed by a Cat for cats. It markets itself.
That would be nice.
Have you thought about giving Todd "Yes" and "No" buttons so he can respond to your questions, like when you ask if he wants x put on y?
He has them and understands but chooses not to used them often. He usually will use No when I have to leave for a business trip telling me not to go. He uses yes to try and convince me to give him things he can't have. Like when he has already had his morning mousey and asks for more I tell him he has to wait for his evening mousey. He will say Yes Mousey to argue with me. Lol
Mr galaxy. Put yourself into the body of an animal that has knowledge of vocabulary but not enough words to express what you want. If you can't see this in animals doing button presses, even if it is, as you say "for teward", you are wrong. Humans do nothing with language without reward at the end of it.
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Todd really is unique and I believe he has lots of thoughts in that little head, if he could only communicate them!
Agreed
Having watched lots of my cat from hell episodes I had only just subscribed to Jackson's channel when his video on speak buttons came up. I found it very disrespectful and ignorant. I unsubscribed from his channel.
I find it fascinating to see cats learn and use these buttons and follow multiple channels with 'talking' cats. All cats develop their own (body) language with their owners/butlers, assuming they pick up on that, and the buttons just add to that. I can only say keep it up!
"All cats develop their own (body) language with their butlers/owners..." 👍🏻 Actual research into the tone, pitch, cadence, etc. of cat vocalisations has shown that they do communicate, but only their butlers/owners know what they mean.
Thank you