https://www.hungerforwords.com/
So this woman started her dog out with one button, which plays a sound clip of her saying a word. Over time she's expanded the setup quite a bit and now supposedly the dog is using the communication buttons for multi-word "sentences".
Each individual part of this makes sense - I know that dogs can learn words, I know they can hit buttons in order to request something or communicate something, and I know they're smart enough to grasp the concept of having multiple buttons and search for the one they need.
And yet, this is still setting off a lot of red flags for me. The video clips are short and often subjective. The blog posts seem to attribute way more skill and intent than is seen in the videos. There are buttons on there for things like emotions, and I'm not convinced the dog understands them.
What are your thoughts?
So this woman started her dog out with one button, which plays a sound clip of her saying a word. Over time she's expanded the setup quite a bit and now supposedly the dog is using the communication buttons for multi-word "sentences".
Each individual part of this makes sense - I know that dogs can learn words, I know they can hit buttons in order to request something or communicate something, and I know they're smart enough to grasp the concept of having multiple buttons and search for the one they need.
And yet, this is still setting off a lot of red flags for me. The video clips are short and often subjective. The blog posts seem to attribute way more skill and intent than is seen in the videos. There are buttons on there for things like emotions, and I'm not convinced the dog understands them.
What are your thoughts?
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