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Wouldn't it be great to always know what is going on in a dog's mind? Despite the fact that dogs are the oldest domesticated animal (domestication took place roughly between 16,000 and 12,000 years ...

Every once in a while, a dog or cat (but usually a dog) goes viral on TikTok for “saying” something profound through the help of talking buttons. It all started with Bunny, the sheepadoodle that ...

How do you use FluentPet buttons? You can spend hundreds of hours training your pets with treats, gestures, clickers or dog-training whistles. It’s usually a one-way conversation, though, where the ...

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Source: Federico Rossano/ used with permission. The videos are all over social media: Dogs (and some cats) pushing soundboard buttons to “talk” to their owners. The uptick in the use of these devices ...

We’ve gotten some comments saying we should teach Rudnik how to use the talking buttons, and we actually did get some a while back and started working on teaching him to identify treats with them.

Pet parents often return from vacation to a frosty reception, but one cat took his hurt feelings a step further by using talking buttons to make his displeasure clear. In recent years, videos of pets ...

You might have come across this new trend online, where owners are using talking pet buttons to teach their dogs how to 'speak.' While it might seem absurd – or even impossible – the concept is ...