A Year In Review! 

I think about Billi criticizing your music taste multiple times a week. Always makes me smile.

Year later Billi: mom look Billi want laptop go school zoom zoom 3 years later Billi's tweet: I am happy to announce that I successfully defended my PhD thesis today and am Dr. Billi now. How mad is that?! #billirocketscientist #stillmadbutitsdifferent

I definitely have noticed that she now presses ‘mad’ a lot less than she did when there were only a few buttons. Really shows that she likes having such a big vocabulary, bc now she doesn’t have to be frustrated that she can’t properly express her wishes :3

The Hamilton one is still the funniest thing I've ever seen. Just seeing someones taste in music getting burned by a cat is something that will never get old.

Billi has come along way from "Mad" to "Now" and "Zoom Zoom." I still think it's cute when she presses the mad button with her tail swishing furiously.. 😂😂

I swear, by year two Billi is going to voice her own Autobiography. That is gonna be lit!

I was pretty surprised to realise that I had actually started watching this channel only a couple of months into Billi's button journey, I thought she had been doing it for years already by then!

I love Billi's thousand yard stare so much

“food” and “mad” were her first words. Why am I not surprised. I just realised Billi and contractors have diagrammatically opposite concepts of “soon” for Billi it means within 30 seconds, for the contractors it meant three days.

The flashback to 1 month after starting this thing and you get: "Mad" "You only have to press it once" "Mad x2" 100% on-brand

I love when Billi asks to go outside to play soon. Demonstrates clear intention. To think we've been missing out on this kind of communication with our pets all this time. I think Billi, Stella, Bunny, and all the others on vcd social media are revolutionizing the world for pets!

Soon billi will be using a computer making dank cat memes 😳

Wow, seeing her progress over time really highlights how evolved her communication abilities have become. Lately she seems to be settling into a sentence structure she prefers, which I find really interesting as I would have not expected it.

The more I watch these the more I'm convinced. In addition, I can't help but note that although there may indeed be variation in the abilities of animals the defining difference between both you and Bunny's teacher compared to others are your patient commitment to proper modeling and teaching, that gives the animal time to respond on their own terms, plus a solid prior understanding of the body language to get a good guess in lots of situations beforehand and allowing for proper modeling. The biggest barrier to animals reaching this point appears to me to be the humans. Many of the people who are struggling to have your same success are not engaging in the proper modeling at anywhere near the same consistency, are too distracted or impatient, or simply got stuck on the food button and gave up. I do expect there to be some limits hit somewhere because humans really are built for language in a way that most animals are not and maybe we have already hit them to some extent in some specific areas? But at this point it is hard to judge where the limits really are properly, I'm looking forward to finding out!

Mad ouch later is just priceless.

I didn't watch the first few videos: I must, I think. From this excellent clipshow, not only is Billie's progress clear, but it seems to me Billi has a different look on her face... More confidence.

Feeling emotional, since this is kind of a document of our collective attempt to keep it together during the pandemic.

It is mindboggling to think she learned this much IN A YEAR while she is 12 years of age. Another thing that I noticed is that she looks so much healthier than she did 1 year ago? I don't know how but she looks like she de-aged somehow.

The Hamilton mad-ouch-later made the cut! 5:50 I'm so happy. 🎶

How long did it take for Billi to select buttons with deliberation? She seems to pick up new words pretty quickly now but I imagine it took a while to get the basic concept of pushing a button to 'button x leads to reaction y from the human'. You've done an amazing job teaching and documenting.

I legit cannot believe I've been watching Billi learn to speak every day for over 6 months. No way the time has gone by that fast

I must confess I teared up, a bit... Your patience, persistance and persuasion led us to where we are now. You and her Madjesty have come so far! Day by day both of ya amaze me with new keen minded conversations, it's mind-baffling

There is a person whom I love very much, and every day, I want to send them a clip of Billi pressing 'Love you' repeatedly, because it so accurately describes how I feel about them. Billi's emotions are unhindered-- if she is mad, she is mad; if she is happy, she is happy. And if she feels love, she presses 'Love you' over and over again. I look forward to another year of Billi's progress :)

Billi is one of the cutest things alive. Period...

I've never loved a cat that I've never met so much. Seeing Billi every day during this past year has been a highlight of my day. Even on the worst days, Billi is there to make me smile and say "Awww....I love her so much!" at pretty much every video. Also, if I could find out who downvotes these videos, I'd want to make them pay. lol

Does she still have the ‘happy’ button? It was so sweet watching her press ‘Billi happy’. 😺😻

Still hoping to see Billi review different genres of music.

A year communicating with an ancient goddess is pretty awesome to witness.

Girl loves her food. Billi’s my spirit animal.

Billi not liking Hamilton is the funniest thing!

Do you have a video outlining how you started modeling and getting Billi to press the buttons? I would love to see a video explaining how you started and when you managed to establish the meanings. I would love to do this with my cat, I already feel like she understands a lot of what I say and I want to give her the tools to respond 🥺

I KNEW the Hamilton video had to be in here hahaha! Billi has come such a long way in a year!

We love you too Kendra and Billi! Here's to many more years ahead!

Watching you and Billi has helped me understand my little furry girl better. Your relationship with her is beautiful.

Billi: Mad Mama: You only need to press it once Billi: (Once is NOT ENOUGH to convey my rage) Mad Mad I can't believe she made this much progress in only one year!!

A year from now Billi will cure COVID and build a spaceship to terraform Mars.

People can write and publish a few thesis from these interaction. Also, Billi hates Hamilton is always funny. Also, also, Billi repeatedly pushing "Mad" button confirmed that the existence of the character Dex-Starr The Rage Cat, a prominent member of The Red Lantern Corps, was(is ?) not at all an exaggeration on the writers part.

It's amazing how much cats truly understand, and I'm glad you are sharing Billi's adventures in communication with us!

I see Billi’s training of you is coming along nicely! 😹

So amazing. Thanks for sharing with us. My favourite was 'Billi pets mom'.

Wow! I kinda forgot this was all within just one year! Billi is amazing!

Billi is phenomenal. I love her irritated wagging tail. And how much she loves her mama. She’s so precious.

I hope the darling Billi feels all the love! I know she has no concept of RU-vid or the thousands of people who watch her learn and communicate every day, but I hope she can somehow sense that so many people out in the world (from all over the world) genuinely love her and are amazed by her.

I love how happy Billi seems because she can just... You know, *communicate*. EDIT: You know, I'm actually gonna take this as proof that cats DO care and DO love, it's just that they're wired to communicate it differently to us. By bridging that communication gap, a cat is gonna feel a lot better about the person they're communicating with.

She was mad because that cat on the wall was giving her the fingers

How far she has come in a year. Amazing clever girl

I SO LOVE that she understands “happy” and readily uses “love you”.. now if anyone ever doubts that cats really do have emotions (positive emotions no less) and are very intelligent, they only have to see Billi for proof! This compilation is amazing evidence! Thanks for sharing Billi and your work! God Bless you both. 🙏🏼❤️🐾 PS. I definitely shared this!

I watched one of your videos earlier this week and I called bull, I mocked how she was just interpretating random button mash from a cat wanting food, but know that I see this, and how you do it and I'm amazed, this is genuinely great.

Hamilton clip is still my favourite, I just can't help but laugh at Billi, so cute!

How it’s going: cute pets talking with buttons How it will progress: that one episode of Rick and Morty with the dogs

You've inspired me to teach my cats Comet and Pluto how to use buttons! I got the buttons in yesterday, just gotta go out and get some batteries because I thought we had some AAA but I guess I was mistaken hahah. Thank you for sharing your journey with Billi!

- what do you want Bili? - 😳

i've been following the channel since the first lockdown, and Billi brought me so much joy! it's amazing to see her learn and communicate!

Billi you only need to press it once... Billi : Mad . Mad. Mad.

Wow, she's come extremely far in just one year! That's amazing! This is kind of like making a scrapbook for your child. 🤭

Thank you keeping us posted on her progress and adventures.

I always find these kinds of things cool it shows how much our pets can rly understand

I love this progression!!!

This has been such an amazing journey to experience in real time, I can't imagine how proud you must be, of yourself & Billi! 💕 Thank you for sharing these snippets with us.

Love Billy so much. She is soooo precious and smart girl!

There is something truly amazing for an animal to explain that they're upset they had to come inside and wanting to go back out soon. Such a smart little angel.

Thank you for the look back, and for sharing your language adventures with the world. Billi is a clever old girl, and these little clips bring joy to many 😺

The way she looks at you when she's pressed a button makes it clear she's doing it with intent and trying to communicate. She really is amazing! I'd love to get speech buttons for my cats. I love that she had a 'happy' button.

Who says you can't teach an old cat new tricks?? 😂 amazing job billi!!

She really loves the mad& catnip button she is such a sweet little fur angel

the patience and dedication alone is incredible congrats to the owner

Aww, she's made such progress ❤️❤️ Thank you so much for this series, I really love seeing her grow

Billi needs more buttons to express herself now, cant believe how much she developed in a year.

I think this is crazy how much Billi can communicate He actively questions the environment around them and shows emotions for compassion its like your talking to a human toddler

thank you for blessing us with 10 minutes of Billi!

She's such an amazing kitty. Love you, Billi!

This is where I've seen other pet owners give up. The pet is obsessed with the food button and the owner doesn't help them progress beyond it. Billi has a really impressive ability to communicate now all because you persevered and worked with her to move beyond food in her communication. ❤️

I really admire the dedication and work you put in to better communicate with Billi. I also admire Billi’s hard work. As a cherry on top, you have done a great job of presenting the interactions between you and Billi. Thank you!

at first I thought cats seemed to take to this kind of language less well than dogs - not because they're less intelligent, but because they're less predisposed to being hyper social than dogs and it seemed to me like they were less willing to cooperate? but weirdly watching this all the way through showed me something I didn't expect; Billi seems more adept at expressing emotion than dogs i've seen using these buttons? Dogs seem to be interested in expressing concepts, concerns, requests and observations. Bunny the dog says things like "stranger sound", "dog why?", "friend play beacher" (beacher is neighbouring dog friend). Billie does express her wants, like catnip, play, bunny, pets, but she seems to better understand emotional expression through the things she reaches for like "love you", "want" "mom" "mad" "later noise" "happy Billi" and the exact contexts she uses them in. she also seems to use 'yes' more. idk it might just be me

She’s precious and your time and commitment are amazing! Keep up the communication!

One day, she'll learn how to turn her zoom-zoom on herself! I love the names for her toys =D

I look forward to seeing you & Billie interact, it's amazing how much she has learned in a year. She is such a beautiful cat & her personality really comes through using the buttons.

Maybe my imagination but Billi's eyes seem different now. At the start of the learning, they were normal cat eyes. Now they seem different, as if the language learning and communication ability acquired, has raised Billi to a higher state of consciousness/mental processing

shes gna start writing poetry soon i love her sm 🥺

The way Billi and other animals have taken to communicating their wants and mood via soundboard clearly shows we have underestimated their intelligence. Especially when simple sentences and conversations start emerging.

This is so neat to see! Love your videos!

It's so amazing how they do understand. That's why not a day goes by I don't talk to all my furbabies or any furbabies I come across too. They are more than just what they are, they do have hearts with a soul.

Mad Ouch Later is the best critique of Hammilton I’ve ever heard.

Thank you for sharing her with us. I love Billi.

I absolutely love Billy, she‘s such a clever girl. You‘re a very good Mom! 🥰

Cant believe ive been here fur the full adventure! Billi is so nice!

Thank you for making and sharing these videos with everyone !

An incredible journey in just one year. It's amazing that she can grasp time like soon and later. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤

Thank you for sharing all the amazing videos! 😊

Love this retrospective; telling us Billi’s Story has been exciting and full of surprises as we watch her learn. Thank You!!

So much progress and in so little time! You've done such an amazing work with Billi and it was wonderful to witness your bond strengthen too! Thank you ☺️

So many words/concepts in just one year! Congratulations 🥳

This is amazing! Thank you for putting this together for us!

"Happy Billi" 😁❤ Very cool year in review. Thanks for sharing. Neat to see her progression.

How intriguing! Excellent job documenting this and staying on track.

Such a long but amazing journey!

Billi is so amazing! I look forward to her/your videos every day. It must be so incredible to converse with your cat and know what shes thinking!

Congradulations on one year of progress with Billi. Glad she made it this far!

This compilation is amazing! I love watching Billi figure out new ways to express herself! What an amazing journey 💜

Thank you sharing all your videos with us!! i love seeing how billi progresses and shes also just such a cutie hehe ^^