Bunny and Friends - Bunny "Talking" About Her Friends 

When she corrected you with "outside" my mind was blown.

I can’t get enough of Bunny figuring out how to say things ‘correctly’. 💜

I love whenever Bunny takes her little run around the table to get a good angle of attack on the buttons.

Maybe you could say "away" for where Selena is and others that Bunny is wondering about who are not there. Away would always be somewhere that is "not home".

I love those pauses before she answers a question, she's like an old PC that takes a minute to register a command

She says 'Yes, go, play' so fast, like she's dancing on the buttons. So smart! It would take me longer to find those buttons

This actually makes me think about how helpless so many dogs are because their humans don't understand them. Imagine how many dogs are just taken to different locations without knowing where or why. All they can do is guess. And if they want something, they rely on their humans to read their behavior correctly. Sometimes with pets we simply don't understand what they want. They may seem anxious, or excited, or angry. Yet we simply don't know what they want. I think many, if not most pets suffer because of this. Teaching them this type of communication gives them an opportunity to express their needs and wants in a way we can understand clearly. I plan to get a cat in the future, and I will try and implement these speech buttons as well. I would love to hear what my little friend thinks.

OMG...the dogs next door. Bunny and them are all like little kids. "Oh come on mom, an I go over and play?!"

Asking to play with her friends that are waiting outside for her is so adorable.

As an ESL teacher this is fascinating. Often one has to rephrase for the student's context, not use articles ( a, the, those, etc.)and drop prepositional phrases. Since Bunny has to go outside to play with Tango, it couldn't be home to her.

Sometimes she reminds me of when my kids were younger and saying “ mom,mom,mom “ and when I would say “ what do you want hun “ and they had to think of something because they were just bored and didn’t actually need anything.

She's become more and more "fluent". I am very impressed by how fast she puts together accurate sentences

When you said Selena is home, I thought you meant Selena is at your house too haha

How does it feel being able to talk to humans when your friends can't?

What I'm mostly curious now is, can Bunny translate for other dogs? 🤔

i love that she goes for a little walk around the room before hitting one

2021 Planet of the Doggos, starting Bunny.

I just saw someone in the comments to ask her if her friends are happy. That would be interesting.

I wonder if dogs have different barks and sounds for different things, and if Bunny will try to teach you how to speak dog one day. This is beyond impressive.

It is such a delight to watch Bunny. She has the most charming face! Please give Bunny a hug from me. I'm Carol in Ohio.

i may be imagining this, but I think I can SEE bunny thinking about how to answer in a way you will understand.

This is just mind melting. This dog is using complex ideas, abstractions, and concepts equivalent to a 3 year old human child. It is nothing short of amazing. I wonder how far it goes. Humans have pushed the evolution of dogs ahead by selective breeding by light years where they would be in the wild. Just awesome.

It takes her a minute to figure out what she wants to say. She actually forms the sentences first, then types out the words. That is so amazing to watch. Those are some dedicated humans to take the time to teach her, and they learn together how to say things. I love that whole family.

Perhaps "neighbor" could = friend's home?

Does bunny understand "away" yet? If selena isn't at your home and she is at her own home maybe it can be simplified by "selena is away". This is so much fun to watch. Thank u for sharing. ❤

I wonder what that sweet babies IQ is,It definitely is higher than our other fur babies.bunny can tutor them🧡

That moment of epiphany when you get corrected by your own dog for a lack of better words , my jaw just dropped

I love how the does the little table loop to get her brain going and give herself time to form her answer. Gosh I love Bunny so much.

She has the BEST tail!

I love her saying help, then just standing there thinking "oh, I didn't think there'd be follow up questions"

I’m a new subscriber and am OBSESSED with Bunny. We’ve had two dogs that understood English sentences. One was a border collie mix and the other a lab mix. My mom had dementia and was deaf. The border collie had passed away right as my mom was diagnosed with dementia. I trained Ella, the lab to be her service dog using sign language cues, hand signals, body language and spoken English. Both my mom and Ella are gone now but I’ll never regret one minute spent helping either. Ty for sharing Bunny with us. 💓❤️💜🤗🙌🐾🐾

bunny is such a smart doggo, i feel she can be very important in some form in the future!

Omg Bunny is not just an adorable face, she's also incredibly smart!

I can't get enough of your videos. Animal language acquisition is really fascinating. I had a few ideas on helping Bunny learn more easily: 1. You're kind of inconsistent using "Hmm?" to signify questions. Bunny might use it more herself if you modeled "Hmm?" every time you asked her a question. 2. When dogs play (like with a tug toy) they're "fake fighting". So maybe "poop play" actually means "fake or not real poop". Watch out for any other time the word "play" might be used to mean something that's not real, or isn't what it appears to be. 3. Do you have a word for "other"? This might be very useful for describing things that can't be shown. So you could start by modeling "other toy" or "other food", and then progress to things like "other home".

Bunny should have her own series named, "Bunny and Friends!" Her expressions toward her mom is precious!

She really understands and responds. Smart girl.

Hi to anyone who reads this! Hope you’re having a lovely day! This is just a story with my dog and his progress with buttons, which was inspired by I Am Bunny :) My dog just started with the buttons and picked his first one up surprisingly fast! We introduced his first button, “outside”, on the 25th as a gift for him and would model it when he wanted to go outside. Today I sat down with him and the button a couple times to see what he would do, not expecting much, and he was excited to show off 😂 He picked the button up, erased the message, and tried to run off with it. When I got the button back, he shoved it underneath my leg to get me to press it, so I did and let him outside. The second time I sat with him, he actually pressed the button, twice! I was so excited and it turned out he didn’t even want outside in the first place 😅 He also sniffs the button when he comes inside (it’s right by the door to the back yard), which makes me wonder what he’s thinking 🤔 Anyway, just wanted to share my story, I really hope I can have conversations with him like Bunny and her owner do someday! I’m probably overthinking a lot of it, but I’m still excited nonetheless! I try not to get my hopes up 👉 👈

Thinking circles before answers. So so so cute. She looks very soft btw

She is so smart! If I had this mat when my American Bully was alive I'm sure he would be fussing us out! He already rolled his eyes and huffed/deep sighed when he was frustrated with us.

Perhaps when someone is not here, you could say they are bye? Like in one video she asked for "dad play" and you told her "dad bye" to explain dad isn't here to play, and then said "dad play later." So maybe she would have understood "Selena bye" as Selena isn't here.

I never get tired of watching these 🥰

Aww.... Help. Friend. Play. Just about melted my heart 💓

The fact she remembers the words on so many buttons when she can't read them is impressive on its own

Omg she's so beautiful. I just wanna hug her.

Do you think it would work if you use "Selena Home" together to refer to her home? To teach Bunny that 'Home' can refer not just to your Home, but other people's homes? I dunno, saying they're outside doesn't really clarify much. I do think it's cute that Bunny looked around like "Selena isn't here, she's outside the house, clearly." and I think that's what she was trying to say with Outside, but I could be wrong. Either way, Bunny has been able to combine words before, so particularly if she's seen another dog's home before, she might be able to make that logical leap.

Bunny has the cutest face and mannerisms

i LOVE when she stops and thinks its SOOOO CUTE

Those eyes! I can hear the wheels turning.

Time for prepositions!!

Awww. This little cutie miss her friends and talk about them ♥️

Aww sweetheart, what a smart, beautiful and gentle soul she has. Such a good girl

I would LOVE to read how you, and when Stella's book comes out her's too, process on building the association with the more conceptual buttons! Like the example with "Where's Selena", because it's like. She is home, but ... not Bunny's home. This is so fascinating and wonderful to watch!

I am blown away by beautiful brilliant Bunny. "Selena is outside" was so smart of a clarification on her part. I love you sweetie ❤🐕! Years ago when I was having neuro communication issues due to my health, I realized the depth of communication in general. You guys are breaking ground. Thank you Allison for these wonderful videos and your patience to do this. Blessings to you both and your friends, family and Bunny's entire supportive circle (her dog friends included).

Maybe “outside outside” for ‘far’? Animals are pretty good at compounds like that...

I just want to say how much I enjoy Bunnies videos.

she doesn't even have to look at the buttons much anymore!

who in the world would give bunny videos a thumbs down???? And why????

This is wonderful to watch.

Wow , when people hold the camera here it just relaly shows so much dig live as they re seeing you. Love it!

Wow, this is just unbelievable!! She's brilliant!

Ma, get Selena on the horn, I wanna PLAY!

I am addicted to watching Bunny. It makes me wish I had trained my dogs to speak!

This dog is so unbelievably cute

This is such a joy toy see, we breaking that speech barrier between us and our fur friends , this is a huge breakthrough, we need to make this more common, affordable and mainstream asap

Bunny is so cute

I just freaking adore Bunny. X♡ 🐾❤🐾❤🐾❤

This is incredible.

I love her tail, it's like a cheerleader's pompom!

You guys are amazing. Do you have a photo of Selena's house? Maybe "Selena Home" or "Selena House" would work. You could contrast that with a picture of your house for "Home" or "Bunny home." (This is assuming Bunny has seen Selena's house.)

Bunny is so stinkin' cute! You can see the little wheels turning in her head as she thinks about what to say. For the "Selena home" issue, maybe her puppy friends live at their respective "house", and Bunny lives at "home".

Y'all... I binge watch Bunny videos like crazy 😂

I LOOOOOVE your channel and experiment. Mind blowing !!! And Bunny....what a beaut.

This is too cute!

Awww 🥰 I can’t get enough of Bunny ❤️💕😌

....this is so incredible... Just mindblowing stuff..

i love her little running around the table...

She’s starting to get that “why are you so dense mommy?” look on her face! 😆

Too cute!😍

Bunny is amazing and adorable 🥰

Bunny teaching mom English

Aaaaaawwwwwe!!!! 🙏❤️✨ love you Bunny!

Bunny is so cute❤️

She's super smart and adorable 😂

Wow thats amazing

Awww...look at those two munchkins waiting for Bunny ❤️

SO CUTE!!!❤🐶

Im just in love with her. I love her eyes! I bet if I would have taught my nevaeh banana dog this when she was young...shes almost 11...i bet she would have done it. She knows alot of words already. Dogs are the best thing in the world.

she is so smart

What about “Selena is Selena home”

very cute ❤️

Yes, go, play. Flawless

This is fascinating

That’s about the clearest answer yet. Yes go play.

You and Bunny are amazing. I have always known dogs are smarter and understand so much more than everyone thinks they can. I have had them as pets all my life. People say oh they can't remember that long or your dog didn't tear that up because she was mad or jealous. Lol, this proves it. Dogs have feelings too. Mine interact like siblings. If I give the puppy too much attention, because he demands it, she will grab a stuffed animal and take her anger out on it. Dogs are far more intuitive and Intelligent than we have given them credit for in the past. I love what ur doing. Keep up the great work. It's amazing! 💕🐕🐾

Incredible! She speaks better than . . .me . . . Can she learn new languages? I'm sure she can! We can feel so much kindness, intelligence and . . . patience.

I have fallen in love with Bunny. 🥰

Omg I totally recognize the water!!!!

I 💕 Bunny!

We both live in Washington that’s awesome!!!! I live in Tacoma too! I live in University place right near the water!!! I used to live off proctor by Ruston way! How cool! Can’t believe I recognized the water

Bunny is incredible 😍