I cry every time I watch this😭  

You're absolutely right... tears of joy here. Not sorry. Mitch ❤

So beautiful when you love animals, and also maybe even a little human who has apraxia of speech. Your eyes are bound to leak a little.

It is emotional masturbation, actually. She doesn't need to feel guilt at not having wordbuttons before. She just likes to think how delicate she is, and put on a show!

OMG really! I'd love to see the account, do you remember the name/platform?? :O

​@@allister.trudel oh, I'd love to know that, too!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vDSmjWUhxLE.html here is a link to Nala, the button talking cow I just came across! Edit: Norma the cow, not Nala

What an excellent point! This is a revolutionary system!

I knew pigs were intelligent. Hearing cows could be too makes me feel conflicted over my diet. Which is why, I suspect, some people think these videos are completely made up.

Bunny was confused about not being human. Because in many ways he is.

Jokes? Can you give me the link?

Heartening? What aspect of reality needs heartening by a dog having a mind?

thanks!

There is a channel called CatManJohn. Russell and 3 other cats live together. Russell pushes buttons and even communicates some of the other cats wishes. The other cats never or rarely push buttons.

Billie speaks is a cat channel too

@@luciferfaust Yes, I like Billie Speaks too! Someone had already mentioned it above.

@@luciferfaust I'm not a cat person, but I've been subscribed to Billie for a while now. 🥰

Amazing, thank you for sharing

I'm really sorry that happened. It sounds like a horrible and traumatic experience. Please don't beat yourself up about this. You were doing the best that you could at the time. Hindsights 20/20

@@_WigglePuppy Thanks 🥲🤎

I’m so sorry for your loss. I know the hurt continues years afterward. I wish you all peace and know your beloved pet is at rest!

@@smrgoose364 Thanks ❤‍🩹

Billi the cat was able to learn and use a big board of buttons proficiently and she started out as an old cat. I think you could do it :)

How sweet

You can start at any age, I don,t think the age of the pet matters much. Some pets will engage and some won't, the only way to see if they want to learn is to try

@@Roarshark12 that's awesome that you made your own buttons

They don't just recognise human body language, they use their own, too. You just don't see it!

Alot of animals do cats, cows, dogs, birds, rats, and even mice they just have different ones than us humans 😊

@@deethwarrior even fish

I would love to know what whales are saying. They are the most mysterious mammals of the sea in my opinion.

Your husky is going to teach you HER language instead, or she'll just speak English lol no compromises for huskies

Can you imagine how frustrating it must be for dogs to deal with their clueless, unplugged people? I'm sure their people feel they're being attentive and kind to their dogs, but all the while, clueless.

Bunny's fart jokes were when we knew she was really talking, lol. And then she kept coming up with word combos - "sleep play" for dreaming was huge.

Billi the cat (BilliSpeaks) has a "friend" button for different humans who visit but don't have another title (like "Grandma" or "Aunty")....and on,e whom she particularly seems to like, she named! She calls her "Squirrel"! She doesn't get to see Squirrel very often at the moment, and was recently asking for her. Her guardian was trying to explain that it would be quite some time before Squirrel could visit, and Billi looked puzzled and then hit the "I don't understand" button!

There is infant sign language so I don't think it would be hard to transfer that to buttons.

Emotional? Why? Why can't you just be happy? Or if you are criing from happiness, why be so lax and effluent? It seems like narcissism!

Never too late to learn something for any living creature! Just give them a try and chance

I think Billi the cat started using buttons when she was 10 or 11 (?), so it doesn't seem like you have to start from when they're really young. It might be worth a try!

I found a few other channels by using the hashtags in the video. Try searching “fluentpet”.

I've seen the name, *_"Fluent Pet,"_* and I believe this channel posts the link to them in their video descriptions.

@@cacatr4495 Thank you so much! I just bought some.

@@GirlMomma That's great! What kind of fur baby are you going to introduce them to? Bunny, and also Todd, the very smart tuxedo cat at a channel called *_"Do you know Todd?"_* are my favorites so far, of these types of videos. It's very enlightening and educational to watch these. I so wish I had the buttons decades ago with the dogs I had, though I taught my dogs many words to understand, their ability to communicate with me was hampered by my inability to discern the meaning of their facial expressions and body movements. My Jack, a Great Dane/Akita mix, so smart and so human-like that I trained so greatly would have used them immensely, I'm sure, and Service Dog Nellie, a very sweet and talented, affable Golden, would have also used them. It's a case of *_"I wish I had known then what I know now!"_* Being unaware and unknowledgeable of *_just_* how aware and smart they were, I believe, was a type of handicap to me, being clueless of so much. Watching these has changed my thinking and my heart to having a *_far_* greater level of respect for the creatures than I had before. It has opened my eyes. I wish you and your critter well in your endeavor with the *_Fluent Pet_* buttons. How exciting for you. I imagine the bond between you will deepen immensely with increased communication and the enhanced respect that communication can offer. 😍🐕

@@cacatr4495 Hello! First off I wanted to say that I have a brain lesion and so I may miss responding to a lot of things you said and I might not make sense. If so, I'm so sorry! I'll try my best. On November 8th my precious boy Toby died in my arms from the dog COVID that has been going around. He was 8 years old. I was broken. Completely broken. I didn't think I could get another dog because I couldn't go to this heartbreak again. Well Chance happened that I met up with an old friend who had a $3,500 goldendoodle mini F1B 9-month-old pup that she was in over her head with because she's really busy and couldn't give him the love and attention he needed. Long story short, he's mine now. He's the most amazing bundle of joy ever! I'm so beyond blessed to have him in my life. I had no idea that I was as broken as I was until now when I am so happy and back to my own self again. I'm having so much fun training him and doing everything from the start. Like you, I've had so much experience with dogs. And all of this new technology and just everything they know now, just blows my mind. It's exciting to get to try it! Do you think you may ever think about getting another dog again? I think you should. 🫶💖