Speech buttons can help you communicate with your pets.Amazon, Olena Malik via Getty Images Give yourself (and your pet) some credit! Dogs are sentient beings that have likes, dislikes, feelings and ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — If you’ve ever wished your dog could tell you exactly what they want instead of barking at the door, science has ...

Dogs are great communicators. No, our pups can’t use language in the same way as humans, but we can read a lot from their body language and the sounds they make. And over the last few years, many pet ...

Videos of “button dogs” often go viral on social media as they tap soundboards with prerecorded words such as “walk,” “park” or “mom.” But are the pets really communicating or are they just ...

If you’ve seen those viral social media videos of dogs using soundboard buttons to “talk,” you’re not alone. These buttons have taken the pet world by storm, leading to impressive and sometimes ...

Puppy Parker Posey, a beagle mix living in Des Moines, uses augmentative interspecies communication to express herself.

A new study reveals that dogs trained with soundboard buttons can indeed comprehend specific words, producing contextually appropriate responses. If you've seen those viral social media videos of dogs ...