Unless you live off the grid, chances are, you’ve seen videos of pet owners “talking” with their animals using speech buttons on Instagram or TikTok. (@hunger4words, anyone?) The videos are adorable ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bunny, a dog who can communicate using sound-making buttons, has over 5.7 million followers on TikTok. Her owner, Alexis Devine, frequently posts videos showing her dog 'talking' to her. Scientists at ...

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Understanding your dog's wants and needs can be a tough order, but there's a lot they can tell you if you ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although the cute voices we use when speaking to babies and pets sound similar, they are actually quite different, explain ...

Do you talk to your dog? A nice "good morning," or a "how you doin', girl?" Do you ask your dog if they want a treat, a walk, or a ball? Do you assure them, possibly against hard evidence, that they ...