Discover how pets learn to “speak” using recordable buttons and what science says about whether they truly understand the ...

Have you ever wished your dog could tell you exactly what they need with the press of a button? Well, now they can! Thanks to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stella isn’t an ordinary pup. The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark. She uses her words to communicate her frustration to Hunger, who told her it was time to come inside to start ...

Dogs communicate in all different ways that humans instantly recognize, by wagging their tails, barking and smiling. Now a new study says they can also communicate by pushing buttons on a soundboard ...

To strengthen her bond with Bastian and give him some agency in his care, Andres began training the dog to use communication buttons. They started with "treat"—Andres recorded the word on the button, ...

Christina Hunger spent the morning arguing with her dog. Stella isn’t an ordinary pup. The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark. She uses her words to communicate her frustration to ...

While searching for her first dog, Joelle Andres saw a photo of a scrappy-looking rat terrier on a pet adoption site and was immediately drawn to his face. "His eyes were very soulful, but he looked ...