DOG TALK® (and Kitties Too!)

icon of side silhouette of dog and cat drawn inside the dog Tracie Hotchner the Radio Pet Lady
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Are "Button-Pushing" Dogs Really "Saying" Anything?

#928A: Federico Rossano — Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at UCSD — conducted an international study of people using the "buttons" to communicate with their dogs — and took a lot of professional flak for doing the study, and the conclusion that the dogs do seem to be "saying" something, despite Tracie's unwavering skepticism about the whole concept!