I miss Far Side.
Posted on 11/11/2019 8:28:48 AM PST by cann
Speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger can make her dog talk—without barking. The 26-year-old has devised a way for her pup Stella to use human language to communicate her needs. Thanks to Hunger’s ingenuity, the Catahoula/Blue Heeler mix can specify when she is thirsty, when she wants to go outside, and when she is looking for her favorite toy. Hunger documents Stella’s burgeoning skills in short videos and their back-and-forth conversations are nothing short of amazing.
So, how does Stella talk? Hunger created an adaptive device that features rows of large, colorful buttons. Each switch corresponds to a different word that describes places like “park” and objects including “ball” as well as emotions ranging from “happy” to “mad.” When the button is pressed, Hunger or her fiancé’s voice says the word. Stella can then string together multiple words to express what she’s trying to say.
In one video, Hunger told Stella that it was time to lay down, but Stella responded with the word “water.” When her human went to her dish, it turns out that it did need to be refilled. After Stella drank the water, Hunger again tried to get her to go to bed. Stella countered with “toy ball want” to communicate that she wanted her Kong toy—something that is always in her bed with her. Once the Kong was found, Stella showed her gratitude by saying “all done happy!”
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Nope...but YOU are sick, all right.
I miss Far Side.
“ If it could speak, my sister’s dog would say: Food, food, food, food, food, food, food?, food!, food, food, food.”
Really. The “treat” and “walk” buttons would get disconnected pretty quickly.
They should add a button that lets the dog say Prince Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy.
The Far Side is awesome.<<<
Perfect. LOL, The Far Side lives on. You know all the greats in the Bible were in search of that far country, embracing it in faith, heading beyond...
This stuff is way more literal than people might ever suspect, blah blah blah.. :)
cats would never stoop to using such a device
they’re SO smart that they get everything they want from us
already
without need of any props like this
(just their claws)
Come on, now, FRiend!
I have kids and dogs. I love my kids far “more” than my dogs, but I also love my dogs.
Who says you can’t do both?
Over the years, I’ve had pet mice, rats, canaries, parrots, cockatiels, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, fish, snakes, turtles and toads. I even had a pet June bug.
Loved them all, as one of God’s creatures to another. No more no less.
For Omar's seat. The dog is smarter...😋
Sounds like someone needs a doggie
Proud to be a pet owner...
Post 22!! I miss the Far Side, too...
Some of us humans have difficulty with “happy.” Apparently for dogs it equals “Done!”
A neighbor has a pet descended skunk...
Hunger created an adaptive device that features rows of large, colorful buttons. Each switch corresponds to a different word that describes places like “park” and objects including “ball” as well as emotions ranging from “happy” to “mad.”
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What is interesting here is the button board has a word printed below each button. The buttons are different colors. But dogs see in black and white and I’m pretty sure they don’t read. This means the dog memorized the button location with the word each button says, presuming the dog understands spoken works. If so, it is pretty amazing.
Of course African Gray Parrots can be trained to operate Alexa. So who knows what the possibilities are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewptevBIqNk
Holy cow...what next.
He retired waaaaaayyyy too soon!
Darling Daughter had a pet med fly.
I hear ya. Maybe not a fetish, but a near-obsession ter sure. And dog ‘lovers’ do NOT like hearing that, triggers ‘em, as you’re observing here.
They dress them up, take them everywhere, hold conversations with them, drink out of the same glass even.
I like dogs just fine. I like pizza a lot, too, but I don’t take one everywhere I go.
“Holy cow...what next.”
Next the dog will be named the new drummer for Def Leppard.
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