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  • čas přidán 2. 01. 2021
  • Bunny the dog can't get enough friendship. One of the scientists I’m working with speculated that “hear, sound, come, come” may have meant; "come listen this is important." I think that interpretation fits in this instance and makes sense given previous utterances too. She was SOOO chatty yesterday, talking over and over again about her friends.
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Komentáře • 432

  • @derekk.2263
    @derekk.2263 Před 3 lety +559

    I like how people say "she doesn't actually know what she's saying she is just repeating the phrases you taught her" as if that isn't how we all learn how to speak.

    • @corvidax
      @corvidax Před 3 lety +32

      people say that?
      there goes my last drop of faith in the logical process of humanity.

    • @Whimsy3692
      @Whimsy3692 Před 3 lety +23

      @@corvidax Oh, yeah, I see a crap ton of them.
      To that, I say they laughed at the Wright brothers, too.
      These kinds of channels are merely still discovering more and more about this concept. I'd love to see where this takes us in the future.

    • @corvidax
      @corvidax Před 3 lety +11

      @@Whimsy3692 Me too! My dog is a Yorkshire terrier, and though it’s impossible to rule out confirmation bias, we are teaching her rudimentary phrases without the use of buttons. The buttons are unavailable to us at this time, but we’re getting them ASAP!

    • @rachelbuckland5124
      @rachelbuckland5124 Před 3 lety +12

      Children are actually really bad verbal imitators so the likelihood that they learn language like that is pretty low. I do think Bunny knows what she's saying though, she's just had to learn through repetition as this isn't a natural communication channel for her

    • @the11382
      @the11382 Před 3 lety +6

      There’s a difference between mimicry and skill. We do learn from mimicry, but what is shown here is some form of skill.

  • @tokki2901
    @tokki2901 Před 3 lety +772

    "Still thinking about your friends", then she replied with all of her friend's names.
    Thats the cutest thing ever.

  • @natashamerline
    @natashamerline Před 3 lety +1160

    When a dog has more friends than you..

  • @laurabaker9610
    @laurabaker9610 Před 3 lety +325

    “Just to be clear, Tango is not your dad” had me laughing out loud

    • @eky
      @eky Před 3 lety +11

      Probably she was trying to say Tango is to her like "Dad" is to camera person

    • @kelseybarton
      @kelseybarton Před 3 lety +2

      @@eky omg

    • @rigomontes5455
      @rigomontes5455 Před 3 lety +2

      @@eky that is clever.

    • @sapphirec_5689
      @sapphirec_5689 Před 3 lety +1

      @@eky WOAH-

    • @RowdyBoy82
      @RowdyBoy82 Před 2 lety

      Maybe Tango is giving off daddy vibes.

  • @FannyLerouxTime
    @FannyLerouxTime Před 3 lety +283

    It's so cute how her mouth opens, almost in shock, when she learns that dad is friend.

  • @Chaosproscho
    @Chaosproscho Před 3 lety +927

    Doggo doesnt understand why she cant live together with all of her friends ;_;

    • @cimplecyrup
      @cimplecyrup Před 3 lety +63

      8yr-old me sympathizes 😤

    • @lainey7985
      @lainey7985 Před 3 lety +52

      @@cimplecyrup 42-yr-old me sympathizes!

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 Před 3 lety +24

      Dogs are pack animals.

    • @karnewarrior
      @karnewarrior Před 3 lety +8

      @@dogwalker666
      Humans are herd animals

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 Před 3 lety +7

      @@karnewarrior some are, some are not more like cats.

  • @rileyplaysanimalcrossing4415

    It’s fascinating seeing just how much bunny understand you. Her little head tilts prove it. At first I was very skeptical of this process and thought it was coincidence whenever she pressed the correct buttons but now I’m sure for the most part bunny understands you

    • @WhiteWolfos
      @WhiteWolfos Před 3 lety +38

      Dogs can understand around 160-260 words, however certain breeds like poodles/border Collies can go to 1000 words

    • @SmartassEyebrows
      @SmartassEyebrows Před 3 lety +53

      @@WhiteWolfos And that 1000 mark may not even be the limit. We just have yet to develop a logistically feasible method to test them past that point. These dog buttons are the first time we've really had a way to start assessing how well they know words and how many -- but even so, look at how much floor space is taken up just by what Bunny has already. It is an interesting challenge.

    • @WhiteWolfos
      @WhiteWolfos Před 3 lety +19

      @@SmartassEyebrows I'm sure it's more than that.
      They tested names for over 800 toys which a border collie singled out no problem on the first try. Add that to the existing words and I'm sure they are mighty capable of learning plenty.

    • @kelseybarton
      @kelseybarton Před 3 lety

      @@WhiteWolfos are there even 800 different dog toys in the world? lmfao, that’s wild

    • @publiusii4246
      @publiusii4246 Před 3 lety +2

      I mean at the end of the day that's how babies learn to talk. They just make random sounds trying to figure out how their mouths work and we reinforce the hell out of anything that sounds remotely like a word.

  • @droidtigger
    @droidtigger Před 3 lety +348

    Talking is one thing, knowing what she is thinking about is a whole different insight.

    • @cyan7460
      @cyan7460 Před 3 lety +8

      She knows

    • @angie73568
      @angie73568 Před 3 lety +2

      @@cyan7460 she knows shit ffs

    • @rebeccaspookyduran7864
      @rebeccaspookyduran7864 Před 3 lety +10

      @@angie73568 you don't think she knows what she's saying?

    • @rigomontes5455
      @rigomontes5455 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah! She is just able to speak a bit of all she is thinking.

    • @lesliebeacom4567
      @lesliebeacom4567 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cyan7460 I agree. I just sent a copy of this to a friend with the comment of how you can basically see the wheels in her brain spinning as she thinks about the question (or statement from Mom), and how she is going to answer. You can SEE that she's thinking about it!

  • @misterorw
    @misterorw Před 3 lety +86

    The fact she tilts her head when you talk is absoultly amazing. She's actively listening to you and trying to comprehend what you're saying

    • @ShadeAKAhayate
      @ShadeAKAhayate Před 3 lety +2

      Dogs lack vertical directional location for the incoming sound. As such, they have to tilt their heads to position sound coming from above or below correcly (using horizontal directional location).

  • @nataliaautunno9061
    @nataliaautunno9061 Před 3 lety +354

    i dont know i think she uses "dad" on Beacher and Tango because they are males. I might be wrong, but she didn't use it for Selena... who knows..

    • @ElizabethPayet
      @ElizabethPayet Před 3 lety +61

      Perhaps. It depends if Bunny relates “dad” to a specific person, or if she relates it to “someone who is male.”

    • @FlameEmber
      @FlameEmber Před 3 lety +84

      Or if she's asking if Dad and Beacher are friends?
      Because he's working, Bunny's "Dad" doesn't go out to play when Bunny meets her friends.
      So maybe she's bringing up her friends and Dad to ask if they are also friends with each other..?

    • @JackVermicelli
      @JackVermicelli Před 3 lety +14

      I wonder how much a dog has any idea about the sexes of humans.

    • @joshuaritter5095
      @joshuaritter5095 Před 3 lety +38

      @@JackVermicelli Dogs are social animals so they should pick up on the differences.

    • @JackVermicelli
      @JackVermicelli Před 3 lety +15

      Humans are social animals too, but without taking a good look, we don't readily distinguish between male and female dogs.

  • @mayakovskaya6710
    @mayakovskaya6710 Před 3 lety +175

    From a linguistic pragmatics standpoint, there is nothing in the language use patterns to which Bunny has been exposed (that we know of) that would convey a gendered association with words 'mom' or 'dad,' or even any biological relationship, although kinship may be implied. She most likely thinks that those are the names of her two most intimate humans. But to have enough background knowledge to grasp what a 'mom' or a 'dad' is in our conventional sense, she would probably need to be exposed to puppies and their moms/dads, have puppies herself. The meanings of words depend mainly on how they are used in a shared social and linguistic context. Words are actually more often signals and tools than they are labels for things "out there" in the world. Also, I agree with the comment below that the syntactic conventions of many Asian languages that do not decline or conjugate words are much easier to grasp than the complicated, convoluted grammar of English. The key here, based on my research at least, is exposing Bunny to meaningful contexts of usage. When she has these and is repeatedly exposed in ways that demonstrate meaning through the context in a manner that is relevant to her world and life and needs, then she can learn many concepts quite well. And as for any Anthroposupremacists out there trying to insist on human superiority, blah blah, ask yourself how many words of Dog or Cat or Parrot any nonhuman species do YOU know? Compared to Bunny, in this respect, most of us seem downright developmentally challenged. If you reflect on the fact that the average domestic household animal like a cat or dog, recognizes approximately 150 words of the language to which they are routinely exposed, and we humans who cohabitate with them recognize, few if any, nonhuman linguistic/semiotic cues, it puts things into a different perspective. The work being done here is so promising and important. I hope the research findings and study will be published sooner rather than later. Thanks for sharing this. It's wonderful.

    • @MarcyPeska
      @MarcyPeska Před 3 lety +15

      I appreciate learning that there’s a word for an attitude that’s been bothering me since childhood. Thank you. Anthroposupremacy.
      In defense of some humans, I think few can communicate in canine sounds, but many of us do a good job understanding much of the language of our dogs. I expect there are folks with similar receptive communication skills with many other animals. 💚

    • @FwireFwower1989
      @FwireFwower1989 Před 3 lety +15

      Similar to how Lady from "Lady and the Tramp" refers to her owners as "Jim Dear and Darling".

    • @mayakovskaya6710
      @mayakovskaya6710 Před 3 lety +9

      @@MarcyPeska Agreed completely. There are good humans too. Some of us feel immense gratitude for the love nonhuman animals give us and appreciate the unique intelligence of myriad life forms. Some of us know how privileged we are to be able so intimately to experience the sentience of another kind of life. But we have a long way to go as a species before we stop thinking in retrogressive ways based on invidious hierarchies among lifeforms. All species are exceptional in their own ways. Most of them play vital roles in the ecosystems that vital to the life support systems of our planet. Ironically, our domesticated companion species are almost as out of sync with an ecosystems existence as we humans are, "feedlot" animals even moreso. But that's not their fault. That's a structural arrangement humans have set up--an exploitative arrangement that relies in large part on our denial of their sentience, awareness, emotional and social lives, intelligence, and especially something like a capacity for language. Human Exceptionalist arguments ("Man" is the only species that uses tools, has language, makes art, has culture, has a sense of family and kinship, has societies, has a division of labor, experiences joy, understands death, has a sense of futurity and doesn't just live in the present) did a lot of conceptual work for us to "thingify" nonhuman animals, and justify horrific levels of exploitation, destruction of life, habitat, and even the idea that we could "own" a sentient creature like an object. Yet new scientific research in the past 30+ years has systematically debunked every tenet of our supposed exceptionalism. Art we different? Of course? Do we share more in common than separates us? Often, yes (the extent depends on the species -- it's a no-brainer that we surely have more in common with cats and dogs and birds than mosquitos or bacteria or viruses). All species are evolutionarily exceptional. But only one species intentionally seeks to negate the intrinsic value of other species en mass and creates an elaborate philosophical and cultural apparatus to justify and legitimate what would otherwise seem unspeakable and appalling. Anthroposupremacism is the root cause of climate change, mass extinction, and all the various assaults on our planet's basic life support systems that we share with the other lifeforms who help make the world. Witnessing language use, communication, and sophisticated emotional intelligence in another species radically challenges the presuppositions of Anthroposupremacy. Animals are not humans, true. But humans are a kind of animal. And seeing ourselves as part of a great web of diversely intelligent and capable, creative life that we rely on to co-make a liveable, habitable world, is a small first step towards an ecosystems mode of living where we learn to find balance with all of nature instead of parasitically extracting from it until we kill out host and ultimately ourselves as a result. I am so grateful to the many scientists and ethologists, and other scholars, and activists working to challenge our untenable, outdated cultural models for thinking of the Human in opposition to all other species. We have a short decade in which to make radical changes to how we live, including with other species, and changing the way we think about ourselves and/in the world is a necessary part of that change. Let's not fuck this world up any further, people. Let's identify and make systemic changes while there's still time.

    • @Oishionna
      @Oishionna Před 3 lety +6

      We aren’t using buttons but I know for sure that my cat recognizes my daughter by name and she recognizes my name as being “mummy”, because that is what my daughter calls me. If the name is used she will instantly look at/ look for that person.

    • @gorrillawarfair
      @gorrillawarfair Před 3 lety +2

      Maybe add a button with "dads" name? That way they could teach her "blank is dad"

  • @carlyoverbay1896
    @carlyoverbay1896 Před 3 lety +61

    "Is tango my dad?"
    "No, tango is not your dad."
    "is... is beacher my dad?"

    • @JakeKilka
      @JakeKilka Před 2 lety +4

      Maybe Bunny was talking about Tango and Beacher being males like dad

  • @joshuamason1221
    @joshuamason1221 Před 3 lety +85

    It's interesting to see how much she talks about other dogs cause I always wonder how much my dog remembers my friends dogs and like the dogs she sees on walks and stuff.

    • @grazynawolska8160
      @grazynawolska8160 Před 3 lety +10

      Oh they have dog friends. My dog disliked a lot of dogs but she was beasties with a poodle she met and on good terms with next door neighbours dog lol they adopt a whole new demeanor when they see friend or foe like people.

    • @carlyrembish1326
      @carlyrembish1326 Před 3 lety +10

      Dogs remember their friends. I took my dog to the dog park and one of our family friends was there with their dog that he had met many times in the past. He made a b-line straight to the dog that was his friend even though there were a ton of other dogs.

  • @susanlow2443
    @susanlow2443 Před 3 lety +90

    It just goes to show us(humans) what they are thinking about. That’s some deep thinking coming from Bunny. She makes me smile

    • @bethcook1166
      @bethcook1166 Před 3 lety

      DOESN'T BUNNY AMAZE YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME? I AM SO IN 💘!! AND IT DOESN'T HURT THAT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY GEORGOUS!!✨✨🌼💜🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻🌼🌻

  • @user-iu1eg2pt7i
    @user-iu1eg2pt7i Před 3 lety +32

    "Where sound?"
    "I dunno... why are you standing there?.. Well might as well say that I love my friends."

  • @Akin467
    @Akin467 Před 3 lety +101

    Do your neighbors/friends find it funny when you say “Bunny’s been talking about you all day!”?

  • @bearded-cat
    @bearded-cat Před 3 lety +182

    Can't believe how intelligent Bunny is

    • @joeyj6808
      @joeyj6808 Před 3 lety +12

      Makes you wonder about all the doggos we've known, right? How smart were they?

    • @bearded-cat
      @bearded-cat Před 3 lety +7

      @@joeyj6808 yeah, i want to know what all of them think. I wish I could have my dogs with me and teach them at least simple buttons :(

    • @iSheree
      @iSheree Před 3 lety +7

      Nearly all animals are intelligent. The problem we have is that they can't speak so we assume they are not. Given tools like this or teaching them sign language allows them to communicate in a way that we understand. Perhaps humans are the dumb ones! Animals can learn and adapt to us, but we can't seem to learn and adapt to their body language or way of communication.

  • @crowickedone4037
    @crowickedone4037 Před 3 lety +42

    I think that she needs a button for "love" alone, since "love you" is now being used much more frequently now

    • @bpsara
      @bpsara Před 3 lety +2

      She does say "love you Mom" and "love you Dad," so I guess it's not too far off if she starts learning "love Selena," etc.

    • @carolineyuen3247
      @carolineyuen3247 Před 3 lety +2

      She seems to be using it as an adjective too, like Dear Selena

    • @tls5870
      @tls5870 Před 3 lety +3

      It's amazing that she seems to understand such an abstract non tangible notion of a word.

    • @derekk.2263
      @derekk.2263 Před 3 lety +4

      Love and you should be separate words since they are separate words.

  • @erstwhile3793
    @erstwhile3793 Před 3 lety +100

    Could she be asking about Tango's "dad"?
    When she clicked out, "hear sound come" it seemed she was trying to tell you to listen better to what she was communicating about "Tango" and "dad", because she grew puzzled when you responded as if she was telling you about a sound elsewhere, and didn't attempt to clarify along that line of questioning, but tried another track altogether.
    Then she kind of dropped the whole matter, very much as a toddler might do when they get nowhere in trying to query an adult about a new topic that they just don't have the right language to communicate about.

    • @ninajansson5826
      @ninajansson5826 Před 3 lety +13

      Maybe Bunny heard Tango's dad come home? Maybe Bunny recognizes his car or the way he walks...

    • @brennawenger4091
      @brennawenger4091 Před 3 lety

      I was thinking along the same path

    • @almond3066
      @almond3066 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ninajansson5826 does tango even have a dad?
      If they dont, that could mean bunny was asking who is tango's dad. Like wondering why she has never seen him
      I wonder if dogs understand not ALL dogs have both a mom and dad.
      Sorta like how you need to explain to a toddler why their friend has only a mom or dad or two moms/dads

    • @ninajansson5826
      @ninajansson5826 Před 3 lety +2

      @@almond3066 Very interesting!
      I don't know if there is a 'dad' in Tango's family.
      It would be amazing if she was wondering why Tango's family structure is different to her own.
      I want to se Bunny talk more about Tango's family. Now. I can't wait....!

    • @natediggitydog8
      @natediggitydog8 Před 3 lety

      Innnnnnnnteresting

  • @peacebaby914
    @peacebaby914 Před 3 lety +26

    She loves her friends like her family, is what I take from that.🤷‍♀️

  • @Sattorin
    @Sattorin Před 3 lety +224

    I think Bunny might have an easier time answering questions if you used "Hmm?" after each one. She may not realize that "Where Sound" is a question.

    • @lucygray6162
      @lucygray6162 Před 3 lety +7

      I've also felt she doesn't respond correctly to Bunny, but figured I'd get slammed as a hater. Like when Bunny keeps insisting on "Sound," and she responds with "Sound Upstairs?" Bunny had not said anything about "upstairs," and the response seemed to confuse her. Maybe, being a Dog, she just wants to stick her nose out the door and check things out

    • @arianelcole
      @arianelcole Před 2 lety +1

      @@lucygray6162 I think she was frustrated on trying to make new words to be able to ask about "the thing" that's constantly on the mirror. that's why she last says sound what come come.

  • @rebeccarahmanthatone
    @rebeccarahmanthatone Před 3 lety +48

    I wonder though this might be a stretch, Bunny has a separate style of communication with her friends, other dogs, other animals, and a separate style of communication with you her owners...does that make Bunny bilingual in a sense?

    • @wayneessar7489
      @wayneessar7489 Před 3 lety +15

      Dogish with friends.
      English with Mom.

    • @MimifromChicago
      @MimifromChicago Před 3 lety +6

      They always were. The play bows and body language they use with dogs is different than the way they interact with us.

    • @lethiapage4767
      @lethiapage4767 Před 3 lety +2

      @@MimifromChicago hahaah yes and yet they sniff everyone the same. Right in the private parts. 😂

  • @alixf3227
    @alixf3227 Před 3 lety +9

    Like a kid trying to set up a bunch of playdates!

  • @s3rvus
    @s3rvus Před 3 lety +118

    In the beginning, could she mean that she became friends with Tango's "dad" recently?

    • @darkiee69
      @darkiee69 Před 3 lety +14

      I was thinking along the same lines.

    • @danil874
      @danil874 Před 3 lety +38

      @emluvskawaii or may be any known male person is dad for her. Nobody knows what exactly she understands for each word.

    • @peacebaby914
      @peacebaby914 Před 3 lety +17

      I feel like PERHAPS she's saying she has a love for Tango like she has a love for "Dad" (or family in general?).🤷‍♀️

    • @MareeyaDee
      @MareeyaDee Před 3 lety +19

      I thought it may’ve meant that Tango and Dad are friends or became friends with each other.

    • @Annie_Annie__
      @Annie_Annie__ Před 3 lety +19

      I was thinking she might want her dad to take her to see Tango. Or maybe dad went with them to see Tango last time?

  • @nikiiannarone7149
    @nikiiannarone7149 Před 3 lety +5

    I love how she listens to you, thinks, and walks over to the board. The way her head tilts, or her mouth opens.. She is so smart and expressive as well.. Seems she's adapting some body language🤔

  • @christikulczyk1439
    @christikulczyk1439 Před 3 lety +27

    I feel like my dog would be Sharing secrets if he could talk like bunny 😂 love your videos!

  • @joeyj6808
    @joeyj6808 Před 3 lety +5

    It is so cool to know doggos think about their friends and family so much! It's like every single video of Bunny just makes me happier than the last. Thank you all for doing this!

  • @ianmoseley9910
    @ianmoseley9910 Před 3 lety +8

    Just remembered an irrelevant story from the "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" series - guy goes into the bar with his dog and does ventriloquist tricks to get a free drink. When he orders the drink, the barkeep (who learnt to read lips in noisy bars) realises the man is mute and the dog is the ventriloquist.

  • @junlge1513
    @junlge1513 Před 3 lety +15

    Its interesting now that bunny knows some words, she now possibly thinks in her head with those words like humans

    • @isabellehonorato7442
      @isabellehonorato7442 Před 3 lety +4

      damn
      my brain just exploded with this idea. It does make sense that this could be happening and its crazy

  • @aniahliepard
    @aniahliepard Před 3 lety +14

    She's so precious

  • @visionsdivineguidance8704

    That was exceptional! Especially the end where she named all her friends. Good girl!

  • @lindatisue733
    @lindatisue733 Před 3 lety +18

    Some Asian languages use time as a modifier and a perfect tense verb and rarely use past/present/future tense. Wonder if that is how Bunny understands too?

  • @jpofgwynedd3878
    @jpofgwynedd3878 Před 3 lety +6

    Seeing you all work together to communicate so very clearly is amazing to watch. It's really important stuff... And cute and funny (though must be frustrating for everyone at times)!
    Once again, thanks.

  • @whirligig5006
    @whirligig5006 Před 3 lety +4

    Bunny is so cute! She is working so hard to work out what is being said to her and how to respond. xx

  • @AK-jt7kh
    @AK-jt7kh Před 2 lety +2

    I feel like she’s having a herding crisis 😂
    Beacher, Salina, Tango, and Dad are all over the place. She loves them and wants to play with them all!

  • @yen-8680
    @yen-8680 Před 3 lety +13

    bunny has more best friends than me 😂

  • @atomicplaygirl66
    @atomicplaygirl66 Před 3 lety +39

    Now wouldn't it be cool if all of Bunny's little playmates, especially Tango, Beacher and Selena, knew how to use the button boards to speak as well? That would be a sight to behold watching them paw their buttons and make their "I'm thinking" faces as they try to get their points across.

    • @wayneessar7489
      @wayneessar7489 Před 3 lety +10

      ...but they speak Dog already...
      I do know what you mean though.

    • @atomicplaygirl66
      @atomicplaygirl66 Před 3 lety +3

      @@wayneessar7489 😂And I know what you mean too. Good point. 😁

    • @tls5870
      @tls5870 Před 3 lety +5

      I was really wondering if after this gets popular and lots of dogs are doing it, maybe they will make sort of a standard button layout and meanings for all dogs so that they can be brought together and possibly communicate with eachother and be familiar with eachother's set up since they're the same. Also maybe after a while we'll learn of dogs trying to teach other dogs.

    • @atomicplaygirl66
      @atomicplaygirl66 Před 3 lety

      @@tls5870 It is an old saying that monkeys/apes secretly already know how to talk......but they refuse to do it for fear that we humans will put them to work. 😂 But on a more serious note yes I see your logic. I too think there is a huge potential with our dogs to learn more and more. But there is a yt channel where a lady has 2 dogs using talk buttons. It looks like a hot mess. The dogs just seem confused. Bunny's mom and dad could teach 2 dogs at once.....because they are very intentional with what/why/how. But I think they choose to have only 1 dog for a reason. Other people have good intentions but don't have the teacher skills to get it done.

  • @tinagirgner1748
    @tinagirgner1748 Před 3 lety +1

    That dog's thinking face is the best..

  • @XXX-zx5zz
    @XXX-zx5zz Před 3 lety +8

    Owner: Just got offer letter from Harvard!
    Bunny: YOU, SAD, MINE, OFFER, Opps!

  • @LynneC44
    @LynneC44 Před 3 lety

    I love when Bunny stops and thinks so hard and purposefully. Good girl Bunny!!! ❤️

  • @Jenniferbluefire
    @Jenniferbluefire Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing....impressive. Her intelligence is like a human child, very specific in her communications. Mum is patient and loving makes communicating with her such wonderful experience to watch.

  • @ItsMeMissV369
    @ItsMeMissV369 Před 3 lety +2

    I love watching her pause to mentally construct what she wants to say in buttons 🥰🐾

  • @tls5870
    @tls5870 Před 3 lety +3

    All this time, man's best friend just needed our help to give them the ability to have a conversation with us.

  • @Chrissywalters
    @Chrissywalters Před 3 lety +1

    I love that there's an "Oops" button, for mistakes ...good thinking!

  • @jomarie2785
    @jomarie2785 Před 3 lety +1

    I love watching her think

  • @dmc898
    @dmc898 Před 3 lety +1

    I think shes adding Dad into her list of people and dogs that she loves. She lights up when she is with them. You are the person she has a very special relationship with. Her BFF 💞

  • @lestki
    @lestki Před 3 lety +7

    I remember reading someone's comments saying that Bunny's owner's were delusional if they thought she could actually mean what she was pressing. Wonder what they have to say for themselves if they watched this. I'm fascinated by the way Bunny is thinking and I can actually understand her. Or maybe I'm delusional too. :)

    • @JoyZoneYT
      @JoyZoneYT Před 3 lety +3

      probably they would say the same thing, or say that the dog was trained to push specific buttons, which kind of makes the whole capacity for dogs to learn obvious, but for that guy, it wouldn't click.
      Don't waste energy thinking about the unconvinced. They may one day change their minds but, it seems it isn't what you believe, and that's also ok. :)

    • @ArtemisScribe
      @ArtemisScribe Před 3 lety +4

      some people are just desperate to look like the smartest person in the room. Alexis has said many times she has no idea how much of this is actual communication and how much is just a fun trick Bunny likes doing. The way I see it this is a happy dog who gets tons of positive attention from her owners and enrichment games and is living her best pupper life and if it also turns out that she's at the forefront of canine/human communication then that's just a swell little bonus for us all. So don't lose sleep over the people who are always going to be calling this a scam because they have nothing better to do. The dog is happy, that's what matters.

  • @MayaRaimondo
    @MayaRaimondo Před 3 lety +1

    I love how she always presses “come” almost urgently.
    Looks like Bunny just played by the water. ♥️

  • @marcin.3476
    @marcin.3476 Před měsícem +1

    Bunny has a much more active social life than I do!

  • @michaeltoney2277
    @michaeltoney2277 Před 3 lety +1

    Bunny wants all the friends! NOW. All the love now!

  • @blondelebanese9922
    @blondelebanese9922 Před 3 lety +1

    Bunny is brilliant! Can’t believe how she expresses her feelings so clearly.

  • @johnathanhenley2251
    @johnathanhenley2251 Před 3 lety

    I discovered your channel like a week ago. I've literally watched EVERYTHING. I need MOAR!!

  • @LinneaAnn01
    @LinneaAnn01 Před 3 lety +60

    Are there days were Bunny just won’t “talk” or press her buttons? I mean for me there’s days where I don’t really want to say anything so I don’t. Do you find that Bunny has days like that too?

    • @monamaennchen
      @monamaennchen Před 3 lety +34

      She once said in an interview that the amount on inteaction with the buttons varies. Some days she uses them 20 seperate times to express thoughts and have convos, on other days it's only 3 or 4 uses. If I recall that correctly. Seems like on days where not much is happening and she is not in the mood to communicate verbally she just says less.

    • @aidensnew8562
      @aidensnew8562 Před 3 lety +28

      from what i have seen from their posts and streams she might not be super talkative every day but she dose at least communicate when she wants to play, eat or go outside. I've even seen a few days where she's made it clear with the "all done" and "bye" buttons when shes had enough and just wants to lay down.

    • @LinneaAnn01
      @LinneaAnn01 Před 3 lety +7

      @@monamaennchen thank you so much

    • @LinneaAnn01
      @LinneaAnn01 Před 3 lety +7

      @@aidensnew8562 thank you for the assistance it means a lot

    • @peacebaby914
      @peacebaby914 Před 3 lety +15

      I've heard her mention that she's more chatty on some days than others as well. Obviously we see her chatty moments because that's the entertaining part that brings more views, but she has her quiet moments/days too I guess.
      It's nice that the buttons are there if she wants to use them to express herself, but she has the option of just NOT, & that's still totally acceptable too. I'm jealous!😂

  • @peterc4056
    @peterc4056 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you to Bunny and her parents for bringing some joy in 2020. Love you, Bunny, scritches!

  • @asdfghyxcvbnm6033
    @asdfghyxcvbnm6033 Před 3 lety +26

    Could bunny possibly mean dad as someone she likes? Like her "dad" is your partner, right? She doesnt know about the concept dad=father. So maybe she sees her friends like she sees "dad" for you?

    • @SG-ct2tb
      @SG-ct2tb Před 3 lety

      That's what I think too

    • @ITSMERlVER
      @ITSMERlVER Před 3 lety

      AWWW that’s so cute!! Probably!!

    • @kioku618
      @kioku618 Před 3 lety +4

      I'd imagine she'd just think that dad is her dad's name and mom is her mom's name just like bunny is hers. It's the only thing she's called them and the only use of those words she's seen.

    • @dio8636
      @dio8636 Před 3 lety +2

      I think she considers "Dad" as specifically her owner's name, just like "Selena" is specifically her one dog friend and "Tango" another. I think she's asking if dad can take her to her friend, just like she sometimes says "Dad play" (dad will you play with me/can dad play with me), she's asking "Dad Tango" (dad will you take or join me to Tango/can dad take me to Tango).

  • @karenh-r7845
    @karenh-r7845 Před 3 lety

    Just gets more adorable with every video.

  • @The_Crafty_Hood
    @The_Crafty_Hood Před 3 lety

    its lovely to see how se has evolved and how you have improoved her tools to communicate

  • @Lunar_Blacksmith
    @Lunar_Blacksmith Před 3 lety +2

    I wonder if she loves her dad so much that she is trying to convey that her friends are at dad level of love. So she’s not thinking they’re her dad, but she likes them like she likes dad.

  • @melaniehansen683
    @melaniehansen683 Před 3 lety

    Bunny is so cute! Watching her learn words that aren't nouns and basic verbs is so cool. I daydream about the day my little dog chats with me like this.

  • @MrMpm3001
    @MrMpm3001 Před 3 lety

    Truly amazing

  • @yasisoufi
    @yasisoufi Před 3 lety

    Ok this is the most adorable Bunny video!

  • @VibhorWase
    @VibhorWase Před 3 lety

    I see dog sitting quietlyin a corner..wonder what he's thinking about. Bunny actually TELLS you who she's thinking about and lists them!

  • @HigherHeartWarriorChannel

    God I just LOVE YOU BUNNY!!!

  • @barbaraconnolly9000
    @barbaraconnolly9000 Před 3 lety +3

    This is an amazing insight into how dogs do actually think about things, like friends, playing, going out. I have always said having a dog is like living with a toddler.
    I then wonder how many other animals are this sentient? Making our decision to count them as a food group even more morally dubious.
    I love watching bunny, watching her think through things. She's adorably cute to look at too.

  • @Misitheus
    @Misitheus Před 3 lety

    Fascinating!

  • @veryhandymann
    @veryhandymann Před 3 lety

    I love it that she really wants to communicate much more.

  • @SunShine-dd4vt
    @SunShine-dd4vt Před 3 lety

    Bunny is such a sweetheart 🤗🥰

  • @lizagates6252
    @lizagates6252 Před 3 lety

    I love this family

  • @Kellykittymom
    @Kellykittymom Před 3 lety

    I love watching her process her thinking 🤔. Sweet BunBun😘

  • @amistenson2535
    @amistenson2535 Před 3 lety +1

    Sounds like she wants a friend who lives with her. ❤️

  • @feikodelavieter7515
    @feikodelavieter7515 Před 3 lety +1

    and the 'dad of tango' , is a friend too.

  • @JadetheGoober
    @JadetheGoober Před 3 lety

    I could watch a live stream of this for hours honestly

  • @minbannister3625
    @minbannister3625 Před 3 lety

    A pack animal wants to see its pack. That's not unusual, but the communication of the thought certainly is!

  • @RustyNips
    @RustyNips Před 3 lety +3

    For a second I thought bunny was wanting dad to dance with them

  • @sarahhunt6292
    @sarahhunt6292 Před 2 lety

    Yesterday i went to dog training and he told us to look u up Already love you

  • @elisesims5389
    @elisesims5389 Před 3 lety +2

    "Bye Selena" after playing with Selena. That I so damn cute 🥰🥰

  • @blackdoge5754
    @blackdoge5754 Před 3 lety

    you make me smile everytime~!

  • @Mark1Mach2
    @Mark1Mach2 Před rokem

    WOW is just all I can say! She counted all her friends, all 3 of them in the end there

  • @marekabrooks207
    @marekabrooks207 Před 3 lety

    I LOVE BUNNYYYYY!

  • @name1606
    @name1606 Před 3 lety

    incredible it's deep thought

  • @LMAO_365
    @LMAO_365 Před 3 lety

    Amazing

  • @TIS6886
    @TIS6886 Před 3 lety

    Amazing 😊
    💜💜💜

  • @annebos4634
    @annebos4634 Před 3 lety

    You'd think this dog will be very happy with a brother or sister dog she gets along with!

  • @mjrussell414
    @mjrussell414 Před 2 lety

    She always looks like she’s thinking deeply about life, the universe and everything.

  • @tomwestbrook
    @tomwestbrook Před rokem

    Bunny is so cute!

  • @janelightning73
    @janelightning73 Před 3 lety

    Smart girl!

  • @mamababycats
    @mamababycats Před 3 lety +19

    Can you work with neuroscientists to see how Bunny's brain pattern has changed throughout her learning process?? Would be interesting! 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

    • @ItsSuzanR
      @ItsSuzanR Před 3 lety +2

      Yes now they need some functional mri of Bunny talking. I’m so fascinated with these pets talking! Amazing!

    • @TieDyeVikki
      @TieDyeVikki Před 3 lety +4

      This may add a new twist to the term PET scan!
      (Positron Emission Tomography)
      But yeah, I'd be very curious to know how/if her brain function has changed too!
      I do know that when they study dog's brains, they use dogs that have been conditioned to get into the scanning machines and hold still and ignore the sounds it makes. I wonder if Bunny could be trained, or rather how long it would take to train her. And if it's possible to do brain scans outside of a machine while she's actually using the buttons.

    • @sophiefilo16
      @sophiefilo16 Před 3 lety +6

      She's actually already sending the data to researchers at a university who analyze the data and try to determine Bunny's thought process. I really don't think her brain would have changed much because there have already been plenty of cases of dogs learning hundreds of words. I don't think Bunny would have a unique brain compared to such dogs. At most, the language center of her brain might be more active since she has to think of ways to communicate her thoughts instead of only understanding one-sided conversations. The real data would come form what happens in her brain WHILE she is pressing the buttons. However, that would be difficult to do. Removing Bunny from her home environment would or bringing strangers into that home environment and forcing her to wear strange equipment will alter the natural data. As it is now, the best data is that produced in her natural environment when she is having "normal" conversations with the people she trusts...

  • @yayaceravieja1461
    @yayaceravieja1461 Před 3 lety

    This is amazing! :-)

  • @We_Are_All_Vultures
    @We_Are_All_Vultures Před 3 lety

    She loves this Tango

  • @camrynacecraft
    @camrynacecraft Před 3 lety

    Shees like im listening for the sound mommm

  • @TheMartinSan
    @TheMartinSan Před 3 lety +2

    Is there any way to read the finished paper that they are working on together with bunny when it's finished?

  • @choosejoy1464
    @choosejoy1464 Před 2 lety

    Time to play and I’m naming names!

  • @freddychopin
    @freddychopin Před 2 lety +1

    Seems to me by "friend-Tango-dad-Beacher", she's just listing all individuals she knows as friends.

  • @solomcfc82
    @solomcfc82 Před 3 lety

    We could all learn something from bunny..... She thinks before she speaks. 🐶

  • @0230Raveena
    @0230Raveena Před 3 lety

    Amazing how her board is getting larger.

  • @ziggystardog
    @ziggystardog Před 3 lety +8

    Bunny is like a record producer searching for that authentic Dad Tango Beacher Selena sound.

  • @astero69
    @astero69 Před 3 lety

    Congrats on being noticed in yt's facebook account!

  • @ianyang_
    @ianyang_ Před 3 lety +2

    bunny:😲

  • @clarinamascarenhas7499

    God I’d have loved this when studying psychology at a level this would have been a bomb ass case study to include in the language unit

  • @anidadron
    @anidadron Před 3 lety +3

    I don't think she's saying Beacher is dad. I think she's naming friends because she wants to play with them. She is very social.