The Nature of Things explores how dogs might be using human language with the help of buttons on a soundboard.

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 ...

A new study examined dogs that had been "trained" with soundboard buttons, and the findings are fascinating. A study published in PLOS ONE on August 28, 2024, highlights some interesting findings on ...

Dear reader, there have been times in the past when I knew my BFF was pushing my buttons by wanting in, then out, then in and out again for no visible reason. Well, with technology and recent ...

Rachel Stephens poses this question to her 3-month-old black standard poodle each time the dog stands before a panel of buttons, each one recorded to play a word that might contain the answer. Is it ...