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Chaser's ability has been a huge inspiration. Have you looked at the research being done by UCSD https://cclab.ucsd.edu/2021/06/15/97/ for using Augmented Interspecies Communication?

Would love to hear your thoughts on this. I've been teaching my dogs to use buttons (if they want to) to communicate and have seen amazing results specifically with my sheprador. For example this morning she asked to "cuddle eat" which we interpreted as eating on the couch next to me. We have a new puppy and the puppy has been a bit overwhelming when the adults get their food. So our shep has been a little anxious to eat her food in her usual spot. Her ability to communicate her wants has been so wonderful to our relationship.

Oh wonderful. I'm acquainted with Alexis as part of the study and involvement in fluent pet development. I was unable to be as involved and didn't have much time to devote to social media or the study due to other obligations at the time. That said, we've been using buttons with our household for about 4 years. Our oldest doesn't really prefer using them unless we've missed her native communication efforts. We're starting to model use with the new puppy. Our shep is the primary user and using them has been so incredibly beneficial to reducing problematic behaviors like attention barking - she's a very vocally expressive shep.

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