110. What About Bunny: The Power of Canine Communication with Alexis Devine

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In today’s episode, Sharon speaks with Alexis Devine, human to Bunny, the sheepadoodle whose viral videos showing off her FluentPet communication skills delight viewers all over the world. Outside of memorizing over 100 English language words, Bunny often uses her word buttons to create conversation, putting thoughts together in surprising, delightful, and incredibly intelligent ways. Sharon asks Alexis about her process of working with Bunny (and her new puppy, Otter) to account for different language processing speeds, to create an effective communication vocabulary, and to make new discoveries together.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome.
0:11.4	So glad you're joining me today and I'm a really fun episode to share with you.
0:14.8	I'm chatting with Alexis Divine, who is the woman behind the viral account.
0:21.6	What about Bunny?
0:23.6	And Bunny is a sheepadoodle who has learned to communicate using buttons.
0:29.1	It's almost like Coco, the gorilla who learned to communicate using sign language.
0:34.2	It's like that, except Bunny presses buttons in English and it is absolutely fascinating.
0:39.6	I bet you've come across her account on social media.
0:42.6	And so let's dive into this conversation.
0:45.1	I'm Sharon Negan and welcome to the Sharon Says So Podcast.
0:50.3	I'm so excited to chat with you Alexis.
0:53.1	Oh thank you so much.
0:54.1	I'm excited to chat with you too.
0:55.6	No, I got to see a little peak of that adorable bun buns.
1:01.0	Do you ever have pet names for other people's docks?
1:03.6	Yeah, I have pet names for everything and everyone, even for local trees.
1:08.7	So I understand that.
1:11.2	Okay, so if listeners are not already one of the many, many, many millions of followers
1:16.9	of you on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.
1:21.0	Alexis, you've got a account called What About Bunny and Bunny is your sheepadoodle.
1:26.3	And you have a new puppy now to a puppy named honor.
1:30.4	But tell everybody the gist of your account.
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