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Skeptoid #957: Dogs Who Type

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words?

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Maybe you've seen YouTube or Tik-Toc videos where dogs are communicating fluently with their owners using buttons on the floor to speak words.

0:12.0

Are these amazing communication abilities truly possible for our furry friends?

0:17.0

Simply by buying an electronic device and teaching our dog to use it?

0:21.0

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1:15.2

Dogs Who Type

1:18.4

Welcome to the show that separates fact from fiction, science from pseudoscience, real history from fake history, and helps. from dog owner, you may have seen these soundboard products, buttons that your dog can push to

1:35.2

speak words and communicate with you.

1:37.8

You may have even seen videos on social media where a dog communicated an abstract

1:42.4

concept,

1:43.4

apparently understanding the idea of language.

1:47.2

But is this really language?

1:49.6

Or is the dog simply making associations

1:52.0

between the button and a reward, a treat or a walk or going outside?

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