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idiots-affectionate · 1 year

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Jupi: if I have enough charisma, EVERYONE will be my friend :D

Hey dogblr, we're playing DnD! What are your pups doing?

#storm of storms #10 months #passalongs #alignment chart meme #dnd

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idiots-affectionate · 1 year

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My boy lookin pretty in the leaves

#storm of storms #6 months #dogblr #standard poodle

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idiots-affectionate · 1 year

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wait what's wrong with the talking buttons?

So, the talking dog buttons are fine when they’re used for a concrete action (like asking to go outside, for water, etc) or as a funny trick (‘happy birthday bitch’). The former has an immediate reward/reaction that the animal can conceptualise; the dog gets to go outside, or gets water. And the latter is a trained behaviour sequence exactly the same as any other trained behaviour.

But they’re not fine when paired with non-concrete action or concept, such as time. You see this a lot in @/WhatAboutBunny’s videos. Dogs don’t conceptualise time like we do. They can learn routines (see: Bella harassing me at 6:15pm exactly for dinner) but don’t understand things like ‘tomorrow’. They are more likely to understand words like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘later’ as ‘that’s not happening’ or ‘go try something else’

The use of the buttons is the same as a verbal cue; it’s a sound tied to a specific action. There is no action tied to sounds like ‘why’, ‘where’, or ‘question’ (all buttons that Bunny has) except for gaining attention and interaction from her owner. This is a reinforcement the same as getting a treat from pushing ‘treat’ or water from pushing ‘water’. Good reinforcement histories are incredibly powerful things. There’s a reason why my dogs sprint full speed to their kennels when I say ‘go to your pen’, cause they get their dinner there! There’s a reason that Bunny and Stella (the OG talking buttons dog) push the buttons for questions, emotions, or other concepts. But it’s not because they understand them like people do.

Also the whole marketing of them as ‘finally our dogs can communicate with us!’ is kind of shitty. Dogs already communicate so much with us. Verbally too (ever owned a terrier or northern breed?). Just because they’re not saying words doesn’t mean it’s not communication.

#YES THERE IT IS #MY THOUGHTS ON BUTTONS AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO WRITE IT

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idiots-affectionate · 2 years

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VIOLENTLY affectionate 🥺 she also hasn't had a coughing fit since we started the meds!!

#miss kitty #catblr #4 years

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idiots-affectionate · 2 years

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EXCITING NEWS, this kid is finally starting some canicross! Very proud of him 💖

#storm of storms #urban mushing #canicross #dogblr #25 weeks #standard poodle

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idiots-affectionate · 2 years

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BEEN A WHILE ONCE AGAIN, WATCH MISS TAKE SOME MEDS

She's on a trial run of meds to see if her coughing issue (which I suspect is asthma) resolves! The doctor said to hit everything all at once and observe from there. These two are a dewormer and antibiotic. As you can see, she's pretty okay with the antibiotic, but the dewormer.... God help me

#miss kitty #4 years #catblr

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idiots-affectionate · 2 years

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BEEN A WHILE ONCE AGAIN, WATCH MISS TAKE SOME MEDS

She's on a trial run of meds to see if her coughing issue (which I suspect is asthma) resolves! The doctor said to hit everything all at once and observe from there. These two are a dewormer and antibiotic. As you can see, she's pretty okay with the antibiotic, but the dewormer.... God help me

#miss kitty #4 years #catblr

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idiots-affectionate · 2 years

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6 week old kitten with probable untreated feline herpes, resulting in ruptured eyes with severe secondary infections. He's also anemic and underweight.

Yay for my new foster kitten.