When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Understanding your dog's wants and needs can be a tough order, but there's a lot they can tell you if you ...

You might have come across this new trend online, where owners are using talking pet buttons to teach their dogs how to 'speak.' While it might seem absurd – or even impossible – the concept is ...

Wouldn't it be great to always know what is going on in a dog's mind? Despite the fact that dogs are the oldest domesticated animal (domestication took place roughly between 16,000 and 12,000 years ...

There’s no question that dogs can communicate with their humans. A dog who needs to go out might stand by the door and scratch at it, or bark. A hungry dog might circle a food dish. One who wants to ...

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

Dogs communicate in all different ways that humans instantly recognize, by wagging their tails, barking and smiling. Now a new study says they can also communicate by pushing buttons on a soundboard ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

A new study shows that dogs trained to use soundboards to 'talk' are capable of making two-word button combinations that go beyond random behavior or simple imitation of their owners. A new study from ...

We all know that dogs can't talk, even though we wish we could communicate with our furry friends and hear their innermost thoughts and feelings. Despite this, they can find other ways to 'speak' to ...