DodoAnyone from the dog community here having experience with voice buttons?
Does it make life easier or does it lead to endless discussions?
(Our dogs are stubborn buttheads.) #dogsofmastodon
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)@Dodo_sipping @lana might have some answers for you. Her dog has buttons!
Lana Sinapayen@artcollisions @Dodo_sipping Both. It makes life easier but can also lead to discussions and negotiations. It's a choice between having your dog frustrated but quiet, or empowered and chatty :)
@lana empowered they are already 🤣(we have 6, from 1,8kg to 45kg) Meanwhile I am quite good in reading them. But maybe they will have fun with it. How many and which buttons are you using? Do you regret any? @artcollisions
@Dodo_sipping @artcollisions No regrets for me! Some things just can't be expressed with body language alone. My dog is very preoccupied about the weather. He wants to know if it'll rain today or tomorrow. I don't think you can convey that with body language... he asks about his favorite people. Etc.
He's got a lot of buttons, but that's because he was one of the first dogs to get them.
Andrea@Dodo_sipping considering the number of dogs in your pack, I'm wondering what will happen if one says walkies, the next one wants food, another wants to play, two want to take a nap and one can't even be bothered.
(Never heard about these things until now. Can't say I feel a need for our two hairy family members. But maybe it's nice for dogs who constantly need to learn new things because they get bored otherwise.)
@andijah 🤣 you are right, but we already do that. I try to read them. Sometimes Gizmo doesn't want to go out, then he stays inside. Or he doesn't want a big round, then he turns around earlier and walks home and waits til we come back. Malou sometimes doesn't want food. They have all different needs and opinions.