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A dog who can communicate with buttons that have voice recordings has gone viral on TikTok—but is it possible for dogs to learn to talk? How can dogs communicate with words? Is it possible to train a dog to talk like a human? How does dog training and language work together anyway? Let’s get into it.

Sources:

[Bunny the Talking TikTok Dog]
https://www.tiktok.com/@what_about_bunny/video/6852709948959231238
https://www.tiktok.com/@what_about_bunny/video/6835590404226780422
https://www.tiktok.com/@what_about_bunny/video/6886455807718722822

[Christina Hunger and her dog Stella]
https://www.bustle.com/p/a-woman-is-teaching-her-dog-to-speak-it-appears-to-actually-be-working-19300938
https://www.instagram.com/hunger4words/
https://www.upworthy.com/amazing-sheepdoodle-appears-to-talk-with-her-owner-using-a-sound-board

[Dog Training and Behaviourism]
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/dog-training.htm
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/chapter/classical-conditioning/
https://www.simplypsychology.org/classical-conditioning.html
https://www.dog-training-excellence.com/operant-conditioning.html
https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/training/the-four-principles-of-operant-conditioning-for-dogs/

[Dog Domestication and Evolution]
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-wolves-really-became-dogs-180970014/
https://youtu.be/nDt0HKSdRRw
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/01/diet-shaped-dog-domestication

[The Linguistic Sign]
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linguistic+Sign
https://medium.com/@llanirfreelance/ferdinand-de-saussure-the-linguistic-unit-sign-signified-and-signifier-explained-a7e361b5a2f3

[Talking vs Communication]
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/speech
https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/what-is-communication.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27576923/

[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/5WkwdXbGwQQ
https://youtu.be/49A12LPsE8M
https://youtu.be/0ztgpp_8jgk

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