![]() "Bunny and I learned alongside each other and, in no time, she was using multiple buttons to convey larger thoughts and requests." "It sounds so simple, but within a few weeks she pressed it herself for the first time. "I'd press it every time we went outside and say the word," she said. "I learned as much as I could about positive reinforcement training and learning theory, but I really believe it was my curious nature, creative mind and tenacity that benefited our journey the most," Devine said.Īn image showing a sheepadoodle named Bunny in front of the "talking buttons."īunny's education began when Devine placed a button marked "outside" by the door. She became interested in the work of Christina Hunger, a speech-language pathologist and owner of Stella, "the world's first talking dog," who also uses buttons to communicate, as well as Alexandre Rossi, a Brazilian animal behavior expert known as Dr. ![]() ![]() The pair regularly go viral with videos showing how Bunny communicates with her owner using an array of buttons.īefore getting Bunny, her first dog, Devine decided she wanted to have "the closest relationship and best communication possible with a non-human animal," she told Newsweek. An image showing Alexis Devine teaching her dog Bunny to talk with buttons.Īlexis Devine, an artist based in Tacoma, Washington, and her three-year-old sheepadoodle Bunny are an internet sensation, commonly known by their social media handle What About Bunny. ![]()
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