Bunny The Talking Dog Has Existential Thoughts
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**sees reflection**
Bunny: WHY
relatable
Lol
I say the same but it's because I haven't had a haircut in over a year and so my hair looks like crap.
we is getting old, man :(
probably wants to know how mirrors work
@@OfficialSeth A fellow person with a lockdown hairstyle, I see. The virus is so rampant outside that last time I went to the saloon was in 2019, before the first wave.
she's a dog and you call her bunny
of course she's gonna ask you "why" every day
lol fair point
@Tech VX She DOES, she talks remember ...
Some people just have too much time and money at hand.
The only thing positive here is that she looks well cared for.
@Tech VX Nah, I'm pretty sure Bunny knows that when her parents say "bunny", they're referring to her. However, I don't think Bunny knows what a bunny is.
@Tech VX r/ woooooosh
Haha, why you call me Bunny - I see a dog.
Be careful about teaching your dog about using "why".
"No bunny, you can't have chocolate..."
"Whywhywhywhywhy..."
I spent some time in China and took a side gig as an esl teacher. I had a 4 year old student who somehow learned the word why, and he will spawn the fucking word so much Haha, I actually loved how clever he was
-You can't have chocolate
-Why?
-Because chocolate is deadly for dogs.
because you'll
diediediediedie
@@cancerguy5435 "no chocolate!"
"why no chocolate?"
"bunny die."
@@alansmithee419 why die
"why"
"do"
"we"
"exist"
"hmmm?"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
"just"
"to"
suffer"
"hmmm?"
"concerned"..."is" "God" "psychopath"? "Hmmm"?
"Bunny"
"hurt"
"arm"
"leg"
"finger"
Idk. I'd hug her when she asks about love.
And kiss. And feed. And cuddle. All care and affection as a means to *show* and for her to *feel* the answer to Bunny's question ♡♡
If you understand dog behaviour you’d know that most dogs don’t like hugs. Hugs don’t mean the same to us as they do to them. There are other ways to show affection to dogs in a way they understand. Ppl need to stop anthropomorphize dogs. They are not children. Just cause we can get them up to (sorta) use our words to convey their wants and needs, does not mean they are capable of abstract thoughts and understanding of complex emotions and ideas. Now, with that said, I’d like to see if Bunny can pass the mirror test for self-awareness.
@@GoBooYourself Well let's leave that up to Bunny and her owner to decide that. I don't think it's quite fair to speak for all dogs whether they like hugs or not, recognize emotions or not. Some do, some don't. I've seen many dogs who are more than fine with hugs from their humans.
As for understanding complex emotions, again I think we should leave that to each dog and their respective owners to decide. Dogs can sense and recognize different emotions, that's why they're favorite support animals. Maybe not exactly the same as humans do, but they can recognize emotions and associate some kind of meaning to a few gestures in varying degrees. You make a good point, but I don't see it as one size fits all. Humans and dogs bonded over generations because of both their differences but also because of some social relatability.
*Support animals, including service and working dogs.
@@GoBooYourself pardon me sir. Maybe I should have said lay down with her, or take a nap beside her, or do some other thing like pet her while you're close to her. I do so apologize for suggesting something that may have meant squeeze the s*** out of her but I do forget how pedantic people in subgroups can tend to be.
In the beginning, when Bunny looks in the mirror and then asks, "What Bunny?" and "What Mom?" could she be asking why the two of you look different? I may be reading too much into this, but it looked to me like her "I may be adopted" moment.
I think that's definitely a possibility too! Like she's wondering why neither of them look like they belong to the same species (but in her level of understanding, just why they look so different)
Yes!! I wonder if she thinks she's human and wonders why she looks different than her Momma.♥️ I've had dogs that I swear they thought they were human. Listened intently. The two I got now only hear cue words, or just don't care what I'm saying to them!😅
Maybe shes asking what to call them? She sees somthing and probably knows associated with her, but probably can't figure out to what extent. Imagine seeing your doppelganger, she probably thinks the reflection is alive but it can't be herself. So what do you call it?
"Who, bunny" and "who, mom" they are bunny and mom but you cant call them that because bunny and mom already exist. why/how can a reflection exist? This must be so confusing to her.
YOOOOO
Although dogs dont really have a concept of “species” (or at least i dont think they do). The mother and siblings likely have some level of understanding that they look similar, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they expect to encounter any other similar looking dogs or that they even consider similar looking dogs to be similar to them.
you can see she grasps the concept that “what” is a word used for when there’s something she doesn’t understand. it’s really really interesting to see her brain trying to process how to use the limited tools given to ask questions about something as complex as existential awareness. bunny has one hell of an open mind...
Ephesians 6:10-18 says,
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.❤❤
Maybe it's the fact that Bunny can see herself in the mirror makes her question "why". Maybe she just needs an explanation of how the mirror works
Explaining electromagnetism to a dog... we're gonna need more buttons...
or why they let her evil twin in the house
Take the mirror outside on a sunny day to show how light reflects
I'm thinking maybe you can see a reflection the same as in water or in some glass. Maybe that could help.
I have a large mirror leaning against the wall in my living room. Whenever my dog looks at me through the mirror, I wave really big at her and remain doing so until she turns her head to see the real me continuing to do so. Then it confirms to her that this is a reflection of the real us. ❤️
i want to see bunny and billi (the talking cat) in the same room. i want to hear what their conversation would be about.
"Mad."
"Mom. Stranger."
"Mad."
"Why?"
"Mad."
"Bunny. Outside. Play."
"Mad. Outside. Mad."
"Love you. Outside. Stranger."
"Mad."
That'd be cute as hell to see!
@@StudioBrock1337 that is the most accurate thing 😂😂😂
dogs and cats = dwarfs and hobbits... passionate medium-sized laborers, and stubborn small-sized introverts
@@AuntBibby Cats can be very extroverted. Very social. I have 2 cats who both really love other cats as well as people. The thing that most people don't understand about cats is that they naturally live in colonies, where females will help their sisters raise kittens, and where they go out to hunt by themselves. The hunting part is solitary, but they are social. Cats are also very plastic - how they grow up shapes what is 'normal' to them, so if you give them lots of affection and hold them a lot as kittens, they will grow up wanting that. If you leave a kitten alone as it grows up, it will think that is normal, and not want anything to do with you.
@@StudioBrock1337 ACCURATE AF 😂😂
This is seriously the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen. It has changed my relationship w my dog and I
Lol? You can't tell if he is pushing random buttons or if there is any thought whatsoever behind it, are you brainwashed
you can see the dog is walking on buttons, this woman obviously just films her dog every day and it walks over some of the dozens of buttons she has everywhere, wake up please
@@slappy5204 I’m brainwashed the dog is the buttons inside the brain of the buttons so the dog can press them I am the dog inside the buttons
@_ I think people like you are the least sentient, run on pure emotion and use no common sense, you are the one that is rude you can clearly see the dog is walking over the buttons, yes some clips it looks it is pressing it but thats the point im making, its not real. maybe you should calm down and not be so emotional about everything you see
@@slappy5204 Have you not seen any of the other videos on this channel? Where she is clearly intentionally pressing buttons, and even forming semi-coherent sentences? Did you know dogs can have the self-awareness and intelegence of a four year old child? I think you are just trying to look cool by being "realistic", when in reality, it's just annoying, and false, pesimism.
Owner: Who is that in a mirror?
Dog: I have never seen this man in my life.
😂 I think that’s what she’s asking tbh. What is this doing here and why? Who’s that guy copying me
😂😂😂
Imagine if the human race went all in on training dogs on how to communicate and solve problems I bet their potential is completely untapped
let 👏 dogs 👏 vote 👏
The 'imagine if' is a delightful rabbit hole to go down and I hope we humans are good enough to explore this. Imagine the positive impacts on animal rights and welfare, discrimination against certain breeds regardless of the dogs nature and upbringing, rehabilitation of dogs after traumatic events (e.g. rather than just labelling them as 'dangerous', we might understand they were in great fear and lashed out in self defence), and so on! :-D
dogs whole shtick have been to evolve cuteness so humans do things for them.
Let dogs be president
@@1000niggawatt that's cats lol, they've hardly changed since getting smaller. We bred dogs to be cute. We as a species have domesticated wolves many times but it wasn't until they became smaller and more docile through breeding that they became a more permanent; I learned recently that wolves would keep getting domesticated to an extent, then breed too much and start dominating areas so they'd have to be killed off for peoples safety.
I said it would happen, and it did
You did too
this similar effect can be seen in coco the gorilla
Oh yeah I remember your comment lol
What Bunny? Bunny wanted to hear “dog”. What mom? Bunny needed to hear “human”
Was thinking exactly the same!!!!!
THERE YOU GO!!!!!! Maybe Bunny's momma never had a child talking baby talk yet. If you have children, you might understand Bunny a like better. I totally agree with you on this. What Bunny? YOU ARE A DOG DARLING!
imagine the overwhelming and mind-blowing things dogs could learn
At the end she asked "who is this go see" when she saw her own reflection. She wanted her mom to check it out lol
Bunny always looks like she's wearing black leggings or yoga pants
I think she's wearing a tuxedo. Very classy.
I think it looks like she’s wearing a dance leotard 😂
🐶why🐶bunny🐶is🐶hmmmm?🐶
Words of a legend
I ask myself that everyday
Could you make it so that Bunny sees you and herself in the mirror at the same time? Maybe this would help her understand it is a reflection
Visually, if you see Bunny in the mirror from the camera, that means generally Bunny can see the person holding the camera in the mirror. Bunny might also be able to see herself in the mirror at the same time, too.
I have cats, and I have seen them look at me off of large mirrors, when they can't see me directly, and even look at themselves or me off of reflections on tinted glass. Conceptually it seems like it would be easier for them to understand they are looking at a reflection of someone else in a mirror than themselves, or maybe it isn't so different. It would be really interesting to really get to the point where we could clearly understand what is going on in their heads, but the slow progress in that direction is interesting in the meantime.
@@burnttoast111 However, if Bunny were to see herself with her Mother, then Bunny could get a solid grasp on what a reflection is. Not how it works, but at least what it is.
@@dirtysouthtv2209 Maybe. I'm not saying you are wrong, I just don't know. I could see different rationales for different approaches. I would absolutely love it if Bunny could demonstrate she understands what a reflection is, as that would be groundbreaking. Only great apes and dolphins have previously demonstrated this, afaik.
I'm sure they must have tried that, even off camera they probably show her, bunny and dad in the mirror. Pluse she can see the rest of the room in the mirror, so that probably helps.
@@burnttoast111 A few bird species (like some pigeons), a type of small fish called the cleaner wrasses, and even myrmica ants have passed the mirror test.
My roommate said he blocked Bunny from his tiktok feed because her self-awareness was freaking him out, as if it was a bad thing that she was being taught to recognize herself. HARD cannot relate. I'm extremely excited for the possibility that we may be able to connect more with animals and learn from their experiences.
I mean, that is kinda the point of the block function, to some degree. "I don't like this, please don't show it to me." It's just that we almost exclusively block toxic people that being blocked carries that implication.
Though I agree about not relating, though I can kind of see why it would freak your roommate out. We do have a habit of not thinking of animals as intelligent and though I wouldn't say Bunny hits that notion with a sledgehammer, it certainly does challenge it.
That's funny
Cats, dogs & pigs have the intelligence of a human toddler. They can learn words & make small simple sentences.
Thats weird.
I've seen this reaction but I will never understand it. When I see something like this my mind BURSTS with curiosity and excitement! Your world and mind must be so small and narrow if something like a dog communicating with English words rocks your world and makes you question everything. Good. You should be questioning everything. Get your damn head out of the sand!
I'm almost certain the problem here is that
Bunny want's to know what Bunny is and why Bunny looks different than humans
I’m almost certain that anyone who thinks this dog forms complex thoughts about it’s existence…. Would make a horrible scientist.
@@ClumsyFlounder As a human with dog-like intellect, I get this dog's distress. Maybe it's sentient enough to worry about his appearance differing greatly from it's owner's.
If so it surely doesn't understand the concept of race/species. And growing up without any other dogs around probably didn't help.
Perhaps, like a low IQ person, his chaotic thinking power just barely grabs the concept of self, before looping back without any breakthrough to make it mindfully grounded.
@@Z0Z99 dog like intellect.....? Really? Can you quantify that / prove it?
@@ClumsyFlounder Of course not, it's a joke.
@@ClumsyFlounder And why couldnt a dog form those thoughts? They are sentient.
In order to understand the significance of this, I need to know from OP. How has Bunny been trained on the "why" and "who" buttons?
I think I know how the “who” was taught, but the “why” and “it” are what confuse me most.
@Phyre I don't think OP is suggesting Bunny is *incapable* of learning those words but without knowing *how* she learned them we don't know whether her understanding of them is exactly the same as ours.
From an outside view, her pressing the "who" button doesn't (by itself) prove she knows what it means. Because we don't know what associations she has with it.
Well, not that this might help, but whenever we have squirrels in our backyard I'll yell to my dog "who's there??" and he knows EXACTLY what that means. He also knows the difference between "squirrel" vs "crow". Perhaps she started with that initial question?
@Phyre i'd say because you are biologically wired for speech (especially grammar) while the dog isn't, even great apes can comunicate with sign language or pictograms but don't get grammar properly, it's a really hard stuff to get. they can say "me like banana" but something like "i would love to have some banana" is kinda impossible, they can never get past the "tarzan state" as i call it, it's already amazing and you can understand a lot already but you can't have full explanation or completely share a concept with someone like we're doing. for now this a a human specificity (one of the last as we discovered some toolmakers by the handfull)
in my neuropsy's point of view he will never understand the concept of a mirror (at least he isn't showing it now and no dog ever did so he would be the first ever [but he could be, the fucker got so many words, i'm already amazed, if a dog did understand mirror, it would be one like that]). i think the bigger problem with mirror is that it include the concept of "yourself" witch is such a part of us that we don't realise we human too didn't have it at birth, small child don't pass the mirror test too.
i'm also wondering how much she get the concept of those words too, especially concept words like "love you" "why" "?", i don't think she gets the whole idea but it's still very impressive.
@ChocoGamin3 Except that wouldn't explain the "why" to the dog. That's only an example conversation. OP is asking how the dog could grasp existential meaning behind "who" and "why".and how "why" is interrogative and "who" is a pronoun.
I think the best way to show a dog what love is...is to pet/rub them and tell them good boy/girl. Show affection as love...as I don't know how else you'd be able to communicate that to a dog...or any animal...
I show your mum love quite the same way tbh.
I wonder did she find out she looks different from her mum through the mirror, and asked “What bunny? what mum? “ try to find out why? So cute🥰
Whenever she asks about a reflection reinforce with "That is Bunny/Mom/Dad", it might help her facial recognition :)
These videos you put up are easily the best things I've ever seen on youtube
Very bery much agreed!!!
Cannot agree more. 😆
Daily dose of internet brought me here. I stayed for bunny
I started crying when she asked why do you live her. And cryed more after thinking what and how would I tell my cat why do i love him.
What would happen if another dog that had learned to talk was there and then they started talking to each other with the command buttons?
They would speak perfect dog, so they don’t need the cumbersome button and human speech method with another dog.
mine. mine. mine
mine
She doesn't know the dog is her because she can't smell herself. Dogs rely on smell to perceive the world more than sight. And the reflection of her does not have a scent. There was an entire modified study for it. Dogs have a sense of self-recognition but though their own smells rather than their reflections.
To be clear, your claim is that because dogs primarily experience the world through smell, and because a dog can not smell itself, then a dog seeing it’s own reflection does not cause self awareness?
@@gameofadages6847 If you mean that Bunny only recognizes herself through her own scent, but does not recognize herself through her reflection, then yes I think?
@@gameofadages6847 I believe they're saying bunny recognizes her reflection in the mirror but isn't registering a smell that she would expect from another being so is trying to work out why mirror bunny doesn't give off another scent or even her own scent.
@@Aethozoid my bad I didn't see the reply before I threw my 2 cents in.
When my Waldo was under a year, he kept seeing his reflection in the glass of our cabinet, and he would bark. We would say to him "you silly boy! That's you!" After we told him that a number of times, he started posing. He would catch his ball and stop, and look at his reflection. It seemed he was checking out his gorgeous athletic awesomeness. He was also the smartest dog I ever had.
when bunny asks “what love” i’d snuggle her and kiss her and show her that’s love :)
biggest problem with the buttons is the lack of emotion needed for the dog to communicate. It is like an intellectual, left-brained dog. I can see Bunny touching the buttons trying to communicate dnager, instead of barking loudly.
After watching some stupid mean videos it was so nice to come back and see Bunny.
Seeing bunny is Definitely my go-to feel better.
"Does this unit have a soul?"
I think bunny is evolving. That’s all I had to say lol
I'm pretty sure all dogs have this awareness, but humans in their ignorance and arrogance have spent the last 10000 years expecting the canines to be their grateful slaves.
@@burningdiamond agreed - not just about dogs either, but many (or maybe most?) species of animals for the most part.
@@tenshimoon It seems to be a matter of convenience to justify various terrible actions. Humans also do this to other humans.
Charles Darwin wrote about how Captain Fitzroy of the HMS Beagle took him to see Fitzroy's friend on some South American (?) plantation. The plantation owner wanted to demonstrate how slavery was a good thing, so he summoned one of his slaves and asked them 'would you rather be free or a slave?', to which the slave replied that they would rather be a slave. Darwin correctly pointed out that a slave would lie to avoid being punished for saying what the owner didn't want to hear.
To be clear, Darwin was racist, but at least he didn't think slavery was justifiable.
@@burnttoast111 i agree, sadly our history is littered with people trying to justify all sorts of evils/atrocities.
Oh cool I've never heard/read that story before, and I think that's the most likely reason why the slave said that. Being brainwashed & groomed could be another reason which could be the 2nd most likely probability, and only the *tiniest* sliver of a probability that the slave owner was as "benevolent" a slave owner as was possible back then, but even then that's an astronomical stretch of the imagination (I've only ever heard of willing/consensual "slavery" in role-play & fringe kink communities buuuut now I'm beginning to digress with that mention 😅).
@@tenshimoon It's from "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin". Re-reading it, the essence of what I said is right, although the details are different. You can find a pdf of it for free if you search for it. It's worth a read, IMHO.
I think when Bunny pushes “Why” and then *Barks* she is wondering “Why is it that I only can make this sound with my voice?” And when she says “What” I think Bunny is wondering what species she is, and why she looks different from Mom and Dad”
Both our little parrot (an extremely intelligent and perceptive critter) and our cat (who was possibly intellectually challenged) not only seemed to know they were looking at themselves in the mirror but made eye contact with us through the mirror. The parrot didn't think it was that big a deal and the cat did that blink thing they do when they love you.
Non-human animals are sentient. Mostly they're too busy surviving to show us this stuff, nor is it important to them that we know but sometimes... Wow. So cool!
Bunny: Why?
No one:
J: Why is it afternoon soon?
Can we talk about how it seems you are living on a boat
Yes, please
I saw in another video it is house by water, but I would love to know more about it.
There were small cranes that look like they help with boats? And interesting upper porch with no rails.
I live in the mountains, and you clearly live in a unique or interesting different lifestyle. Very interesting and different.
Are they living in a houseboat?
-Dog presses “why” button
-Owner gets excited
-dog associates button with attention
-Dog wants humans attention again
-dog presses button again
Literally this, but people desperately want to believe that something isn't mundane 🙄
"this button makes human talk a lot!"
She could have pressed any of the buttons
@@J_Star_34 apes... they would never change.
Yep. The who and why buttons are awful close to the mirror 🪞
For dogs must be so freaky:you have this weird dog that mimics your movements all the time and your owner doesn't do anything about it
Bunny got me over here answering out loud all by my self 🤣
Bunny: what bunny
Me: bunny dog
Bunny: why mom love you
Me: because bunny good girl
Bunny: *looks in the mirror* why?
Me: mom human, bunny dog
I wish I could hug her 😅 she is soooo smart
"New mirror, who this?"
It’s so nice to see how you both reaching more and more complex way of communication. Bond between Bunny and owner is almost tangible. 😅
Post longer videos. We want to see longer footage of Bunny’s exploits. We won’t get bored 🐰
The channel "I am Bunny" with longer videos.
Maybe "why" is for her a general question, like "upstairs" means anything higher than the floor. In context with "mommy" and "daddy" it could be either "why do I look different" or "why am I with mommy and daddy.", or even "why do I, mommy and daddy exist at all?" At first thought "why" seemed too difficult a concept for an animal, but they do understand that conditions/actions affect outcomes. If they understand conditions/actions affecting outcomes, then "Why do I exist" is in fact one of the simplest questions possible, even though the answer is not.
The dog obviously has amazing recal. She's learned tone and facial expressions and cues from her owners around the buttons. She still incredible to do all that.
That's was at the back of my mind . Is she self aware or good at face reading ? Hope she doesn't become depressed if she is ! That would be sad .
All on her own, she has told the meowing cat to "shut up and go upstairs(go away). :D
I just want to hug bunny. Sheepdoodles are very intelligent. I used to have one back in the 90s.
B.F. Skinner would be so proud. Thank you for making his amazing findings through his research and incredibly revolutionary work come to functional and applicable life for your sweet dog!
I think I've heard it said that dogs don't recognize their reflections as their image. Or maybe some of them do and some of them don't and cats never do? In any case, I've had people say that has pretty big implications for the psyche of these various species.
My cousin works with dogs and she was telling me recently how she's been having video chats with dogs and when she does, most of them act pretty flummoxed by the whole concept - according to her, it seems the image of a person in the absence of a smell of a person is very confusing for them.
I've wondered quite some time if this has ramifications for what a reflection is to an animal like a dog, whose perspective is far more olfactorily-oriented - humans have a particularly visually-oriented perspective, and the human perspective puts very little emphasis on smell, especially for mammals. I wonder if it's possible a pure visual reflection doesn't constitute as proper enough replication of oneself to come across as an "other me" to a different kind of animal.
I've often heard it implied that if an animal doesn't recognize its reflection as itself, it probably doesn't have any concept of self. I've often questioned this, as it seems pretty easy as humans to take the highly visually-oriented human perspective for granted, and a visually-oriented test for self-awareness seems to very easily be a symptom of that.
Thank you for commenting! I was so fascinated by bunny and I love your look on this. It explains alot about this whole thing from your point of veiw. Xx
I have thought the same thing. I don't feel it means anything if an animal doesn't recognize itself in a mirror. Their eyes are different. Also like you say their vision is not as important to a dog as their sense of smell. Maybe some animals recognize they are in the mirror but they don't care about it. If you tried to train an animal to do something and it never seemed to learn, that wouldn't automatically mean that it was stupid. Maybe it just doesn't have any drive to please a human.
Tip for you:
You only need one question word "what"
for where, it's "what place"
when is "what time"
that way it's easier for Bunny to parse.
but "what dad" and "where dad" would be two very different questions
@@lizzalkula376 "dad is at what place" you don't need where. Toki pona demonstraits this.
"mama li lon seme?"
"father (x) at what?"
@@lipamanka I'm not looking at the where exactly. I'm saying that 'where (is) dad/ dad at what'
is different than "what dad?" ("what type of creature is dad?"
-- I know it's a leap but she *IS* already asking who she is and what love is, so...)
@@lizzalkula376 I suggest you research toki pona. It should clear up some of your questions. I reccomend ma pona pi toki pona, the discord server. You'll learn a lot - you seem really interested.
@@lipamanka this is another language (? haven't listened or watched yet but looks like maybe a form of Esperanto?) - I kind of thought it might be- but might that not confuse the dog?
I'm thinking along the lines of not only would the (pet) parent need to learn/know this other language and then keep up with the new language (I've heard/read/seen that the best way to have bilingual children is to have at least one parent model either language - or have something like French at home and English in public (for example). I wonder if that would be needed in a case like using this?
(Then again children who cannot speak yet are taught 'baby signs' (or have picture boards or tactile _buttons_ ;-) )sometimes to get their points across when they don't have the words to vocalize it... )
Was going to say this after seeing previous video... Many words sound SIMILAR. Bunny easily can confuse WHEN and WHERE (Last time Bunny replied HOME, after being asked ‘WHEN?’ I think, she meant BUNNY WENT HOME AFTER PARK)
I have many of the same questions every day. Bunny is in good company.
This demonstrates the incredible level of knowledge and understanding that dogs have. Bunny is no different from other dogs in terms of her thinking behaviours, the difference is she has been given the tools and means to articulate and vocalise her thoughts and needs so that we, humans, understand them through spoken words. I have never understood why humans ever want to deliberately cause animals, any animals, any sort of pain and suffering. All animals process and understand what is happening to them when they are being harmed by humans - Bunny is helping to show us the level of understanding and reasoning that dogs and other animals have. 🧡
Bunny is so smart!!
That button mat thing is pretty incredible. Being able to have dogs and animals potentially communicating what they think and feel and stuff.
Burgeoning sentience immediately jumps to the biggest question of all:
WHY IS?
What happens when they find out even we don't know that one? 😆
He isn't there yet but he is getting it slowly. This is so cute,it like a child. It is really difficult to explain things to a child since their vocabulary is quite narrow.
This doggo is SO SMART. 💗
this is like stepping on the threshold of the uncanny valley :D
This is very cool, thank you so much for recording Bunny's communications. I am so fascinated by your very smart doggo!
I love the editing in this spot:
"What love you? Uh, I don't know how to answer that."
"Concerned."
LOL
so amazing, keep posting more vids please!
The dog got depressed 😂 on meds. She’s a terrible pet owner
These are INCREDIBLE! I knew dogs were smarter and understood better than we give them credit for but you literally can't argue with these videos. Keep up the wonderful work i'm so facinated!
I don't think we are fully appreciative of what this channel is doing and what is bunny teaching us. As I kid I've never ever would have dreamed of seeing a dog maintaining better conversations than a toddler. I'd love to watch a Ted talk on this subject, or that further research was made because this is absolutely mesmerizing. We are prone to think so little of animals and their capacity of communication, cows love music, dogs can talk and elephants can recall events that happened years ago. I wonder where would human species be today if we weren't so greedy, selfish, and didn't think so highly of ourselves. We belive we re the superior species when we aren't even making much effort to understand the lives round us.
We need more people like u mom/human (I am really new to this channel I wish I knew Bunny's mom and dad names lol)
My Springer used to stare at the mirror we had on the landing. He posed, I know he did. He was definitely a “dang I’m hot” kinda dog.
Aww Bunny is so cute!
Amazing, I can watch her for hours and hours. Love you Bunny. X♡ 🐾❤🐾❤🐾❤
When bunny said "why is"
I really felt that
Haha!
I love her searching expression when she s looking to you for an answer.
He might be asking Why am I in the mirror?! He clearly has difficulties in understanding how the mirror can reflect the image.
A couple of ideas:
1) To model "what love is", engage in an activity which emphasises calm intimacy, such as gentle petting with eye contact.
2) It may be useful to create the word "Other" for her. This might enable Bunny to create/express categories of objects (e.g. "Ball" and "Other Ball"). You may then be able to describe her reflection as "Other Bunny", and see if she understands.
OMG she now starting to ask you questions about so much more stuff than you ever imagined. I love her, keep going. You're starting a revolution. Imagine what the future can bring for dogs we always want to be able to talk to them and have conversations. Now we can this is a major step. Imagine 100 or 500 years from now and added in provement in technology of course.
"Why Is?"
She's asking the real questions now! Humans have been asking that for thousands of years.
I think you might have accidentally taught Bunny the thing in the mirror is called “why.” What incredible beauty.
Do you record 24/7?
The leapfrog step in Bunny’s ability to communicate will depend on whether you can continue to add to his vocabulary in an effective way... teach him new words, that he may be able to combine to form new ones like the Germans, or better yet, figure out a way to let him add his own words!
Dogs are so smart. Tell poor Bunny that it is called a mirror, and it is reflecting her image. If you are going to go as far as to create a way for her to communicate using human language, be prepared for the questions, and be prepared to answer them. Don't give up now!! Once we understand that animals are intelligent and possess the capability of reason, it suddenly becomes harder to justify our being cruel to them, or at least dismissive of them. You've opened a giant can if worms!! The other day, I viewed a video of a cow kicking a big red ball around. Seeing that takes all the enjoyment out of eating a hamburger!
Bunny asking why the mirror was there was awesome, especially with the laugh that followed.
Time to install “because” button
Because why
This dog is so smart
That thumbnail of bunny in space watching over the cosmos had me in stitches 🤣😂
I have a friend and her dog's name is birdie. Love that you call her bunny. She's figuring things out and inquisitive like little kids. So adorable...thank you for sharing!!! Much love to you and Bunny!!!
Do you think that “go see” might be Bunny’s term for “mirror” ?
That’s so cool! I thought it was fascinating that humans have existential thoughts, but dogs? That’s amazing!
my favorite was when she asked, "why dog dog?"
My dog goes bark, this dog goes "i think therefore i am"
This is so interesting!!
I’ve always had Border Collies because I value their intelligence, but now I want a Standard Poodle - who as a breed, are just as intelligent...maybe one day🥰
She is totally amazing and how she questions what love is, I'm not surprised you couldn't answer xxx💖🐾🐶🤗🥰😁
U think the dog knows how to talk?
It’s cute, but the only thing this video even potentially illustrates is that Bunny gets talked to in a happy tone when s/he hits “Why.” Being talked to in a happy tone appears to be a reinforcer for Bunny.
Signed,
A Behaviorist and DTT Instructor
Bunny in a year: Mom where are my sexual organs
You will call me snowball....
Next time she asks about love give her a kiss and say that love
Bunny’s reactions to the noises are based of the humans’ reactions to specific noises. Pretty clear cut. Press food when you want it.
Fascinating to watch bunny think, reason, and make the decision to push the buttons.
I think you should just read to her like she's a toddler, Like cow goes moo, sheep goes baa
Wow
Cute dog. Owner infatuation with cute narrative. A lot of editing and making bunnies actions seem “aware”. We all want to believe that our old pet is the most special thing alive and they are for the most part.
No one expects “Why” when told they’re loved. How do we come up with a fast answer for that?
Alexis, its so fun to follow Bunny's progress. Sure do miss seeing your face at work! -Kent
Bunny looks like one of those dogs that would love a big hug :)
This reminds me of this time a scientist though he taught a horse math. Sadly he didn’t, and your dog most likely isn’t self aware. I can see it learning simple commands and learning to match certain buttons with receiving certain stimuli. But that doesn’t constitute self awareness. Much more likely, is her judging what to press based on how you react to her doing so.
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
I think we were told a lot of things about animals that was wrong. I love these videos where she asks you these questions. Is there a button for "feelings"?