Company Claims Its Push Buttons for Dogs Trains Them to 'Talk'

From a report:Have you ever wondered what your dog would say if it could speak to you? FluentPet promises the next best thing - buttons the company says you can train your pet to push if it's hungry, needs to go outside, or wants to play.... "We find that actually when dogs kind of know that they're being understood because they have the precision and specificity of the buttons, then they complain less because they're no longer wondering whether they actually communicated what they wanted to," said Leo Trottier, FluentPet CEO. At CES, the company announced FluentPet Connect, a new app that notifies owners when their dog presses a button and collects data on how the buttons are used. FluentPet's starter kit comes with hextiles, a speaker, and six buttons for $159.95. The app does not require a subscription.

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