In her new book "I Am Bunny: How a 'Talking' Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being Human," author and dog trainer Alexis Devine discusses — what else? — the story of her "talking" pet Sheepadoodle, Bunny.
Although Bunny does not literally use her mouth to speak human language, the canny canine has a series of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) buttons. These giant buttons, which are designed to emit a single word when pressed, were initially designed to help humans with communication disorders. Yet after Bunny was enrolled with thousands of other dogs and cats in a project called "They Can Talk," she began using the AAC buttons to seemingly express complex thoughts.
