I like how dogs when using these tools become more curious while cats become more controlling.

i love that this proves that cats felt just as entitled as we always thought they did

Someone nice accurately pointed out that if you want to prepare to have a baby, you should get a dog. To prepare to have a teenager, get a cat.

She did look angry. The ears tipped back, head high and giving her back to mom. I’ve had cats all my life and that was a cat having a bit of a temper.

I couldn't do this with my cats, I'd just hear "food" all day

Catching yourself explaining your actions to your cat is a whole new level.

this cat has better communication skills than my ex lmao

She meows a lot more the moment she leaves the house. So she understands she can't use the sound board but still wants to indicate her thoughts.

I like how she looks up at Mom, each time she presses a button, to see Mom's reaction.

Just the authoritative way she sits and looks at mom like, "Explain yourself", cracks me up

Billi understands degrees in intensity! "Mad mad" and "want want want".

I love how she doesn't even look down at the buttons, she just positions herself and then presses them.

I think my favorite part of this video is how the cat goes "WANT WANT WANT" after you suggest a walk 😂

Billi pressing want three times in rapid succession once she's understood is the most adorable part xD

I’m kind of blown away that Billy asked where were you before? How fascinating

I taught my cat how to sit before a treat and I thought that was a flex. This is on another level...😂❤❤

Some day we’ll get to witness a cat and dog talking to each other with these buttons lol.

1:14 Clearly angry but without any aggression which is a fascinating expression to see in a cat. Especially from Billi’s cute little face.

I love whoever thought of these sound boards. Animals have so much more going on in their heads than people realize, and they want to communicate

I must be a terrible person but after watching Billi talk (back) to her mom I’m 100 % sure I’ll never teach my cats to speak 😂😂😂🥰💕

I like how she instantly becomes more vocal when separated from her buttons.

i like how rapidly her emotions oscillate from anger to love lol

I love how the squirrels is absolutely losing it while billi doesn't even notice.

This is so cool, it must feel very liberating for the cat to be able to communicate with you with such clarity

Her calling for you and then pressing "mad" followed by "before where" is yet another pretty clear cut series of words in context, coupled with her body language with ears folded back and tail swooshing, it'd be hard to argue against her use of language. 🙂 Nobel prize soon?

I’d be scared that I’d hear “Angry Angry Angry” repeatedly at night.

I am a cat person by a million fold over dogs but the fact cats can do this still blows my mind. I know they're smart and I've always believed cats fully THINK these things but since cats arent as trainable as dogs I just never imagined we culd teach them how to actually communicate their thoughts to us. I LOVE THIS.

My dog used to 'look away" from what really interested her. It was a sign, trying to convince the one being observed "I'm not seeing you" 😊

WANT. WANT. WANT. Life with a cat in three words. Seriously though, it's insanely impressive what this cat has trained her staff to do!

The pure fury in her eyes when you were explaining why u took so long had me laughing! Her tail was getting faster and her eyes were full of disbelief "watering the plants is more important than my back and call?!!"

(0:21) I've heard that a cat presenting their backs to you was a sign of anger, and I think Billi just proved that. The way she walked away so grumpily and haughtily flipped her head up at Mom killed me 😂 And idk if it really means anything, but I liked the way Billi said "help" in context to going for a walk. Like she doesn't view it as you taking her for a walk, but you helping her go outside.

This is literally showing a glimpse into the future of being able to reply communicate with animals

Omg she's amazing. She scolded you for not coming immediately when she wanted attention. Each video u post she surprises me again and again

Person: “I came as soon as I could Billi” Billi: “UNACCEPTABLE.”

I love how every cat ever presses the "mad" button 😂😂

I think we heavily underestimate the potential intelligence of most animals.

I love how touching, but not pressing, a button is basically a semi-quantity, and similarly pushing "want" multiple times indicate excitement level.

This just 100% reinforces my thought that cats see humans as pets, not themselves

1:14 omg the airplane ears 🤣🤣 that cat is seriously pissed

The “myereh myeh” as she slowly stalks toward the squirrel is hilarious!

Watching Billi slowly teach her human to talk is amazing and shes doing it in her second language of English

Forgot how much I enjoyed these videos. Got to love the politely controlled irritation 😅

you are a well-trained human XD

After that whole fit all the sudden says, “I love you” ♥️ so cute

Billie is definitely at a point where she’s acting with enough intentionality to express such a sophisticated thought. I think the pauses are because animals, like children, assume their inner thoughts are obvious to other minds, so talking almost becomes like a chore for them.

The look on Billi’s face😂expecting a reasonable explanation 🤭😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🫰🫶😘

Holy crap! It's genuinely communicating! And Billy has a character 😂😂😂 love it.

The looks she was giving you made me think: “I’m not mad mother, just disappointed.”😸💕

I love, absolutely adore, the fact that Billy didn't just say "want outside". She said she "want look "and then stuck her head in the carrier. She doesn't just want to be outside, she wants to look at things outside. Just wow

Dogs are so curious on these and ask so many questions and cats give orders 🤣🤣🤣 I love my keekats so much! And my sweet puppers!

Wether this cat is conscious that he is "saying" the correct phrases he definitely knows that its a form of communication. Dogs and cats really do understand much much more verbal language than we were conditioned to believe.

I wonder if the initial urgency was because she saw the squirrel out of the window and had to go after it while it was still there. In other videos she has been more patient with your response to the come request.

The equivalent of a human child going: MOOOOOOOOM! Mom: what? Billi: love you...

You need a button for “Mom, I love you and I wanna talk but that effin’ dishwasher noise is driving me batty!”

I am extremely fascinated by this. How, this feels impossible, but she can understand

"What a mighty huntress you are." "Myeh" UGH SHE'S SO CUTE 🥺

Its cool how billi doesnt say anything until actually leaving, because theres no buttons outside to press so she starts meowing

I laughed so hard at her fuming that her hooman isn’t quick enough! 😹 Can’t get the staff, Billi!

The way she looks at you every time she presses a button is too freakin adorable 😂

I love how when she looks at the camera she looks like shes holding her anger and fury all in her brain

So a lot of the learning that is happening is a result of cause and effect. The cat pushes a specific button and a specific action takes place. The 'pet' button immediately results in the cat being pet, for example. The cat memorizes many of these buttons because the buttons produce a consistently useful outcome. Learning the contextual buttons will happen more slowly if at all, because there isn't a clear cause and effect for words like 'soon'. But although cats have fewer synapses than humans, they can make synaptic connections just like we can. Cats already have a vocal language that can be understood by humans in broad strokes. I understand that my cat's quiet, chittering meow is a sign of predatory excitement (a bird outside the window), it has an affectionate meow and an angry meowl, etc. And it can communicate other things through body language, like rubbing its cheek against me affectionately, pawing at an object to indicate a need, or opening its mouth wide when it detects a strong scent. The buttons simply expand on the cat's ability to vocalize by giving it more options than meowing and body language. (edit: this thread seems to have struck a chord, so I will leave it perpetually open for commenting. I don't pretend to be an expert, but I will answer any questions if I am able. If this thread is 10 years old and you leave a question, I'll still answer it. If I don't, it is reasonable to assume that I have died in a horrible accident involving lots of explosions. If my answer is disjointed and unintelligible, I am probably a nursing home resident with decaying faculties. Or drunk. One of those.)

Billi was very talkative in this video! I don't think I've ever seen her meow as much as she did here

This is amazing, as soon as you leave the buttons she becomes very vocal, clearly trying to talk to you in her own way

I love the ears when she’s mad. My girl does that. I also love that she had no idea that squirrel was talking trash to her 😋

Wait, I just realized this cat knows what the words "before" "where" and even just "hmmm?" even mean. That's incredible

Uhh yup. They're just a whole different animal. There's a reason why people either love 'em or hate 'em. But when you can appreciate them for what they are, you'll know why people luv 'em😻

That is so awesome and adorable! The kitty expresses itself so well :3

It’s amazing how the body-less legs are able to communicate so fluently with a cat!

i started tearing up a bit, i wish i could know what my cats were thinking and feeling like this. i love them so so much regardless but breaking down the communication barrier like this is on another level. it's like finally we can understand them more!!

I’m impressed! tells us a lot about the potential that cats have in being able to communicate with humans on a higher level… just wow

There are some Billie videos where I watch and feel like she's just pressing random buttons that prompt some kind of positive response from her owner. (I watch them anyway, because Billie is very cute.) And then there are videos like this, where it's like... shit, this cat actually does understand what she's using English words to try to convey. Then I side-eye my own cats nervously and wonder how much of the random, thoughtless one-sided conversations I'm constantly having with them actually gets understood.

1:15 look at billi's mad ears 😂I shouldn't laugh but it's too cute and adorable my heart is melting ♥

That is amazing!! Well done for taking the time to educate your baby to that extent!! That’s so cool

WOW,this is the first time for me.IMPRESSIVE.What a lovely cat.

Another amazing video of Kendra and Billi having a conversation like it's the most normal thing in the world _for a cat to be communicating in English._ Again I applaud the consistency of effort it's taken to make this possible.

I’m a speech therapist and this girl’s use of pacing, expansions and modeling without expectation to support her cat’s language development is amazing 😻 I could not stand there that long waiting for my cat to say something, haha

this is so amazing .. I love these videos ... I don't know how something like this could be explained by 'oh the cat's just pressing random buttons"

This video was a RIDE. A talking cat and the loudest squirrel I've ever seen

It's honestly kinda blowin' my mind that she can apparently process and express abstract concepts like time and sequence.

I died at "mad×2" "before where"🤣 she is so smart! I love little Billy.

This cat comunicates and understand it emotions better than the half of global population! XD

Seeing them use this only confirms what I already knew

My favorite thing out of these communication buttons for cats is whenever they push the "mad" button, especially multiple times.

This was so great! The suspense, the drama and forgiveness, adventure and exploration, I laughed, I cried--Billi is amazing!! I hope we're not getting used to how amazing she is because what's happening here is paradigm altering!

The ears back prove Billi feels exactly how she/he says she/he feels 😂❤ wonderful … and after the convo and apology, Billi feels better … so cute!

Billi wanted tell Mom he is mad but still loves her even though she took 2 long lol so smart

'When I say soon, I mean yesterday' lol Billi is so adorable.

You have a remarkable companion there. She amazes me every video. Caught myself laughing that she could articulate a desire to go outside and express her dismay that you had ignored her earlier. Such a beauty.

Oh, she really is mad. Look at them airplane ears! And she pressed that button "Where" and then sat and looked up at you, like, "Well??"

This is mind blowing! I feel like I'm watching pets evolve into higher beings on the internet.

I love how she goes “mad“ to “love you.” If I didn’t know better, I would think she’s learning to use all her feline wiles to get what she wants out of mom!😂

I don’t think people realize how crazy this is, these cats and dogs that do this are genuinely making an effort to communicate, they understand what’s going on, i swear every day we’re learning just how smart these animals are and it’s nothing like we’d ever imagined, their needs to be full on scientific research into this in my opinion, it’s so fascinating

Considering most cats come immediately when you call them, I can understand why Billi got mad. She expected you to do the same. Lol. I say most because we all know there are some that only come to you when they’re good and ready. 😁 I used to have a cat that came lickity split even when I was calling another cats name. But the one I have now is the opposite. I can call him but he most likely will not show up anytime soon. 😂🤣😅

It's fascinating that she meows so much without buttons.

this is the best thing I’ve ever seen about cats… mind blowing..

Billi proves everyday that kitties have so much to say! The fact that she put her paw on “want” without pressing multiple times seems like she was trying to decipher what you said as to why you didn’t come to her fast enough, then she says she loves you (like “I forgive you because I love you”) then explains her wanting to go outside!!! What an amazing thought process! Now all we need is *meow buttons* for humans so we can learn their language! Haha! 😻❤️

The more of these videos I watch, the more impressed I am by Billi's apparent intelligence. There's no way, "Mad, where, before?" is a coincidence.

So very smart. Also funny timeframe for Billi and so mad it took you so long 🤣

I admire and respect the heart of the owner of this video clip. which is beyond the understanding between humans and animals This was amazing, and it made me realize that cats and dogs can speak or understand humans if we work hard at teaching them. I have nothing to say other than awesome and wow.😂❤❤❤

This was in my recommended and I’m not regretting watching this. I’m now fascinated! I have cats as well, but never knew cats can communicate with a device. How amazing! Subscribed!