Dog Uses Pet Buttons To Explain Heartbreaking Reason She Wants To Go 'Home'

A social media video of a dog using sound buttons to tell their owners that they "want to go home" has amazed viewers across the internet.

The viral video, which has been viewed more than 1.9 million times since it was first shared to Instagram on February 21, captured Bunny the 4-year-old sheepadoodle communicating her dislike of the holiday home in which she and her owners were staying.

Viewers watched as the eagle-eyed Bunny tapped specific buttons on her sound mat to articulate "home," "morning" and "please" to her owner. Her owner inferred the disjointed words as being Bunny's attempt to ask to go home as soon as possible.

When asked why she wanted to go home, Bunny responded "bye," "friend" and "cat."

Bunny's owner had captioned the post: "I bought a 55 acre off-grid property for my dogs. We've been here for three weeks. We still have the beach home. Johnny is here on the weekends or when his teaching schedule allows. Friends are here during the week."

Bunny, who has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram, arguably takes the crown for being the internet's best known pet to show off their sound button skill in trending videos.

The sheepadoodle had been deemed "the internet's talking dog" after proving herself capable of communicating through her button board in countless clips. Her owner now shares her training tips with their digital community and through a book titled I Am Bunny.

How Do Sound Buttons Work?

While most pet owners are used to pestering their fur-children in various modes of baby-speak about "walkies" or "din dins," they rarely expect a response back—besides the odd tilted head or bark of approval.

That was until button boards came onto the scene to bridge the language barrier between mankind and its dogs. As explained by PetMD, button boards are based on alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices that can assist non-verbal people in communicating.

Typically, the button boards for dogs have circular buttons with words and icons displayed on them, each button will let out a pre-recorded word when pressed.

By this logic, if your pup wants to pop to the loo all your dog would have to do would be to press the "walk" or "outside" button with their nose or paw pad.

However, training your pet to pick up this pseudo-language is no easy feat and it comes as no surprise that the pets like Bunny that have succeeded in this endeavor have enjoyed a degree of fame online.

What Do The Comments Say?

Since it was shared to the social media platform on February 21 by @whataboutbunny, the Instagram post has been liked by over 46,000 users and commented on more than 1,200 times.

"I agree with Bunny," one user wrote.

Another user added: "Love to watch [her] gears turning."

"She's so smart. Sometimes I think she needs more words? Maybe that would overwhelm her or be too many to memorize, both the words and their placement. I do love these vocabulary buttons and seeing the amazing job that Bunny does with them," a third user shared.

A different user wrote: "She's so excellent at communicating."

Newsweek has reached out to @whataboutbunny via email for more information.

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