Is your dog happy?
I mean, really happy? Do you know? Can you tell for sure?
Well, no need to sweat that question any further! Thanks to some smart South Koreans who really care, we now have an electronic, artificial intelligence device that compares your dog’s bark to a database of over 10,000 other barks and determines if your dog is happy or not.
I can’t embed the video so click here for the original story: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/01/13/ai-powered-dog-collar-translates-barks-into-emotions/
The local CBS affiliate in Miami reports:
“The South Korean company (Petpulls) says its algorithm can determine a dog’s five emotional states: happy, relaxed, anxious, angry, or sad. The more barking data they get, the more accurate the results.”
I know, I know…where was this wondrous device at Xmas time when we were flush with spending money? Well, it’s here now, just in time to suck up some of that excess stimulus money that our fine politicians have so generously been throwing in our direction.
If you don’t believe me when I say this is a game changer, listen to testimonial of this nice Korean lady talking about her Border Collie, Godot:
“The Petpuls smart collar is giving six-year-old Godot a new voice to tell people how she feels. Godot’s owner, Moon Sae-Mi, says the device revealed the Border Collie gets angry when she loses a game but feels safe at home even when she’s alone.”
An overdue product! Only fair that this time around Godot was the one waiting, eh? :snorf: And while we are on the topic, who names a female dog Godot?
Being a Border Collie, Godot could probably have reprogrammed the game. She would have used Linux no doubt. (That’s a techie pun that absolutely no one will get but it amused me and that’s what counts.)
And fear not, Cat-O-Philes! There is a similar product for the kitties. It’s called “MeowTalk.” Again, I don’t make this stuff up.
“U.S. company Akvelon developed similar technology to translate a cat’s meow. MeowTalk is an app that helps owners better understand their feline friends.”
Seems a waste of time and money. We already know that all cats do is grumble, complain and criticize. You don’t need an app to tell you that.
Oh, by the way, these things go for about $99 each. Who said you can’t buy happiness?
Categories: The Dog From Rancho Cucaracha
WITHIN THE K STREETS 
(Why wouldn’t we recognize Linux?) 🤔
I must agree. Interacting with my pets is too much trouble. Having an AI collar makes life so much easier. – Actual Bitey Dog testimonial
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OK, for those who want to understand the pun and there are at least two of you…”Godot,” aside from the well known reference “Waiting for Godot” (a play by Samuel Beckett) is also the name of a popular computer game engine – the programs and tools used to develop computer games. So the Border Collie, “Godot,” could have used Godot to…oh, you got it by now.
PS: I heard the Bitey Dog crew is a huge social media user.
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I’ll save the $99.00.
Cooper expresses his emotions VERY well without this device. Happy…he dances a jig, relaxed…he naps and snores, sad…eats ice cream while watching his fav soap opera “All My Dogs, angry…drinks Ole LegHumpers Ale, etc.
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…I might purchase this, though…
http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/pets/cuss-collar-a-collar-that-curses-when-your-dog-barks.asp
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Cooper says, “Here’s my DogMom doing her baby chick impression: cheap! cheap! cheap!” Btw, we want some video footage of Coop dancing a jig. But not leg humping, thank you very much.
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HA!!! *snort*!!! 😀 😛
(If you saw the amount of money I’ve spent on Cooper over the past almost 12 years…I can’t be accused of being cheap! 😉 )
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I know, it’s unreal right? Same thing with Max, he has his own line on the family budget. Car, groceries, insurance, Max, utilities…he’s way up there!
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PPS…if you want to delete the cussing dog link, feel free to.
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I made the mistake of following that link which necessitated lying down in a darkened room for some time.
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I imagine that 12 dogs together would sound something like being inside HM Prison Barlinnie when they run out of cullen skink.
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It’s when they run out of howtowdie stuffed with skirlie that you have to worry….
As to the noise, the coyotes have moved away…
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You can be sure that a shortage of those tasty tidbits would rouse my ire. Good to hear the coyotes are gone – they’re sneaky critters.
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And probably deaf by now.
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I’m sorry. 😦
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No need to apologize Carolyn. Helen put on her big girl bloomers before she tried that site.
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Okie doke! Thank you to you and to Helen!
Sometimes in my exuberance…and teasing irreverent sense of humor I hit send when I should think first. Ha. 🙂
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As silly dog bkogs go, this is a rough and tumble one. The mean streets of small dog blogs. We’re all tough as milk bones.
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No apologies needed….I should know by now what following links on this site might lead to ……attacks of the vapours, waterboarding, you name it…
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See, Carolyn, I told ya.
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OH, good! I figured all of the readers of this blog would be okay with it…but after I linked it I had second thoughts that it might be TOO much.
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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Why would I ever want to delete a cussing dog link? Life is short. We need cussing dog links. This is a judgment free silly dog blog doncha know.
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I didn’t think YOU would…but I didn’t want to offend any of your readers/friends. 🙂
I have such a weird sense of humor…I have to reign it in at times. Not very often. But once in awhile I do. 😀
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I’ll be impressed when it can also translate what they want and answer back to them “um, no.”
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If it could scream “Not on the floor!!!” at the appropriate moment it would easily be worth more than $99.
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Good grief! Apparently manufacturers are keenly aware that they can sell anything to a pet owner if they claim it will make your “Fluffy’ happy.
Tom, you have entirely too much time on your hands. 🤗 My sweet girl Murphy has never had any difficulty letting me know how she feels.
Barking: protecting me because someone dared to walk past our house
Wants a treat: puts her head in my lap, stares at me, and drools all over my lap
Frightened: barks and runs around from window to window
Pissed off: asks to go out by staring at the door. Then proceeds to sniff every freakin blade of grass in the yard and goes back inside having ‘done’ nothing because she knows it pisses ME off
Upset: whines pathetically until she gets a belly rub
Think we’ll pass on this one!
Ginger
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I recognize that “pissed off” signal of staring at the door and then not producing when let out. Dogs are masters of passive-aggressive resistance. Also skilled beggars and whiners!
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Who knew animals have feelings? 😜I don’t really see the point. Unless they’re feeling love and gratitude, keep it to yourself. I have always chosen my pound dogs on the basis of how quiet they are. Who wants a yappy dog? I know that when my dogs are too content to incessantly bark, we’re good. And I agree with you on cats.
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Dogs have feelings. Feelings! Nothing left but feelings, feelings from their hearts! Feelings! Nothing left but feelings. Trying to forget those, feelings of youuuuu. 🎵
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Ah, yes! Just the earworm I wanted to carry me into the third week of this most interesting year. So chill! So melancholy! So poignant! So Brazilian!
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We used to hoot in Hawaii because Feelings was one of the most popular karaoke tunes for Filipinos who have a problem making a verbal distinction between the letters “F” and “P.” More often than not it came out as “Peelings.” Ah yes, farting is such sweet sorrow. There are a million of these in Hawaii.
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Brilliant!
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Don’t get me started on a Filipino doing play by play at a hockey game. Just think about the puck being in the net, etc.
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Sounds like a funny SNL sketch that they would never be able to do now.
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Since they built a house across the road mine do a fair bit of barking….often in the wee hours of the morning when cars and motorbikes make short and furtive journeys to the house. Can’t make up my mind whether it is a brothel for premature ejaculators or a point for the exchange of substances not approved by the authorities.
So I know that bark, and all the others. They need no help in expressing themselves….
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A brothel for premature ejaculators? Wasn’t that the central theme of that movie “The Fast and Furious?”
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My peep uses Linux and is doing so right this second.
Who needs that device? All you need to know is to interpret a dog’s tail movements.
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Got to watch closely on Corgis. Ah yes, your peep will appreciate the pun then since Godot is primarily written in C++, C#. (Told ya it was really nerdy.)
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Here’s a little tip for MeowTalk: If my cats purr, they’re happy. If they hiss, their not. If the claws come out–the human needs to walk away. Quickly. Saving my $99.
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Always trying to save a buck Or some doe. :snorf:
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I grew up with Linux and the Peanuts gang! (Actually, I grew up with a bunch of nerds who used Linux.)
Geordie skipped normal dog body language cues and went straight for English. Around here if you mention his name, folks will exclaim, “Oh, you mean the talking dog!” Skip the Babel Fish collar and just get a terrier. He will tell you his opinion on far more subjects than you would think he had one.
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Were it a Scottish terrier I’d have no doubt. They never shut up and such an accent! Just look at some of the posts below. I mean…never mind. Points deducted for the Linux pun. Back under the bed with you, Toby. Oh, and your problem is that you bought the Babel Fish collar – you need the babel Dog version, duh.
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Putting a dog in my ear? Yuck! – Toby from under the bed
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Dog in your ear sounds too much like an ear infection and that is indeed yuck. We don’t talk about those things around here. Shhh.
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What’s that pal…?
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Is that a shorn OES in the lineup? I’m sure his bark says “I’m starving, woman…where’s my dinner?” Woof, woof. Don’t need a $99 LINUX created toy to tell me what my ex use to utter if he was feeling brave (before the Kraken woke up to his nonsense). 😈
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I thought I spotted an OES. But everybody knows that OES never, ever bark. Like Maltese they are silent dogs. So far, based on the comments herein, this product is doomed and the caring South Koreans better go back to the drawing board.
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Silent? Only if you’re deaf! Me think the South Koreans build a better car than bark analyzer.
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What? Huh? How’s that?
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Didn’t Rick and Morty cover the topic of dog thought translators with the consequence that dogs became well organized and wiped out humanity?
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That was a fantasy of course. In real life we all know it’s the cats that will ultimately rule the galaxy. Sneaky, conniving cats.
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I’m probably going to dream about this
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I want very much to hear what Maverick has to say about his DogMom. The stories of oppression, austerity, lack of attention and affection and how he is enslaved in the Pennsylvania wilderness. His confessions could be a best seller on DogAmazon.
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I’m sure he could tell you tails. Perhaps he should have his own blog?
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Great idea! The world could use more dog blogs.
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oh don’t encourage him! Although, since we’re basically off of Facebook and he had a page there, it might be an idea
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I can see it now! WordPress presents “Maverick Speaks.”
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don’t tempt me!
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Can it interpret an Alaskan malamute’s “Fox! Git!” bark? That’s what I’m pretty sure I’m hearing lately, at, like, 3 am, but it’s dark out so I’m not sure…
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Conall might be quoting Jack London but without the translating bark collar you’ll never be sure. He might just be calling more voles.
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This is so cool! I would love to get one for Scarlett to try out ♥️
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If by chance you ever get one for Scarlet we will all be waiting for the review and full story!
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Koreans developing a gadget that lets you know how dogs feel?
What sort of twisted brain develops AI for dog barks?
Just proffer a biscuit and see the result.
Korean dogs, and cats, are just happy the brutes don’t eat them!
A dog wagging its tail is happy.
A dog snarling, exposing teeth and biting your leg is somewhat upset.
A cat meanwhile is easier to handle, just do what it says and you live.
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You are so very fluent in ‘cat!’
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Yeah, the irony wasn’t lost on me either – the notion of Koreans caring about dog emotions. While dog esting in South Korea is no longer mainstream it is still to be found, especially in the smaller rural towns. So I imagine the first things the researchers discovered with the bark collar were dogs screaming, “Please don’t put me into the pot.”
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Me- ow?
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With cats it is usually me-owwwww, owwww owwww that hurts.
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Bruce tells Nox to use her words and Nox does try. She howls and barks. I am afraid if we got something that translated Nox’s barks and howls, it would always say “Treats! Treats! Treats!”
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Nox and 99% of all the other dogs. I like when the dogs make that “awoo” sound.
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Hehe Max can’t interact in this topic as and his Basenji families can not bark.
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Yeah, a barkless dog. That always amazes me. Basenjis seem to be very interesting guys with lots of personality traits of their own. Hope we’ll get to learn a lot more about Max and his life in the wine country!
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Wonderfully, absolutely hilarious … you are a ray of sunshine … you AND Max!!!!!
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Max blushes and scuffs his paws. “Aww shucks,” the pink Maltese was heard to say.
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