A Device That 'Translates What Dogs Say' Could Be Available In The Next Ten Years

All dog owners will know that the friendship you have with your pet will never ever compare to any human interaction.

They are loyal and love you unconditionally, there's just a language barrier in the way. And despite the fact they clearly only understand the words food, walk and play, we'll still talk to them until the cows come home.

But now we've been given some news that could literally change everything - pet translators could let us talk to dogs within ten years, the Independent reports.

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Con Slobodchikoff, a professor at Northern Arizona University, has been using AI to analyse calls made by priarie dogs, finding that they had different words to describe colours and species of predators.

He's now attempting to raise money to develop a pet translating device, according to Independent, so that all our dreams can come true.

"So many people would dearly love to talk to their dog or cat - or at least find out what they are trying to communicate," Slobodchikoff told The Guardian. "A lot of people talk to their dogs and share their innermost secrets.

"With cats, I'm not sure what they'd have to say. A lot of times it might just be 'you idiot, just feed me and leave me alone'."

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Consumer futurist William Higham believes that these products would be so popular and sought after that it won't be too long until we have them.

"Innovative products that succeed are based around a genuine and major consumer needs," Higham wrote for Amazon. "The amount of money now spent on pets - they are becoming fur babies to so many people - means there is huge consumer demand for this. Somebody is going to put this together."

There is a chance that a lot of people wouldn't actually like what their pets are saying to them, but that's a chance we're willing to take I guess.

However, whoever has landed on their feet and has ended up owning Gavel, a former police dog, is in for a treat.

The one-year-old pup, who used to work for Queensland Police Service in Australia, recently lost his position due to his over-friendly nature.

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Gavel much prefers rolling over and having his belly rubbed to chasing down criminals and sniffing out explosives. He's such a softy that he couldn't make it through his police dog training because of his overly-sociable temperament.

That's what you'd need. I bet he'd tell you everyday that you look nice.

Topics: Dogs

Mark McGowan

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