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How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by jkot »

gregorymichael wrote: post #7
jkot wrote: post #6

Nice, I guess author does not have a kids yet. It is fun to teach 1 year old howto use phone. edit: author has a kid, congrats

If you look closely in the background of that video, you'll see a Mamaroo. She's only four months, so for the time being the dog is way more trainable. Curious, have you read anything / have any concerns about introducing your kids to screens that early? I'm so afraid I'm rewiring her brain too young when I see her staring at my phone.

There is nothing conclusive about that. We are more concerned about other things.

In moderation its ok. No ads on phone, and no screen before bed. Some basic games and some kids shows. She knows howto navigate Total Commander and just started recognizing some letters.

And she drops phone for playground or for play with friends any time.

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by smt88 »

dreamweapon wrote: post #10

Is there any evidence the Dog is actually aware that he's "texting (or otherwise sending) a selfie" -- or even knows what a selfie is -- in any meaningful sense? "How I taught my dog to thwack his paw on a big red button in response to a keyword signal" might be a better title.

Does it matter? It's funny/cool whether or not the dog understands what a selfie is.

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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dreamweapon wrote: post #10

Is there any evidence the Dog is actually aware that he's "texting (or otherwise sending) a selfie" -- or even knows what a selfie is -- in any meaningful sense? "How I taught my dog to thwack his paw on a big red button in response to a keyword signal" might be a better title.

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Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by chairmankaga »

gregorymichael wrote: post #9
chairmankaga wrote: post #8

Pretty cool! Soon you can teach her to text you when your dryer finishes its cycle (;

That was an awesome project using pretty much the same tech! For those who haven't seen it: http://makezine.com/2014/12/15/laundry-text-message-alerts-w...

Didn't even know about this when I wrote the comment. Now I'm a little more inspired to look into hardware hacking. Thanks!

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by ChuckMcM »

I have discovered that my labrador would kill himself trying to figure out how to solve differential equations if he knew he could get a bite of ginger bread for it :-).

That said, having raised a puppy that was destined for guide dog training, the trick is early on getting the dog to understand that you are asking it to do stuff. That is a big part of puppy training, and once trained, the dog will look for you to ask it to do new things, and knows that if it figures them out quickly you will reward it. It has been one of the more amazing experiences in my life.

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by geofft »

dreamweapon wrote: post #10

Is there any evidence the Dog is actually aware that he's "texting (or otherwise sending) a selfie" -- or even knows what a selfie is -- in any meaningful sense? "How I taught my dog to thwack his paw on a big red button in response to a keyword signal" might be a better title.

"How I taught my p-zombie to look things up in a giant room filled with books in Chinese, using the Twilio API"

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by gregorymichael »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #15

I have discovered that my labrador would kill himself trying to figure out how to solve differential equations if he knew he could get a bite of ginger bread for it :-). That said, having raised a puppy that was destined for guide dog training, the trick is early on getting the dog to understand that you are asking it to do stuff. That is a big part of puppy training, and once trained, the dog will look for you to as…

I feel like my dog has way more potential than I have the ability to unlock. Any resources you'd recommend on training?

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by mattdotc »

gregorymichael wrote: post #9
chairmankaga wrote: post #8

Pretty cool! Soon you can teach her to text you when your dryer finishes its cycle (;

That was an awesome project using pretty much the same tech! For those who haven't seen it: http://makezine.com/2014/12/15/laundry-text-message-alerts-w...

That's a pretty decent idea for a project, but I would have instead hooked into the buzzer signal.

The author over-complicated his solution, but that doesn't make it invalid.

Re: How I taught my dog to text me selfies

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Post by sergiotapia »

dreamweapon wrote: post #10

Is there any evidence the Dog is actually aware that he's "texting (or otherwise sending) a selfie" -- or even knows what a selfie is -- in any meaningful sense? "How I taught my dog to thwack his paw on a big red button in response to a keyword signal" might be a better title.

GROAAAAAAN, don't be a sourpuss!
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