When will you tell the actual story of the Tailless One?
I’m teaching him buttons so he can tell me. Then you’ll hear all the details.
I’m convinced he knows things.
Don’t we all…
“Fish” “Bedtime”
Yeah. You should have seem what I just deleted.
I’ll say again that I think the talking buttons are a fantastic idea and it’s very kind of you to spend all that time working with Bayliss to teach him how to use them. Damned remarkable, the whole thing is!
I don’t know if these are the ones you have, but I was curious and Googled it, and this is what it came up with. They claim that cats can also learn to use them but this is clearly a lie! Even if cats were smart enough – which they’re not by a country mile – they prefer spending their time plotting how to kill you.
Regards,
A Dog
Exactly the ones I have.
The thing is, @A-Dog ( new member I guess🤔) they are obviously self limiting.
Bayliss is not ever gonna write even a thin dime novel.
I don’t think he will get much past what his interests in his life are. At the moment he thinks I’m just the best dang thing on earth. Whether it’s because I control the treat distribution or give him loads of attention is a judgement call.
As it happens I think he’s pretty wonderful too.
It’s a game. To keep his mind active and engaged. Every dog needs a job. And his is to be my companion. I owe it to him to give him an exercise he seems happy to do.
And it’s fun.
You’re a saint, Beckers! 
I must say, though, that the use of that large hairy dog in their advertising is not persuasive, as that dog is clearly no Bayliss, intellectually speaking, at least judging from hairy dogs like that that I’ve known. I’ve modified the image to convey what I think is the appropriate intellectual dynamic: 
This just makes me smile so much. I’m fully convinced that dogs understand language (albeit to a limited extent) and are very communicative with their people. They are experts at reading body language, for example.
So I’m not surprised that this experiment is working, but it’s still really cool nonetheless.
I knew I liked him. Us leftys are the world’s largest unorganized minority group, so we gotta stick together.
(See if he can swing a bat. He’ll have a natural advantage running to first, since lefty’s start out closer to the bag when batting)
Ha! Southpaw?
Well, to be truthful "little dogs"was one of my hand signals. I hold my hand, fingers down and wiggle my fingers. He knows that means “little dogs”
You know little dog legs running. Yeah I made it up. He learned it quickly. Maybe a week.
I transferred it to the buttons. He occasionally pushes it when they’re not in my room.
We’re learning/teaching the little dogs to come when he calls them. It’s an extension of the speech I hope he gets.