Sheila & Scout
Mental Health Professional
Scout is a Catahoula Mix. She spent her first 3 months on the streets of TX, and the next 3 in a kennel in 2 different rescues.
I am a Mental Health Professional working in Secondary Education.
I love using the buttons to give Scout a voice!
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Okay so for those of you who haven't seen it, we caught a "poop, tug" on camera awhile back. At the time it was interesting, but it wasn't a Scout phrase.
Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Okay so for those of you who haven't seen it, we caught a "poop, tug" on camera awhile back. At the time it was interesting, but it wasn't a Scout phrase yet.
Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Okay so for those of you who haven't seen it, we caught a "poop, tug" on camera awhile back. At the time it was interesting, but it wasn't a Scout phrase.
Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Today at 5:21 Scout said "poop, tug, floor muffins (this is her puzzle toy)" while whining. My husband brought her outside and she pooped. She then came in at 5:25 and announced "tug, poop, outside" and came over to me to be pet.
Now at 5:37 she pressed potty again and laid down next to me, even though she had just gone.
Thoughts on what "poop, tug" could mean? I'm leaning towards her trying to tell us her stomach or glands are bothering her since she has ongoing issues with these things (yes, we work closely with our vet on all of this!).
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Welp. We've hit a classy milestone. Scout released her anal glands on the couch cover this evening. My husband was home when it happened. About 30 minutes later when I got home Scout pressed "potty, home, poop" to give me the scoop. I'm guessing she created this phrase because we always say "EWWW, poop, smell" when it happens, and she doesn't have a button for "smell" yet. Now if only we can get to a point where she can tell us beforehand...
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So I was just skimming over Scout's daily averages for the first time in a couple of weeks and noticed that 4/24/21 said 228 button presses. At first I thought that there was an error with the spreadsheet so I went back to check. The spreadsheet was right, 228 button presses, over 142 separate instances, all over the course of about 13 hours (6:42 am - 8:54 pm). no experimental presses, all intentional words and phrases. Holy cannoli, some days are kind of quiet around here, but other days Scout sure can be an energetic chatterbox. Is this what it's like having a toddler?!?ο»Ώ
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Today my husband was sitting on the couch on his phone watching YouTube when scout pressed "come, work, oatmeal". We recently added "come" on 4/18/21, and this is the first time she's pressed it!Β We've never modeled anything similar other then "come, look" before using her buttons, and "mom/dad, work, hungry" to mean cooking and "mom/dad work" to mean being on the phone or computer or focused on a task.
This most likely either meant one of two things...Β
1. Dad, come over here and cook/prep me an oatmeal treat
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2. Dad, I see you're doing work. Can you come here and get me oatmeal.
My guess is the first, but it's too soon to tell for sure.
This most likely either meant one of two things...Β
1. Dad, come over here and cook/prep me an oatmeal treat
orΒ
2. Dad, I see you're doing work. Can you come here and get me oatmeal.
My guess is the first, but it's too soon to tell for sure.
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I added "now", "soon" and "later" to Scout's board on 4/1/21 and have had no luck whatsoever with her having any interest in the words. We've been modeling the words while speaking for months prior to adding them, and modeling them with buttons as well as speaking since we put them on her soundboard. We also tried scented stickers to help her tell the difference between all three.
Those of you who have learned that understand these words, do you have any tips and tricks?
Thank you!!!ο»Ώ
Those of you who have learned that understand these words, do you have any tips and tricks?
Thank you!!!ο»Ώ
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Definitely never modeled this one π
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I'm thinking that either she was saying she had just pooped and now she wants to play tug, or pooping feels like a tug, lol!
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I'm thinking that either she was saying she had just pooped and now she wants to play tug, or pooping feels like a tug, lol!
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Scout has always referred to us doing the dishes as "play, water". this was never modeled, she made it up herself. Lately, I have been modeling "mom, work, hungry" when I cook.Β
Scout had been talking about our routine and washing the dishes while we were eating. I started to wash the dishes, but then realized I forgot to model, so I went over to her board and pressed "mom, play, water". Scout immediately went over to the board and pressed work as if to correct me. I agreed, and then pressed "mom, work, water".Β
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I've mentioned in the past that it was possible Scout sometimes sequences in reverse order, but it was hard to tell if it was true, or if I was just making meaning of something in my head.
Tonight Scout pressed "home" and then went to the front door and whined to go out. I thought she maybe mistakenly pressed "home" so I redirected her back to her buttons. She hit "home" and then waited by the front door to go outside again. I redirected her back to her buttons and she hit "perch, home, potty, outside".
She was asking to go potty outside and then settle (she was starting to use "home" as settle, so we just added a settle button) on her bed ("perch, because we place it on top of her crate on the couch next to us).
What's interesting is that she reversed the order. Has anyone else seen their learner do this?
Tonight Scout pressed "home" and then went to the front door and whined to go out. I thought she maybe mistakenly pressed "home" so I redirected her back to her buttons. She hit "home" and then waited by the front door to go outside again. I redirected her back to her buttons and she hit "perch, home, potty, outside".
She was asking to go potty outside and then settle (she was starting to use "home" as settle, so we just added a settle button) on her bed ("perch, because we place it on top of her crate on the couch next to us).
What's interesting is that she reversed the order. Has anyone else seen their learner do this?
