[dreamweapon]

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.

[whyaduck]

Is that your response when someone has their dog "play dead"?

"Does the dog understand what death is? Is the dog aware of it's own mortality?"

[geofft]

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

[prawn]

The title doesn't say "How I taught my dog to understand that it is recording and sending a self-portrait."

[smt88]

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

[anon4]

Parent has a point. If you can teach your dog that the button is a way to communicate with you when you're out of the house, that would be awesome. I suppose something like having a few signs it can hold when pressing the button, maybe? Training that would be incredibly hard, I'm guessing, but if possible, it would be amazing.

[gregorymichael]

Great idea. My original plan envisioned something like:

  - I text into her number while out of the house
  - Twilio sends HTTP request to Arduino 
  - Piezo buzzer sounds 
  - Kaira has to hold the button for X seconds
  - Servo rotates auto treat dispenser

In the end, simplicity won out. That said, those are far from insurmountable challenges.

[pacaro]

A friend of mine (Hi Erick!) is working on http://puppod.com/

[Dewie]

> In the end, simplicity won out.

But the overly ambitious title remained.

[sergiotapia]

GROAAAAAAN, don't be a sourpuss!