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Will she get to be a site admin? Seems like she definitely could

Maybe if she's interested I will let her apprentice to become an organizer of special food-acquisition related site events.

She comes by this honestly.

What is your favorite sentence she's ever constructed?

Thought of another question.

Could you tell her she is a very good girl for me?

So should we expect an Epic Week Birthday Cake covered in dog treats?

What's the most random thing she's said that you somehow interpreted?

Might I ask if your pupper there knows truly what they are saying and can converse after you say something, or only knows to use the buttons if something is needed? :​3

The thing that is coming to mind for both these questions is that she made a new friend over the summer, a big husky named Enzo who looooves to wrestle with her but overheats pretty constantly and has to take breaks and dip himself in the kiddy pool about every five minutes. She finds this so annoying because she just wants to keep playing.

Enzo became a fast friend that she has playdates with every single night. She learned his name very rapidly, but because we were in a word freeze due to the upcoming move(s), we couldn't add his actual name to her board.

A week or two in to hanging out nightly with Enzo, she started saying "water play" pretty frequently, often as part of other sentences like "want water play!" or "friend water play!" We thought this was weird because she haaaates going in the pool and never wants to go in water deeper than about a centimeter. We did not believe her. A few times I asked her if she wanted a bath and she would get huffy and frustrated and say no.

But then we realized - since she didn't have a button to refer to Enzo by name, she had come up with a code name for him. His code name is play water (or sometimes play play water, which is closer to the ratio of play time to water time they actually get when they see each other ). When we finally asked her, "OMG! Versailles, do you mean you want friend Enzo??" she leapt with excitement that we finally got it.

Good question! Yes, we can have back and forth conversations that are pretty easy to follow.

I've really enjoyed reading this thread It's super interesting and cute creature shenanigans give me the warm fuzzies
I've been wondering... Does she tell lies?

FOR SURE. She will blame other people or animals in the house for stealing things she definitely took, and there is no point asking her if someone else already gave her her bedtime chew, because she is going to lie straight to your face.

Absolute best doggy right there >​:​3

That is not a lie, that is a vital personal interest. She might die if she can't have a bedtime chew (for the fourth time), and I suppose she'll act like that too. Does she have intended mimic communication, not only the tail wagging or having that "beaten up" look ?

Can you give her a hug? I think all RPR would love to hug her.

Sounds like a smart pup!