Of course, maybe barking isn't supposed to mean anything to dogs—just to their masters. After all, that's who dogs talk to most.
A Japanese toy company is trying to take advantage of that possibility by selling a small recorder that clips onto a dog's collar and "translates" its barking for you. A special pager will let you know whether Fido is happy, sad, frustrated, or alarmed. Which describes a cause and effect relationship in the text? Dogs bark and their masters listen.
Dogs talk mostly to their masters, and a company invented a recorder to translate dog talk.
The device is attached to a collar, and it translates.
It helps in building a better student-teacher rapport which we are in need of right now as we are gradually adapting to the new environment of learning we have due to the pandemic we are currently experiencing.