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.
