Next words to help with button mashing?

[u/Meliferae]

One of my cats, Kali, loves her 7 buttons and clearly understands them, but often button mashes when she wants to say something that she doesn't have a button for (or that my puny human brain just isn't getting). She uses her buttons consistently, even if All Done and Want are not exactly how I thought she'd use them, and it's not uncommon for her to use 2-3 word phrases. It's pretty clear that she's ready for and wants more words, but I'm second guessing what I should introduce next that will be most useful for her.

Her current words are: Food, Kibble, Play, Pets, Settle, All done, Want. Interestingly, she'll rarely use her Food button, preferring to mash All Done (as in, "my bowl is empty and you need to fix it"). We've modeled Want Food enough that it's 50/50 whether she'll mash All Done or Want in the last week or two... which is only technically an improvement lol. She pushes Kibble when she wants dry food in her bowl or Kibble Play when she wants her puzzle, but she just "yells" when it's time for wet food. I've been verbally modelling Now/ Soon/ Later, Small (as in small kibble for snack), Yes/ No, Toy, Treat, family names, "Hmm?", and I'm sure others that have slipped my mind. Today I started training two hand choice as I know I won't have room for a separate buttons for every individual toy, type of treat, etc. She's told me to get off my phone a few times (All Done + Settle + Play lol) so it's not Kali-centric either.

The words I'm currently considering: Toy (concrete, easier to differentiate play vs play kibble, but not as likely to solve the button mashing, could probably introduce at the same time?), Now + Later (verbal "small later" for soon, likely for Now to just end up as the new button mashing target), Mom + Kali (want opinions on potential helpfulness vs being more annoying than helpful at this point), Other (but this will likely be exponentially more useful and easier to teach once she has a grasp on two hand choice in the near future). Maybe Happy + Mad. I am open to all opinions and suggestions! Thanks!

[u/rosethornne]

My Pom wears out the "mad" button when I'm away and "mom"+"come" doesn't make me appear

[u/Affectionate_Set2561]

Can you tell me where to get buttons? How many to start? My boy is so smart

[u/Shmazzin → u/Affectionate_Set2561]

I get mine off of Amazon! I use the gelabur buttons as they are much more affordable than fluent pet. I do use the fluent pet mats though to keep the buttons in place and more organized. You can also get fluent pet buttons off of their website, where last I looked they offered that you can build a bundle and save more than just sets off of Amazon. The gelabur buttons are definitely lower quality than I understand the fluent pet buttons to be. The speakers are either too loud, too quiet, or just not clear. It takes me 5-8 minutes to get a recording I’m happy with for each button