A system for communicating with a pet, comprising: a housing that includes: a treat bin; a food tray configured to receive treats from the treat bin; an audio output device; an audio input device; a delivery module that is configured, in response to a treat delivery command, to: cause the treat bin to deliver a treat to the food tray; cause the audio output device to play an audio signal that notifies the pet of the presence of a treat in the food tray; and cause the audio output device to stop playing the audio signal when the pet accesses the food tray to obtain the treat; wherein the system is configured to: in response to a communication command received from a remote communication device, transmit the treat delivery command to the delivery module, wherein the communication command is based on a sound that is received via the audio input device and that is initiated by the remote communication device via a speaker of a personal computing device that is separate from the housing; play, via video conferencing software executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video received from a user of the remote communication device; and transmit, via the video conferencing program executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video of the pet to the remote communication device. a housing that includes: a treat bin; a food tray configured to receive treats from the treat bin; an audio output device; an audio input device; a delivery module that is configured, in response to a treat delivery command, to: cause the treat bin to deliver a treat to the food tray; cause the audio output device to play an audio signal that notifies the pet of the presence of a treat in the food tray; and cause the audio output device to stop playing the audio signal when the pet accesses the food tray to obtain the treat; a treat bin; a food tray configured to receive treats from the treat bin; an audio output device; an audio input device; a delivery module that is configured, in response to a treat delivery command, to: cause the treat bin to deliver a treat to the food tray; cause the audio output device to play an audio signal that notifies the pet of the presence of a treat in the food tray; and cause the audio output device to stop playing the audio signal when the pet accesses the food tray to obtain the treat; cause the treat bin to deliver a treat to the food tray; cause the audio output device to play an audio signal that notifies the pet of the presence of a treat in the food tray; and cause the audio output device to stop playing the audio signal when the pet accesses the food tray to obtain the treat; wherein the system is configured to: in response to a communication command received from a remote communication device, transmit the treat delivery command to the delivery module, wherein the communication command is based on a sound that is received via the audio input device and that is initiated by the remote communication device via a speaker of a personal computing device that is separate from the housing; play, via video conferencing software executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video received from a user of the remote communication device; and transmit, via the video conferencing program executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video of the pet to the remote communication device. in response to a communication command received from a remote communication device, transmit the treat delivery command to the delivery module, wherein the communication command is based on a sound that is received via the audio input device and that is initiated by the remote communication device via a speaker of a personal computing device that is separate from the housing; play, via video conferencing software executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video received from a user of the remote communication device; and transmit, via the video conferencing program executing on the personal computing device, at least one of live audio or video of the pet to the remote communication device.