An adorable pet dog tapped on colour-coded buttons to call her owner and ask for food.

The two-year-old Shih Tzu pooch named Ulap would use her paw to push a switch to play a recorded voice that said 'daddy'.

Footage shows Ulap clicking the toy repeatedly in Manila, the Philippines, on December 22. She was given her dinner in a bowl after that.

Ulap used the blue button to call her daddy and an orange button to tell them she wanted to eat.

A third green-coloured button said 'mommy', but pet owner May was amused that the pooch did not like to use it.

May said in the video: 'Please press on mommy. Why do you like to call daddy more? Are you a daddy's girl?'

Ulap then went to Paul, who gave her the food to have the fur on her chin rubbed.

May added: 'She is a smart dog and learned fast how to use her speaking buttons.'