Woman Creates Soundboard To Communicate With Her Dog

If you love dogs you have probably wondered what it would be like if they could talk! Well this speech-language pathologist has come up with a way they can!

Christina Hunger and her fiancé set up a soundboard in their San Diego home with over 20 buttons Stella, Catahoula / Blue Heeler mix, can use to let her owners know what she wants.

With buttons like “outside”, “water”, “play”, “look” and more Stella can even combine the words to make full phrases like telling her owners to “look outside” when she hears or sees something!

Detailing her process and Stella’s progress, Hunger’s blog Hunger For Words and her Instagram show off not only how incredible this is but how smart dogs truly can be!

You go, Stella!

 

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Stella uses language differently when she’s in a heightened state versus when she’s calm! • Today when she heard some noises outside and wanted to go investigate, I told her we were staying inside. • Stella responded by saying, “Look” 9 TIMES IN A ROW, then “Come outside.” She was clearly in a more frantic state, and her language use matched that. We all sound differently than normal when we’re in distress, Stella included! • I’m impressed that Stella is communicating with language during her more heightened states, not just when she’s calm and in a quiet space. This shows me that words are becoming more automatic for her to use. It’s similar to when a toddler starts using language to express himself during times of frustration instead of only crying. That happens when it’s easy for the toddler to say words, not when he’s still learning and it takes a lot of focus to talk ???????? • • • • • #hunger4words #stellathetalkingdog #slpsofinstagram #speechtherapy #AAC #ashaigers #slp #corewords #SLPeeps #slp2be #earlyintervention #languagedevelopment #dogsofinstagram #dogmom #doglife #dogs #guarddog #animalpsychology #doglover #dogvideos #sandiegodog #catahoula #blueheeler #smartdog #dogcommunication #mydogtalks #animalcommunication #interspeciescommunication #loveanimals

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