Discover how pets learn to “speak” using recordable buttons and what science says about whether they truly understand the ...

Christina Hunger spent the morning arguing with her dog. Stella isn’t an ordinary pup. The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark. She uses her words to communicate her frustration to ...

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Christina Hunger, a speech-language pathologist and author of “Your Dog Can Talk: A Step-By-Step Guide to Button Training,” joins John Williams to talk about how her career in speech pathology led her ...

Bunny the Sheepadoodle is best known for using a board of large buttons that “speak” single words when pressed. Her owner, Alexis Devine, started training her with simple words such as “outside” and ...

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The front door to a house on a wide, leafy street opens and Stella greets me, tongue slurping my fingers, her tail wagging like a windshield wiper in overdrive. Stella, part Australian cattle dog and ...