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How Speech Pathologist Trained Her Dog to Talk
November 9, 2019
Stella may be a dog, but she’s able to tell you exactly what she wants just by putting her foot down. Her owner, Christina Hunger, a speech pathologist, created a customized keyboard with 29 buttons for 29 words like “outside,” “park,” “beach” and “play.” Then, she taught Stella how to express herself by putting different buttons around the house. "I just figured she needed another way to say the words she already knows," she said. Hunger says her 18-month-old pup is now “talking” up a storm.