[NAGDU] Have any of you taught your dogs to talk?

[Kelly Prescott]

My daughter uses some individual buttons that she buys and puts down for her dog to step on to tell her what it wants. This might be a better option as you could place the buttons far apart, and that way you would know which button to teach the dog to push for a given thing.

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> On Dec 27, 2022, at 13:28, Susan Jones via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> That sounds highly interesting.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to teach our dogs so they can communicate with us more accurately?
> I wonder how one who has no usable vision could teach a dog how to use a communication board?  
> It sounds like her research has great follow-up potential!
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> Kind regards,
> Susan & Topher
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> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tara Briggs via NAGDU
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Have any of you taught your dogs to talk?
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> Hi everybody! I just finished listening to a fascinating book called how Stella learned to talk by Christina Hunger. Christina has a masters degree in speech therapy and she primarily works with children on using a  talking  communication board for speech. In the late 20/10s, Christina started teaching her puppy to use a communication board. The board is comprised of buttons the dogthe  can push with their paws  that  speak custom recorded  words such as outside, walk, and eat. Stella the  dog now knows how to use 50 words including the dogs name, Christina’s and her husbands name, help, mad and happy. The book is available from  audible and it is absolutely fascinating! Christina has a website called hungerforwords.com. On the website, you can watch videos of Stella using her communication board and you can purchase your own communication board. In  addition, the website and Christina‘s book offers instructions on how to teach your own  dog to talk. The website seems extremely accessible and it also includes photo descriptions. In her book, Christina wonders what affect her method would have on service dogs. I look forward to anyone’s thoughts if you have read the book or tried Christina‘s method with your own dog.
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> Tara Briggs
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