Stella the dog paws at the “water” button to indicate to her owners that she’s ready for a cold drink. Courtesy of Christina Hunger. For your own dog, ...

Can That Dog on Instagram Really “Talk”? Stella’s owner says she can push buttons to say words like play, outside, and eat.But what’s really going on?

But our furry friends have remained frustratingly mum, that is, until this Australian cattle dog named Stella stepped onto a button and into online fame. Stella's dog mom is Christina Hunger.

Stella the dog's owner, ... When the Catahoula/Blue Heeler mix wants to "talk," she steps on buttons corresponding with words Hunger recorded and programmed into the device.

Stella the dog has the incredible ability to communicate with her humans by using a custom soundboard that her mom, Christina Hunger, created. Hunger, a speech pathologist, has been working to ...

When my dog, Fauci, wants to go out to play, he drops a toy at my foot and paws my knee. Stella, a 3-year-old Catahoula Blue heeler mix in Chicago, is more articulate. When she’s ready to run ...

He set up a company called CleverPet in 2014 that built a gaming system for dogs so people could get a glimpse into how dogs think. Then last year, he saw something that completely changed how he was ...

Stella is now able to use 40 different words, and Hunger is writing a book so that other dogs like Bunny can learn to do so as well. “I’ve seen quite a few of Bunny’s videos,” Hunger told ...

The best dog talking buttons help you teach your dog to "talk". Our top picks from Fluent Pet and Hunger for Words are ...

The dog recently coined a new term for ambulance, after spotting one parked outside, by pressing the buttons “squeaker” and then “car,” she says.

The best dog talking buttons don't have to cost a lot. The affordable Hunger for Words Talking Pet Starter Set was developed by Christina Hunger, the speech pathologist whose Blue Heeler-Catahoula ...