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Hi! I'm Christina Hunger, the speech-language pathologist who discovered how dogs can talk.

NYT Bestselling Author
Founder of Hunger for Words Talking Pet Buttons
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10/16/2026

Thank you Piper for keeping me humble 🙃

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10/14/2026

I’m trying to imagine someone telling me when I was in graduate school that someday I’d be using my master’s degree in speech-language pathology to teach horses to talk 😅🐴

I’m having SO much fun trying out my teaching methods with the horses, and I can’t wait to see what we discover next! 💜

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10/08/2026

Seeing this progression in just a few days is so exciting! 🥹 Piper went from accidentally pressing “drink” when she was trying to say “eat” to asking for water, and then asking for more!

This is why responding to accidental presses and exploration matters so much. Each time we respond, we have an opportunity to help our learners understand what that word means.

I can’t wait to see which words Piper will learn next!

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10/06/2026

A priceless feeling 🥹

And right now is a pretty good time to see what your pet has to say too! Our Hunger for Words Talking Pet Buttons are on sale for Amazon Prime Day 🎉

You never know what your pet has been waiting to tell you 💜

10/05/2026

When we add new words, I’m paying just as much attention to what happens with the old ones.

If the new buttons were too much for her, I’d expect to see more random pressing , trying lots of different buttons, abandoning the words she used most often, or pressing several in a row just to make anything happen.

Instead, she’s still using her familiar words in the same ways, while also starting to learn what the new words mean.

That understanding comes first. Before a learner can intentionally use a new word to communicate, they first have to understand what that word means. I’m encouraged by Piper’s progress!

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10/02/2026

Most of the button videos we see are of the exciting moments when a learner presses a button and clearly communicates something.

But before those moments can happen, there are SO many moments like this one, modeling words over and over again and showing what they mean in real life.

We just doubled Piper’s board from 4 buttons to 8, so right now we’re doing a lot of teaching and modeling of these new words.

I can’t wait to see if Piper’s patterns stay consistent or if they change with new vocabulary options!

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09/30/2026

As entertaining as Piper’s communication is, some very telling things are happening here.

She appears to be asking for two things at once: the fan on while being brushed. That’s a really specific change to her environment that would be difficult to convey without words.

Notice how she keeps pushing the same buttons until I finish turning on the fan. When I return with the brush she stops, likely because the intent of her communication was fulfilled.

Something I write about in my books is paying attention to how a learner responds when we respond to their communication. Their response can tell us a lot about what they meant and if we got the message right.

We’ve already added more buttons to Piper’s board (and the other horses’ boards)! I can’t wait to catch up on footage to show you 😊

09/28/2026

Really lived up to the American stereotypes that day 🤦🏻‍♀️

09/25/2026

At your service, Piper 👑

I can’t believe I was ever questioning if she would learn! Only one week in and Piper has already made herself very clear about the amount of brushing she requires. Anything under 5 minutes simply will not do!

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09/23/2026

I heard Stella say “come” while I was in the kitchen emptying the dishwasher, so I came to join her in the living room.

She then said “play love you eat” and turned around to try adding “ball” to her message too.

After I asked if she wanted her treat ball she confirmed with “eat” (she had already eaten breakfast).

We hadn’t used her treat ball in a while and she seemed so happy that she got it again!

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