Dog has learned to "speak" with a soundboard: "Outside. Come now."

Koko the gorilla (RIP) amazed the world when she learned to communicate with humans, but now there's a dog whose learned to "talk." Not with sign language, but with a soundboard. According to her speech-language pathologist person, Christina Hunger, Stella the dog has already learned 29 words and several phrases. By pressing her paw on the pre-programmed buttons, she has learned to say what's on her mind.

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One day, the [18-month-old] pup was whining at the front door and started pacing back and forth. Hunger assumed that she needed to go outside. Instead, Stella walked to her device and tapped out, "Want," "Jake" "Come" then stood in front of the door until Hunger's fianci(C), Jake, came home a few minutes later and then Stella immediately pressed "Happy" and rolled over for a belly rub.

Here are a few videos of Stella doing her thing:

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Hello there everyone!! Welcome to the Hunger for Words community! I'm THRILLED you're here! I feel completely honored by this outpouring of enthusiasm and inspiration Here is a fun Stella series to kick off this new chapter! " Jake and I were discussing taking Stella to Petco. She was certainly listening...! " Video 1: Stella said "Goodbye outside." This is the third time in the past few weeks that Stella has combined "good" and "bye" to say "Goodbye" instead of just "bye"! " Video 2: Jake said he wanted to hang our spice racks first, started the project, and Stella told him, "Later Jake" (Translation: Do that later, I want to go!) " Video 3: Stella came full circle with her message and told us she was REALLY ready to leave by saying, "Bye bye bye good bye!" (Looks like we have ourselves a little @nsync fan ) " I hope you all have a great day!

A post shared by Christina Hunger, MA, CCC-SLP (@hunger4words) on Nov 5, 2019 at 7:46am PST

How fantastic is that?!

If you want to follow Stella on Instagram (and I think you do!), head to Hunger for Words. Also, check out the Hunger for Words website. There's a "day in the life" post that is worth a look.