Teach Your Dog to Talk: A Beginner's Guide to Training Your Dog to Communicate with Word Buttons

Great introduction to general concepts of canine AAC, which is also applicable to other animals. But is very much an introductory book, not a true instruction manual for how to use AAC to develop a specific communication plan for a given dog/cat/animal.That is the book that really needs to be written.Ms. Rocha has a very juvenile writing style that often wanders into the territory of being outright nauseating, as in the many cases of her sad self promotion. She offers nothing special to the field and her awkward attempts at promoting her social media accounts scream of desperation for attention.While Ms. Rocha claimed in several instances to have been "told" things by AAC experts and community researchers, she never provides any direct quotes or cites any firsthand exchanges with experts. This is especially problematic in regards to the owners of Stella (the first talking dog, raised by Christina Hunger, who Rocha clearly is fangirling over, despite no evidence of any attempt to interview Hunger as an expert for the book) and Bunny (arguably the most famous talking dog of 2021, mentioned frequently in the book but once again, no evidence of an interview attempt is present). Did Rocha actually do any supplementary research for this book? Or did it just flow from her self-absorbed mind...?Had this been a free e-book or even some epub purchases for 99 cents, it would have been a slam-dunk five-star work.Instead, I find myself mad I spent the money and time on it. I cannot believe this mediocre material is actually out in print. I'll believe that miracle came about as a confluence of covid plus a cutting edge subject.TL;DRRead only if freeBut really read the source material "How Stella Learned to Talk," by Christina Hunger instead

I have a very smart dog (doesn't everyone believe that about their pet?) and wanted to teach him to communicate better with me by using talking buttons. I would call this book the "Cliff Notes" version of the original book that chronicled how the author taught their dog to talk. For an easy to follow, crash course of everything you need to know to start teaching your dog to talk through buttons, this is the book for you!

Great introductory book! She includes tons of resources that you can look further into. She shares an overview of tips on how to get your dog talking, as well as books you can read for more info. She also shares lots of social media accounts of dogs that talk to look to for inspiration. I found it as a great way to learn more about talking dogs. Thanks for the great book!

This book is pretty small and honestly wasn't really what I was looking for. It was mostly what you can find online if you have done any research at all. It only took a few days to read here and there but I probably would not buy again.

So happy I purchased this book! It’s a great follow up to Christina’s book which was part memoir, part how-to guide. This is all “how to” which is exactly what we need. The book is fun to read with humorous anecdotes throughout. It’s also very easy to follow and we are already having great success with our puppy. So excited to keep going with our journey!

I was trying to follow various videos and social media posts to get a board set up for my dog when I stumbled across this book. Thank goodness. I bought my first set and within a week, my rescue puppy was using them consistently. The book is easy to follow and covers a lot of tips and tricks for beginners like us.

This book is great, it’s easy to understand. I am looking forward to putting the stuff in the book to work and so excited to see if my Doodle can read.

I can’t wait to get home and record, and label, one of our buttons! This book was exactly what I needed to get TJ started on this path! He pushes his doorbell then leads me to his water dish, the back door, or the pantry (for his denta stick) right now, finally he’ll be able to communicate with us exactly what he wants!