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Baby talk may make grown-ups sound ridiculous to many people, but that doesn’t take away from its value. Extensive research has shown that human infants are better able to learn language when we talk to them using higher pitches and at a slower speed than when we talk to other adults. This style of communication is called “infant-directed speech”, and it’s natural for many folks to slip into it when addressing young individuals, especially those who are not yet verbal. A new study called “ This study investigated the behavior of two species, and reported a major finding about each of them. On the human side, only women were studied, and researchers found that they used dog-directed speech with dogs of all ages, but used higher pitches when they were talking to puppies than when addressing fully grown dogs. For the canines, this worked out well based on their age-related responses to the way we talk to them. Adult dogs were equally responsive to normal speech and dogs-directed speech. Puppies, however, became more engaged when addressed with dog-directed speech than when the women spoke to them as they normally talk. Specifically, it was the higher pitch in the dog-directed speech that influenced how attentive puppies were. There are many questions that flow naturally from this study and its intriguing results. Do men talk to their dogs with higher-pitched, slower speech patterns, and does the age of the dog influence the degree to which they do it? Do dogs who look more ju...

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2 Richard Nixon had a family dog named Checkers, pictured here Credit: Getty - Contributor Who was Richard Nixon? Nixon was the 37th president of the But before that, he was a representative and senator from He was born in a small town in Southern California and graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 before going into law and eventually politics. He was married to Pat Ryan and they shared two daughters together — Patricia “Tricia” Nixon and Julie Nixon. BEACH FURY A Karen trolled me for ‘inappropriate’ G-string at the beach but I don’t care What was Richard Nixon’s famous speech about? Nixon once gave a famous speech known as the Checkers speech that involved a dog given to his daughter Tricia when she was a little girl. In 1952, he delivered the historic half-hour speech in which he tried to answer for charges against him regarding the abuse of political expense funds, according to In the speech, Nixon worked to “defend his usage of political funds by appealing to the middle class,” the outlet noted. He specifically noted that he was going to keep one gift no matter what happened: Checkers, who had been gifted to the family by a voter. “It was a little cocker spaniel dog, in a crate that he had sent all the way from Texas, black and white, spotted, and our little girl Tricia, the 6-year-old, named it Checkers,” he revealed. "And you know, the kids, like all kids, loved the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it...

A review of Trump’s calendar as president reveals no other events or meetings focused on dogs or pets. It is certainly the case that Trump’s days were often filled with informal conversations in person and on the phone, some of which may have included discussion of the subject. Simmons did make it to the Oval Office on that day in November 2019, after all. All of this serves as a neat distillation of Trump’s presidency and what we’re likely to see from him now that he’s out of office: A relationship bolstered by access to Trump’s family and heavy spending at his properties. A celebrity drop-in at a charity event in which Trump takes dubious credit for joining in their fight. A speech focused largely on Trump himself — purportedly stopping by after hearing applause and then basking in it when directed toward him.

The phrase has become so cliche that we may forget that a dog whistle is more than a style of speaking. It is a specific technology: a manufactured object constructed to make use of both physical laws (acoustics) and biological ones (the hearing abilities of animals). Dog whistles work by producing sounds at frequencies that canines can hear but humans cannot. Over time, the technology has become a stand-in for something uttered publicly but heard privately — a secret signal. And yet the fact that this phrase gets used so often is proof that the metaphor fails. Each time someone calls out acts of coded racism as a “dog whistle,” that’s proof that the “wrong” audience heard it. Galton’s whistle was a scientific instrument designed to test his hypothesis that differences among human races were the result of inheritance rather than environment. If race differences (based on his flawed method of measuring intelligence and accomplishment) were the result of an evolutionary process, then they wouldn’t disappear by providing equal opportunities and resources. Galton made his trips to the zoo to reinforce his idea that biological differences were both inherited and attributable to evolution. Animal tests were key to his scientific racism. In Galton’s day, there were already “dog whistles” in use throughout Britain and the United States, primarily for hunting. These produced tones at frequencies most humans could detect, but their sound could reach greater distances than human spee...

Hello everyone. My name is (—) and today I am here to tell you why dogs are known as man’s best friend. Dogs are one of the most beautiful creations on earth. I am sure that almost all of you sitting here would be dog-lovers and most of us might have dogs as pets. We have a lot to learn from them. Their love, loyalty, care, companionship gives us life lessons. Even though dogs cannot talk, they express their love in many ways to us. Recently, my friend and I did a small experiment on his pet dog. My friend acted as though he collapsed on the floor. The dog went running to him and used his legs to apply pressure near the heart area of my friend. He then started yelping and running from place to place probably looking for help. My friend woke up and the dog went running back to him and licked him all over out of excitement and relief. We teared up watching how much the dog loved him. We have often heard people say that we do not deserve dogs. It is true. Such a loyal and lovely creature doesn’t get the treatment they deserve from us humans. Most of us might have experienced the extent to which dogs would do anything to protect us from danger. They guard our house and keep strangers and other animals away. They are always by our side to cheer us up when we are down and to share our happiness. You can always count on your dog as they will never leave you no matter what. They don’t judge you. They don’t care how you look. Even though you treat them badly, they will always stay ...

Dedicated to the belief that everyone has something to say Everyone has a voice and the potential to share it. By combining the fields of animal psychology, speech pathology, and AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) we are blazing the trail to unlock that potential. Welcome to Hunger for Words! As Featured In At Hunger for Words, we’re pioneering new avenues of interspecies communication, starting with Stella, the world’s first talking dog. I’m Christina Hunger, a speech-language pathologist. When I brought my new puppy, Stella, home, I realized she demonstrated many of the same pre-linguistic communication skills as toddlers do right before they start talking, which is when I was struck with an idea! I used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices in my practice to help my patients express themselves with words. Since dogs can understand words, could Stella use an AAC device to express herself the same way my patients did? Meet Stella, the dog who learned to talk. Stella is our spunky 4-year-old Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix. Using a special communication device with buttons she presses, Stella gives voice to her daily thoughts, requests, feelings, and more using 50+ words and creating phrases up to 5 words long! Stella communicates using a special device with buttons Stella is a witty, playful, and happy girl. Her best days are spent playing with sticks and friends at the dog park, chasing birds along the beach, and getting scratches from anyone s...