Hunger for Words Talking Pet Starter Set - Dog Buttons for Communication, Dog Training Tools, Recordable Button with Sound, Puppy Training Tools, Talking Toys for Dogs, Cat Button Clicker Set

The sound is a bit tinny however our dog mastered the button and we no longer have potty accidents. We put it next to the back door.

This is the second time that we've purchased these buttons for our dog, Loki (APBT / Rottweiler). The first time was about two and a half years ago, and they held up well until recently... and - to be fair - I am surprised that they even lasted that long, given the fact that my dog often tends to SLAM his foot onto the buttons instead of just pressing them. His "outside" button finally stopped talking a couple days ago and his water button was getting a finicky, so thus the replacements. Anyhow, my dog loves these things! We have them for simple things, such as "outside", "water", and "food." These are so useful when - for instance - you're in another room all focused on a project and you hear "outside" or "water"... basic needs which might have had to wait longer if your dog weren't able to alert you to them... but instead, you stop what you're doing and can meet the dog's needs. A lot of it involves some interpretation if you have a smart dog like mine and don't have the space for a thousand buttons to be laying around, though... For instance, my dog typically pushes the "water" button when his water bowl is empty... but -the other day - he pushed it when there was still water in the bowl. I told him, "You already have water," and he proceeded to look at the bowl and then at me (confirming he in fact wanted water). There was some dog slobber and an old water-logged piece of food floating in it, so I took it to the sink to wash and refill it. Sure enough, he drank it when I sat it back down. In this case, I suppose he was telling me "fresh" water. You can also learn a lot about your dog's thought process and personality from these things! And - I have no proof of this - but I highly suspect my dog really likes telling me what to do. 99% of the time, my dog pushes the buttons appropriately... but he has - on rare occasion - went around pushing them all repeatedly out of frustration with me (typically when he gets an ear infection and I've been doing his ear flushes and drops - which he hates). This kind of "button pushing" is typically in conjuction with other annoying behaviors, though (like repeatedly asking to cuddle on the couch with me, then walking over and dramatically flopping onto his own dog bed after I move over for him... every five minutes!). Long story short, these buttons have really been wonderful to have. Honestly, the only way I feel that these buttons could be improved upon is the location and / or profile of the record button. Every now and then, my dog will accidentally hit it when trying to push the button (effectively deleting whatever was there). If it were recessed or located on the bottom, it would be a lot less likely to occur. Overall, I would definitely recommend! Edit: I forgot to mention one of the things that really helped my dog take to the buttons: scent. Scent is like its own language for dogs, so - in the beginning - I kind of scent coded the buttons. For the food and outside buttons, I crushed some of the scent the source (dog food, grass) into independent cups with a small amount of water, let the scent soak into the water for a bit, and then lightly sprayed the buttons with their matching scent. Inevitably, Loki investigated the scents - which triggered the buttons as he sniffed - and we then followed through with whatever action the button was intended for. It's hard to scent a "water" button, so we just pressed it every time we picked up an empty water bowl and sat it back down full. Either way, it didn't take him long at all to figure out that the buttons were to his benefit. Now he has a new button near the bedroom hall that says "Go to bed?"... he figured that one out immediately. It's like once they take to a couple buttons, the learning curve kind of disappears.

The sound quality is pretty muffled and soft but they do work. I didn't want to spring for expensive buttons not knowing if my dog was even going to be interested in using them, so these were a great way to try out the concept. Four buttons gives you enough words to work with to see how your dog reacts. The buttons are easy for my dog (greyhound mix) to target and press with a foot or a nose. My boy dog is showing interest and has used the buttons a few times. My girl dog gets excited about hearing the buttons but shows no interest in interacting with them. Putting in the batteries takes a philips head screwdriver - a little bit fiddly but not too taxing. Make sure the batteries snap in all the way - some of them took an extra shove. The record button on the outside was easy to use. So far my dogs have not bumped it accidentally. I used a label maker to show which buttons are for which words and the labels stuck on nicely. Are these the best buttons out there? Probably not, but they're great to use as a proof of concept.

Out of the 4 buttons that came in the package, only one has a speaker that doesn’t sound horrible. They have a tinny/drone sound to them. They get the job done and my pup has been learning to ask for things using them, but they are fairly low quality. I especially don’t like that the record button is on the outside. This means the pup can accidentally hit the record button and erase your word recording. These are great as a first time use thing. Just to see if the pup can even take to using buttons. I purchased the mat package with the buttons, and in my opinion the buttons are too close for an enthusiastic puppy just learning to use buttons. He routinely hits 2 or 3 buttons simultaneously. Add to this the fact that the buttons do not stay in the mat without being mounted with a double sided tape or Velcro or similar mounting method. 3 stars because they were easy to use, easy to set up, cheap, and do what they claim to do. They lose a star for quality and a star for form/function. Again would recommend for a first time button purchase to check and see if a pup will even be able to learn to use buttons before deciding to go all in on a more expensive and better built set.

The key to making this work was a combination of trying different choice words and finding something that my puppy really likes just to get her to touch it with her paw. I read the instructions and I tried different words like potty, go potty, go outside and full sentences asking her different ways if she has to go potty and she did everything but touch it, I would even put her paw on it and she didn't like it at all! That went on for two days. I decided to try something I didn't want to do. I recorded another button with an excited sounding Do you want a treat? And guess what, after asking her to press the button a couple of times and giving her a treat after pointing to it and right when she looked at the button.....she did it. This went on for 5 consecutive button pressing and each given a reward. I used very tiny training treats that have a huge taste something she likes very much. Then of course I had to put the button up out of reach until tomorrow. So I decided to put the potty button next to her bowl in the kitchen near the doorway leading to the backyard. I changed the words to an excited sounding Potty Dog showed it to her and fed her dinner. After eating she pressed the button and we went on outside and it has worked ever since! I was frustrated at first when everything worked up until I wanted her to press the button but we overcame that and once a day I bring the treat button to her for a treat fest and then return it out of reach, to use it again tomorrow. My puppy is 7 months old and is learning to communicate and very happy to see my positive reactions to her behavior. We are learning together and this is an awesome product! This gets a four paws up from my Hazel Woo and I give it a 10 star from the heart!

I was SO excited for these buttons for my dog. I love Stella and thought this would be a blast to train my pup with them! It comes with 4 buttons. When we opened the pack, the blue one wouldn’t record. We changed batteries, reset, did everything we could think of but we ultimately threw it out without being able to use it at all. But, I was happy because I still had 3. After 2 weeks of training my dog to use one of the 3 that did work, the button got stuck in and would not release. She had just started using it consistently! We tried prying it, pressing it harder, tapping it, we even tried taking it apart hoping we could put it back together but we broke it in the process. Okay, 2 down. The next one lasted about the same time, maybe a week longer. The last one is still going after 2 months but over time it only works inconsistently so my dog has to press the button 4-5 times to get the button to work so we have missed when she is trying to tell us something. Just waiting for it to fully break. Not sure what we will do after that, but I do know we won’t be purchasing another set of these! I had such high hopes but unfortunately these things are not made to last.

These are great easy to use and holds up really well

I got this for my dog but I now use it in my classroom. It’s such a fun toy, I sent voice notes to other teachers. I record instructions and press the button if scholars forget

My German shepherd has a new way for communication. We are enjoying this .

Reasonably good quality audio buttons for starting to train your dog to talk. The audio can be a bit fuzzy unless you speak directly into the speaker/mic when recording. The buttons are also pretty durable, we have a 15lb small dog but she tends to get overexcited to tell us her demands and kicks the buttons around like hockey pucks. :) Kit includes easy step-by-step instructions for how to teach your dog.

犬と猫が家にいるため、2匹ともに使用しようと2セット購入しました。 ボタンを購入したのは今回が初めてだったのですが、４ヶ月と少しの期間ボタンを使用して、 個人的にいい点と悩ましい部分がはっきりとしましたので、今後購入を検討されている方に向けて 参考にして頂ければいいなと思い、備忘録としてレビューを投稿しました。 （補足） 現在は猫が2セットのボタンを使用しており、今回のレビューは猫が使用した際のものとなります。 ______________________ ・ボタンの押し心地について 我が家の猫は体重が５㎏あり後ろ足などで押す事が簡単にできましたが、 小型で3kgの我が家の犬は、体重や前足にかける力が足りないようで、 音声がなるまでボタンを押し込むことが困難でした。 そのため、他の方のレビューにもあるように、体重がある程度あるワンちゃんか、 中型犬から上のワンちゃんでなければ、ボタンの使用が少し困難かもしれません。 使用の際、稀にボタンが反応しないことがありましたが、何度も使用する際に ボタンの上部分が回転してしまいボタンの押し心地が固くなることがあるようで、 押し込む上部分を回転させるといつも通りの押し心地に修正できました。 押し心地に関しては個人的にこれといった不具合は今のところありません。 ・録音機能について サイドにあるボタンでの録音が可能で、音質はまあまあ良い感じ…！といった感じです。 音声の音量は録音時の距離や声のトーンなどでかなり変わるため、大きくも小さくもなります。 何度も取り直しが可能なので、自分がいいと感じたボタンの音声になるまで、 音の大きさや声のトーンなどを自分で確認して、セッティングすることが可能です。 サイドにあるボタンを犬や猫に押されて音声がリセットした事は今のところありませんが、 お掃除する際に持ち方をミスったり、たまたま私の足先などに当たってしまった際に、 音声がリセットされてしまうことがありましたので、少し注意が必要かもしれません。 購入していないため、なんとも言えませんがトーキングペットにはボタン設置のマットが あるようなので、心配な方はそれを設置するといいかもしれませんね。 また、録音の際に何か上手くいかないと感じた場合、録音ボタンを押して声を発する前後に 無音の時間を1秒ほど、ほんの少し置くことでうまく録音される可能性が上がりました。 録音機能に関しても個人的にこれといった不具合は今のところありません。 ・大きさについて 大きさは手のひらぐらい、Google Homeよりひと回り小さいかな？という感じです。 数を今後増やす場合は意外と場所が必要になるな…といった印象ですが、 この大きさだからこそ押す範囲が広く、押し慣れていく際の過程として大事な、 偶然ボタンを押すことができるタイミングを誘発しやすく便利でした。 ・その他 電源のオンオフがないため、ボタンをたくさん押す猫ちゃんやワンちゃんの場合は、 音量によっては大変賑やかになってしまうので、設置場所を変更しないでいいように ある程度音が鳴っても大丈夫な場所にボタンを設置したり、ボタンに慣れてきて たくさん押すようになったタイミングで録音した際の音量を小さくしてもいいかもしれませんね。 __________________________ 特に目立った不具合はなく、使用してとても困った…ということもないので、 個人的には、初めてのボタンはこれでよかったな〜と感じています。 今回はこちらのスターターセットを購入しましたが、 日本語版のスターターがあるようなので、次回はそちらを近々購入予定です。 音声の質が良くなっているようなのでそちらの使用も楽しみです。 __________________________ ・個人的な感想（ボタンあんまり関係ない） 犬や猫とコミュニケーションを取ることは一部の人たち以外は正直無理だろうな〜と かなりの諦めから入りましたが、教えてみてよかったかもなと感じています。 根気がかなり必要だったこともあり、飼い主側が時より諦めつつ休憩を入れての長丁場、 単語を使った会話の回数を日常に取り入れたり、おもちゃで遊びながら偶然押すようにしたり… 猫なので簡単にボタンを避けることができてしまい、ボタンを押すという行動を、 人の手で運ぶことなく押させることが結構難しいな…と苦戦しました。 今ではボタンを通してある程度の会話をすることが可能になりましたが、 「単語」で「ある程度」の会話が可能になるだけで、 もちろん彼らと人間のように流暢な会話をできたりする訳ではないので、 彼らの気分で会話しない日もありますし、要求を却下しても要求が通るまで連打したり、 30分前の会話をボタンで会話したりと、ラグがあったりもします。 正直、飼い主側が押されたボタンの単語で要求を察したり考えたりしなければならないので、 ボタンを覚えることと覚えないことの差は、察する際にヒントが増える事かなと感じました。 押すことを強要せず、ボタンを押さないとやってあげないよ〜ではなくて、 ボタンを押さなくても飼い主が理解できることは押さなくても答えてあげることや、 覚えさせる！けど、今すぐじゃなくていいや、いつか使ってよね、という感じの 根気強く教える！でも気負いせずに長い時間がかかることを認識した上で教えるスタンスで 飼い主も教えられる側も無理なく会話できるようにすることが大事だなと感じました。 これから始める方は、自分の心身に無理せずにゆっくり挑戦してみてくださいね。 このレビューが誰かにとって参考になりますように。

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We purchased these for our dog and he mastered two of them within no time after following the instructions provided. Love how you can record your own voice. Be careful your dog doesn’t take advantage of the ‘hungry’ button 😜