Brightkins

With over 40 years of experience in designing award-winning toys that make learning fun for children, Learning Resources® brings to you Brightkins™, a new line of interactive pet toys and training tools that will help teach new behaviours, unlock pets’ curiosity, and engage the entire family. Brightkins is joined by Hunger for Words™, the ground-breaking pet communication range based on techniques developed by best-selling author Christina Hunger and her ‘talking’ dog Stella. Dogs are clever animals and need cognitive stimulation and active play to stay happy and healthy, and with so many dog-lovers around the world leading educational toys company Learning Resources recognised the need for owners to meaningfully connect with their pets. The Learning Resources product development team partnered with certified dog trainers to develop a line of products that keeps pets active, stimulates their minds and encourages good behaviour. The result is Brightkins, a range which offers Bright Ways for Pets to Play and learn with a mix of playful training tools and kits, interactive treat puzzles, and innovative treat dispensing products. Brightkins interactive canine enrichment toys get dogs to use their brains and paws in a range of challenging activities, and the interactive games and treat puzzles help prevent boredom, engage dogs in active play, and slow down fast eaters. The range’s interactive training sets and tools make pet training and games fun and accessible to even young members of the family, bringing families and their pets closer together. Hunger for Words is a range of recordable communication tools and accessories that offer fun ways for dog-owners to engage with their beloved furry family members. Christina Hunger is a speech-language pathologist, author of the best-selling book, ‘How Stella Learned to Talk’, and founder of the talking dog movement. Christina first dazzled the world with her dog Stella’s ability to ‘speak’ using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words. By pressing the buttons, Stella gives voice to her daily thoughts, requests, feelings, and more using 50+ words and creating phrases up to five words long! It didn’t take long for Stella to go viral on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with hundreds of thousands of dog-owners worldwide implementing Christina’s techniques in the hopes of finally answering: What is my dog trying to tell me? The official licensed Hunger for Words range of recordable buttons and communication accessories offers what dog-owners need to start their dogs’ communication journeys. These intuitive, pet-friendly tools give every dog the chance to ask and answer questions, express their thoughts and feelings, make observations, and even participate in short conversations, bringing dogs and people closer together by helping humans to better understand their pets. With these two launches, Learning Resources offers innovative, fun ways for families and their furry companions to come together to play, communicate, and learn. For more information on Brightkins and Hunger for Words products, visit: www.brightkins.co.uk