Guest Anonymous Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Ok I'm trying to get a lot of information for the deaf dog owners on the board.. i know there' s not a lot of us.. BUT the aussie board i belong to, well we are goign to publish a book from our message board and i'm in charge of the k9 sign language poriton of hte book as i'm the resident "expert" on the topic. So if you could share with me what signs you use for what, and how you like living with a deaf dog, how it is living with a deaf dog, the hard things and the good things.. please let me know ;) Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 LOL :lol: i was waiting for someone to post that!! Quote
cheekymunkee Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 I have no help to offer you but I think it is GREAT what you & your fellow board members are doing & I wish you great success with it! Debby Quote
imported_Kat Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 sounds like a super idea. A lady I know of trained her deaf Border Collie and worked championship Obedience class C at Crufts so it just goes to show how effective sign and body language can be. :wink: Quote
corgilady Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Most of my friends on this board dont know about my latest dog, I think........ I have a deaf sheltie. He doesn't require a lot of communication, as he is very old and decrepit. :lol: I do have a hand signal for come here, palm up...fingers together....waggle fingers up and down. Also for a sit command I put my hands like I am praying and then when he looks at me I turn the fingertips downward very deliberately. And if I want him to go someplace, I point from him in a sweeping motion to the door or whatever. That's about it. Mostly he lays on me, wanted to be petted. Also when my violin students come in (see? there are ADVANTAGES to being deaf)he sits on their violin case, forcing them to pet him if they want to get their violin out. Sometimes he pokes me with his nose when he wants petted, then turns around with his back just within reach of my hand. guess he thinks I am deaf, too. :D Quote
courtnek Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 I have trained both of mine to both hand and verbal signals. The funny thing, while not deaf, Laurel responds better to the hand signals. Dont know if during field training that was used or not. I can tell her to sit a dozen times, but she wont until she gets the hand signal.. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 http://catatonic.freeservers.com/penny/deafdogs.html Hope these help! Quote
abker17 Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 That sounds like a great idea DAL, good luck with it! :D I can tell her to sit a dozen times, but she wont until she gets the hand signal.. Abby's the same way and I've also taught her to respond just to the hand signals. Some dogs just seem to learn better that way. My friends spaniel responds better to verbal ques. Differs from dog to dog it seems. Quote
Aroura Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 I don't have a deaf dog, but there is a lady in our dog club who has a deaf cattle dog that has titles in agility. I don't know much about general hand signals that she uses, but one trick that she uses to make sure her dogs are constantly checking in on her is keeps blue tack on her forehead and will occasionally put food on it when the dog isn't looking, as soon as the dog looks, the gives him the treat. Its worked really well and that dog never takes his eyes off her, which helps a lot with training. Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 The only deaf dog we had was also virtually blind, so hand signals were useless except to show him where we were (he could detect motion, but that's about it). The only thing we could do for him was clap loudly to "call" him and then move vigorously to show him where we were once he was close. Probably not exactly what you're looking for. :oops: It sounds like a good thing you're doing. Good luck! :bigok: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 [quote name='DivineOblivion19']hey DAL! This sounds awesome! I'll take the time to write something up for you and then I'll post it! When do you need it? Is there a deadline??? Thanks so much!!! umm like a month i would need to have it by so that way i can put it all together with my info and pop it in the mail! thanks so much for the help!! :) I was hoping you'd see this post!! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Just wanted to share my webpage with you guys.. still in progress... http://deafaussielover.tripod.com/ Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 Thanks for posting it here! i did get your email and saved it so when i send everything off, i can put it with my stuff!! Here's the signs that cody knows. they are all in ASL so i wont describe them.. hopefully i won't for get any!! *big breath* Sit Stay Come No Yes Good ( good boy ) Bad ( bad boy ) treat eat drink potty heal mommy daddy Zoey ( Z over the heart) go walk ride play get it fetch bed time settle ( settle down ) be nice cat baby ( he'll go get the little one i watch ) play ok i know he knows more then that, but after everything that's happend the last 2 days my mind is not in the right spot.. so i'll get back to you as they come to me!! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 forgot!! he also knows the sign for his name!! Quote
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