JackieMaya Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 I know DAL has a deaf dog, but it sounds like several others have deaf dogs also. I just noticed Gigishiba has a deaf dog too. I'm just interested in what it's like having a deaf dog. Do you teach them hand signals? How do you get their attention if they're not looking at you? Do their other senses seem stronger? Inquiring minds want to know! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 gigi has a deaf dog also?! wow. i LOVE having a deaf dog!!! :) to get his attention i tap him on the butt or the nose depending on which end is facing me.. if he's not in the room and i want him i tell Zoey to go get Cody and she goes and gets him. All of Cody's commands are American Sign Language! :) his sense of smell and eye sight is so much stronger then Zoeys! Quote
courtnek Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 Divine Oblivian (commonly called DO here) has a deaf Boston terrier, that she has trained in hand signals, obedience and as a therapy dog!! I never knew so much about deaf dogs till coming here.... Quote
Horsefeathers! Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 We used to have a little deaf Yorkie and he was also pretty much blind as well (could only see very emphatic movement). Even with all that "against" him, he was able to kinda sorta learn more than we would have given him credit for. Dogs adjust amazingly well in the face of adversity. I reckon it's because they don't know how to feel sorry for themselves. To get his attention, we simply clapped really loudly, or stomped on the floor if in the house. His recall in doing that was probably better than any of my other dogs. He'd ALWAYS come if he "heard" you calling. He was pretty cool. In considering taking in special needs dogs, I'd take another deaf (and/or blind) dog in a second. Quote
courtnek Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 Alex went blind shortly before he had to be put down, and even though it was only almost a week, in that time he learned toget around amazingly well. He already knew the arrangement of the house, and was able to get down stairs and outside, with few bumps into anything. I too would take on a blind dog, and even a deaf one, if I thought I could teach it properly. Quote
CincoandDahlilasgirl Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 We put my dog max down b4 he got deaf cuz he was old and everything was going including sight(figured that out cuz 1 time he got out and went to our neighbors house thinking it was his) and hearing(usually responded right away but slowly started taking him awhile to figure out we were trying to get his attention) and he had arthritous in his hind legs. Quote
courtnek Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 Alex had blastomycosis, a severe fungal infection that lodged in his eyes (it chooses major organs to prey on, in his case it was his eyes) and thats what twigged us to get him checked. he had no other issues, but he was uncurable, and they couldnt guarantee he would ever get well, besides having to surgically remove his eyes as a point of reinfection. I COULDNT see him suffer, he was in pain, so I had him put down.... to this day, I still hear his bark, and see his tail clearing tables and beating up peoples legs... Quote
imported_Kat Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 yeah I didn't think that Gigi had a deaf dog either :-? Quote
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