Living with
a deaf dog There is no doubt that deaf and blind individual dogs can make excellent companions.
For every story of a problem
deaf dog there seems to be a story of one that was successfully raised.
Not exact matches
There are the more commonly recognized guide
dogs that assist the blind or visually impaired, as well as
dogs that assist the
deaf or hard of hearing by alerting their owners of alarms and other important sounds.
There are Hearing Ear
dogs to assist the
deaf and other
dogs that assist the physically disabled.
About a month after that story appeared, I received a letter from a police officer who had been part of a drug bust, and
there was a
deaf dog she had to take to the local shelter.
Additionally,
there is little reason not to consider adopting a
deaf dog.
If you have a
deaf dog,
there are many steps you can take that will help with training and communication.
There are several stages of a seizure, which in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (
dogs) are generally expressed (to varying degrees) in these ways: changes in mood or behavior, sometimes for several days before a seizure; the «aura,» which signals the start of the seizure, can include nervousness, whining, trembling, salivation, excessive affection, wandering, restelessness, hiding, and general apprehension; the seizure itself, lasting a few seconds to a few minutes, in which the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (
dog) may fall to the ground, lose consciousness, gnash teeth, thrash his limbs, bark, paddle his feet, and lose control of his bladder and bowels; and the «anelean» stage, after the seizure, in which the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (
dog) may pace, become temporarily blind or
deaf, and eat or drink excessively.
Because
there is nothing inherently «wrong» with them,
deaf dogs can do almost anything hearing
dogs do.
Not every
dog with too much white is
deaf, so
there are probably additional genetic factors which determine whether the
dog is
deaf.
Obviously,
dog training hand signals are a must with
deaf dogs, but
there are several other circumstances where silent commands may turn out helpful.
There are many organizations across the globe that train
dogs to assist people who are blind,
deaf, suffer from PTSD, have disabilities, or health issues like diabetes and epilepsy.
Today,
there's a good deal of information out
there about living with a
deaf dog.
There has been such an incredible response to If You Could HeaR How I HeaR, that it inspired me to create another video about
deaf dogs.
However, as yet
there is no firm scientific evidence to imply that a
dog with white ears will be
deaf, or a
dog with white patches around the eyes will be blind.
While some
deaf dogs can make it to the stage where they can be trusted off leash in an unfenced area, it can be difficult to get
there since
there is no verbal recall if your
dog wanders off farther than they can see you or your hand signals.
So now that you know that training a
deaf dog is pretty similar to training any other
dog, you might be wondering what else
there is to know about owning a
deaf dog.
There is considerable controversy on this point, and there is no question that many people have successfully raised deaf
There is considerable controversy on this point, and
there is no question that many people have successfully raised deaf
there is no question that many people have successfully raised
deaf dogs.
Just as
there are seeing eye
dogs for blind people, the
deaf have hearing
dogs.
I have seen many
deaf and / or hearing impaired
dogs that seem to lick quite a lot — I think
there is something to it!
Thankfully,
there are vibrating collars designed for
deaf dogs.
There is alot of good information about training a
deaf dog and even a great section on describing why
dogs become
deaf, including common color patterns that can go along with deafness.
There are also hearing
dogs, trained to assist
deaf people and to alert them to sounds such as smoke alarms, doorbells, and crying babies; mobility assist
dogs, which pull wheelchairs and provide help to the physically impaired; and walker
dogs, which help provide balance when walking to individuals suffering from movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and spasms.
There is a big difference between
dogs who are born
deaf and blind and those that become blind an / or
deaf later in life.