My dog (an Australian Shepherd mix) was a challenge to train as he is deaf. Fortunately for me, someone else took on that challenge before he came to me.
He knows a few basic sign commands: sit (raise hand with palm up); lie down (lower hand with palm down); come here (wave hand toward myself); STFU! (point hand toward him and pinch fingers and thumb together). And of course, his favorite command and one he never misses: fooding time! (pinch thumb and fingers together pointing at my mouth).
Giving him commands is further complicated because sometimes he conveniently avoids looking my way when he wants to ignore me. But most of the time we do pretty well.
@macromeh My dog has lost most of her hearing (she’s almost 14). When I noticed she had started losing it, I started using hand signals to get her to come, but the rest of the time I either point or move her where I want her to be and she gets the gist. Luckily, her previous owner trained her well and she’s really well behaved, so it’s not that big a problem. I do feel bad for her, though.
@lisagd My dog (Ash) is mostly white with scattered black patches and has blue eyes. From what I understand, the blue eyes/white coat combo is often accompanied by deafness. Being deaf since birth, it doesn’t seem to affect him that much. The biggest issue is that when he is off-leash (we take a lot of walks in the woods), I have to make sure he stays in visual range since I can’t call/whistle him back if he wanders too far.
But yes, especially if she can be trained to associate a soft vibrate with cuing to you for a treat. Deaf/ hard of hearing dogs get a hard rap, but many of them just need cues they can receive, and are eager to get them!
Meanwhile, it sounds like you’re making smart adaptations. Dogs are great communicators.
Also I want to snuggle this perfect baby. OK, look, I’m a sucker for dogs.
Is food for her involved? Then very well trained.
No food? Your average cat will be more compliant.
And she seemingly knows which it is without even looking up.
I trained my first dog at the town beach in the winter. He was doing all the commands! Then the weather got better and people started walking the boardwalk. I would give my dog a command and he would look at me, then the boardwalk. If someone was there he would give me a look that said “I’ll come in a minute, first I have to check out that guy”
I’M very well trained by my dogs. Does that count?
They understand the commands, they understand what is right and what is wrong, but they decide when they want to listen to me.
In other words, they’re spoiled rotten!
@Tadlem43 I had a Dalmatian while I was growing up. The breed can be stubborn and they’re prone to deafness, so when she didn’t obey, we were never sure if she didn’t hear us or was just ignoring us.
I am more of a cat person but my parents have a dog and if someone could train that dog bark only about %10 of does right now, I would give up an organ(body or church)!
@sicc574 barking is trainable, but it requires a lot of repetition and usually needs to start young.
Unfortunately, most dog owners only want the “benefits” of pet, but aren’t willing to commit the time required in the beginning to make the rest of their lives more enjoyable.
So well trained he knows to replace himself with a cat.
/giphy el gato
@yakkoTDI lol beat me to it.
/youtube Jessica cat
My dog (an Australian Shepherd mix) was a challenge to train as he is deaf. Fortunately for me, someone else took on that challenge before he came to me.
He knows a few basic sign commands: sit (raise hand with palm up); lie down (lower hand with palm down); come here (wave hand toward myself); STFU! (point hand toward him and pinch fingers and thumb together). And of course, his favorite command and one he never misses: fooding time! (pinch thumb and fingers together pointing at my mouth).
Giving him commands is further complicated because sometimes he conveniently avoids looking my way when he wants to ignore me. But most of the time we do pretty well.
@macromeh My dog has lost most of her hearing (she’s almost 14). When I noticed she had started losing it, I started using hand signals to get her to come, but the rest of the time I either point or move her where I want her to be and she gets the gist. Luckily, her previous owner trained her well and she’s really well behaved, so it’s not that big a problem. I do feel bad for her, though.
@lisagd My dog (Ash) is mostly white with scattered black patches and has blue eyes. From what I understand, the blue eyes/white coat combo is often accompanied by deafness. Being deaf since birth, it doesn’t seem to affect him that much. The biggest issue is that when he is off-leash (we take a lot of walks in the woods), I have to make sure he stays in visual range since I can’t call/whistle him back if he wanders too far.
@lisagd @macromeh Have you looked into vibrating collars?
@brainmist @macromeh I never thought of it. She’s got a lot of fur around her neck and shoulders, but she should be able to feel it well enough.
@lisagd @macromeh OK first off WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BABY.
But yes, especially if she can be trained to associate a soft vibrate with cuing to you for a treat. Deaf/ hard of hearing dogs get a hard rap, but many of them just need cues they can receive, and are eager to get them!
Meanwhile, it sounds like you’re making smart adaptations. Dogs are great communicators.
Also I want to snuggle this perfect baby. OK, look, I’m a sucker for dogs.
Is food for her involved? Then very well trained.
No food? Your average cat will be more compliant.
And she seemingly knows which it is without even looking up.
She’ll generally take requests under advisement & will pencil them in for a later date, unless there’s something tasty being offered.
My sister’s dog has my sister very well trained.
@Kyeh I think training each other is part of the process
@tinamarie1974 Well, the dog has done a better job training than she has!
@Kyeh
/giphy giggle
/youtube pink panther does your dog bite
@pmarin Damnit, I LOVE all of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Comedy genius.
@pmarin Beat me to it.
@Charliedoggo is well trained about 95% of the time. I’ve no idea what is going on the other 5%
WHAT, I heard my name!!! Oh, it’s mom.
She THINKS I’m well trained. I just wait until she is not paying attention. That’s when I have FUN!!!
I have husky shepherd mixes. They listen really well about 85% of the time. The other 15%? They’re pretty sure they’re in charge.
I trained my first dog at the town beach in the winter. He was doing all the commands! Then the weather got better and people started walking the boardwalk. I would give my dog a command and he would look at me, then the boardwalk. If someone was there he would give me a look that said “I’ll come in a minute, first I have to check out that guy”
My dog is very poorly trained.
I’M very well trained by my dogs. Does that count?
They understand the commands, they understand what is right and what is wrong, but they decide when they want to listen to me.
In other words, they’re spoiled rotten!
@Tadlem43 I had a Dalmatian while I was growing up. The breed can be stubborn and they’re prone to deafness, so when she didn’t obey, we were never sure if she didn’t hear us or was just ignoring us.
I am more of a cat person but my parents have a dog and if someone could train that dog bark only about %10 of does right now, I would give up an organ(body or church)!
@sicc574 barking is trainable, but it requires a lot of repetition and usually needs to start young.
Unfortunately, most dog owners only want the “benefits” of pet, but aren’t willing to commit the time required in the beginning to make the rest of their lives more enjoyable.
My dog is trained so well that she only ninja sneak attacks me in the futon.
Which she carefully drags me to and positions me on.
For a sneak attack.
I have two rescue puppies. They’re better than they were when we first adopted them, and I have hope that one day they might be civilized.
No dog. But our cats have trained us well.