Basic obedience commands such as sit, stay, come, lie down, and off-leash. Hate to admit it but I developed this as a little 'cheat' for stays (hangs head in shame). Hand signals and visual cues form the backbone of communicating with a deaf dog. For example, the common hand signal for sit, raising your hand from your side to be parallel with the floor, comes from holding a treat to your dogs nose and. I've just remembered also that my dog understands that eye contact and a big smile from me means that I like what he's doing. You may have to use the treat to lure him the first. Lightly touch this area and feed your dog a treat. It’s best to start while your dog is awake and looking at you. Start close to your dog so he can get the hang of what you want him to do. It’s also a good idea to choose a specific place (shoulder, hip, etc.) to lightly touch your deaf dog as a cue for pay attention to me the equivalent of calling a hearing dog’s name. You can incorporate your touch signal with your come signal. Once the dog comes to you, give the positive marker and the treat right away. Suggested basic cues to teach your deaf dog: Sit moving hand above the head as described, you can reduce this to a simple palm up to ceiling signal. I think with a deaf dog work very hard on him wanting to watch you, by being the source of all good things, as if he's not watching you then however many signs he knows it'll make no difference I had a Spaniel who went stone deaf in her later years and she was a Ratbag for 'I'm not looking, can't see you, sorreee.'.Įdit. For a deaf dog, start with a treat in your hand and choose your touch signal. If he was taller I'd say touch your hand but you'll spend your life bent double. The rest of the time he is a loving, sweet angel. Vibrating Collar: Employ to capture attention before signaling. Crazy meaning frantic, terrified, snarling, snapping. Visual Cues: Use hand signals for commands like sit, stay, and come. If I touch him when he’s sleeping, he goes crazy also if anyone comes near me. Turned out he is also deaf, 3/4 blind and not potty trained. Maybe if you can teach him to touch (with his nose) a target stick then this will help with walking to heel and general control. I rescued a little Pomsky, no hair, terribly malnourished, abused, etc. If I make the shape now, without a vocal command, he will return to me. Stand: Start palm-out at the side of the hip and moves straight backwards (like an invitation to enter motion).

Down: Start palm-out at shoulder and moves down towards floor ending palm-down.

When I taught my dog recall I held my arms out to form a 'cross' silhouette so that it was plainer for him from a distance. Sit: Start palm-out at leg and moves up as if to touch your shoulder. If you're using treats as 'lures' initially then the signs for sit and down (as describes) will come from the movement you do with the treat in your hand.

Deaf dogs hand signal for come