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**fotochicaes** · 12-24-2010, 02:40 AM

I LOVE deaf dogs! My boston terrier is deaf... I have found that training deaf dogs is easier a lot of the time, because they watch you more closely and don't get distracted by sounds. A lot of people use hand signals just out of habit when they are giving their hearing dogs commands, and deaf dogs will pick up on that too.

If you want to just test her hearing without doing a BAER, just wait until she's sound asleep and then blow an air horn or something loud that won't cause vibration. Half the people who meet my boston terrier don't believe she is deaf (and she failed BAER three times!) because she is so attentive to vibrations and movement that she follows right along with what's going on.

She's adorable... good luck with her!

12-24-2010, 02:40 AM	#5
fotochicaes Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 423 Senior Member	I LOVE deaf dogs! My boston terrier is deaf... I have found that training deaf dogs is easier a lot of the time, because they watch you more closely and don't get distracted by sounds. A lot of people use hand signals just out of habit when they are giving their hearing dogs commands, and deaf dogs will pick up on that too. If you want to just test her hearing without doing a BAER, just wait until she's sound asleep and then blow an air horn or something loud that won't cause vibration. Half the people who meet my boston terrier don't believe she is deaf (and she failed BAER three times!) because she is so attentive to vibrations and movement that she follows right along with what's going on. She's adorable... good luck with her!
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