Care And Reward Assisted Pet Dog Training & Canine Behaviourist

CARA DOG TRAINING

Deaf Dogs

We will always help owners train their Deaf Dogs!

 

We have recently noticed an increase in the number of owners seeking help in training their much loved deaf dogs!

 

From what we hear, owners often find it very difficult to locate a trainer prepared to help them and often have to travel considerable distances for this but they are prepared to do so for the love of their dogs!

 

Deaf dog training is something we have always been pleased to undertake and over the years we have helped owners both privately and by working their dogs in our general training classes.  After all, how else can you socialise any dog correctly without being around other dogs and people?

 

It is so very rewarding to experience the responses often shown by deaf dogs whose instinct has already been heightened by the loss of such an important sense!

 

Until now we have not specifically advertised our willingness to help owners of deaf dogs but perhaps we have been wrong and should have done so earlier as we can and will help owners whose dogs may have been deaf from birth or by later development!

 

If we can help you, or any one you know, please contact us on 01590 683 529,  07966 409 562 or email by clicking here!

IN FOND MEMORY OF LITTLE PIPPI!

 

THE  DEAF KING CHARLES SPANIEL

 

 

Pippi was bought to us for training after her owner Rebecca had realised that she had a problem which was subsequently diagnosed as deafness at birth.

 

Like many such owners, Rebecca had problems in finding somewhere to train and in desperation she contacted Deaf Dog Trainer and Author Barry Eaton who recommended her to contact us.

 

Pippi and Rebecca joined our Puppy Class and with the help of our Deaf Dog signage and training notes they formed a wonderful bond and progressed very well indeed whilst socialising with the other dogs.  So much so, that in no time at all Pippi and Rebecca moved up to our Beginners Class and all was looking good.

 

Then sadly, disaster struck! 

 

Poor little Pippi was taken ill and had to be put to sleep at only 5 months old as she had suffered from renal failure!

 

Little Pippi is now running safely free over Rainbow Bridge with all her other little friends!

 

Rebecca clearly pointing to her eye as the hand signal for Pippi to pay attention and what good attention!

Whilst the memory of dear little Pippi will never fade, we are pleased that Rebecca and her family decided to acquire another King Charles Cavalier Spaniel pup and “Berry” has moved through our Puppy Class into our Beginners Class and is also progressing very well.

 

The experience of learning to use signage in training Pippi has enabled Rebecca to combine that with the use of her natural body language and verbal commands in Berry’s training!

 

We strongly believe in the importance of both verbal commands and body language which is so easily read by our dogs.

 

If you lost your voice you would still be able to control your dog and if in later life your dog become deaf, (like our old Labrador, Poppy) you will still be able to communicate, therefore being able to take your pet outside of its otherwise twilight world!

 

The following is taken verbatim from an unsolicited email exchange we had with Rebecca

and is reproduced with her full consent.

 

“I think that your methods are very suited to deaf dogs being so full of body language and your encouragement of the use of additional signs alongside verbal commands is great. In Speech  and Language Therapy your methods are similar to 'The Total Communication Approach', a method using a combination of communication modes such as signs, pictures, objects, as well as verbal attempts (eg for stroke patients, people with autism, learning disability, head injury etc) and I think it's brilliant and intend to base my thesis next year on it.”
Text Box: Below is Domino a four year old Rescued Dalmatian who we understand has been deaf from birth! We understand that Domino, the Dalmatian pictured below, was deaf from birth and he joined us after his owners eventually found us after much telephoning around seeking help to training him. Domino is a rescue dog and the current owners first dog—what a brave challenge to accept! His owners really applied themselves well in helping to make his training successful by working hard with signage and body language which Domino readily interperates with ease. Domino is thanking them in his own special way by his truly wonderful responses and bonding. Dogs seem to have a far greater ability to overcome adversity than we do and as you can see Domino is a happy dog and a pleasure to have in our Classes!

 

 

This dog is fabulous!

 

So attentive!

 

So eager to please!

 

It is our pleasure to have him in our Classes and after working through Beginners and Improvers he is now in our Advanced Class where the majority of the dogs work

OFF-LEAD!

 

 

 

Is it due to lack of understanding on our part, or perhaps we don’t have the imagination or patience to train them?

 

We recommend this book which you can buy direct from the author using the link below.

In September 2011 in Oslo, Norway, Chrissy attended the Annual Conference and AGM of the PDTE (Pet Dog Trainers of Europe) of which she is an Full Member and addressed Conference with a talk about training deaf dogs. 

 

Using a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate her talk, Chrissy was able to enlighten members from many European Countries of the advantages and rewards gained from working with Deaf Dogs and their owners.

 

Motivated and encouraged by perhaps the best known author on this subject, namely Barry Eaton, Chrissy will be pleased to visit clubs and groups who may interested in hearing more about this fascinating area of Dog Training!

 

Please contact Chrissy about Deaf Dog Training by clicking here!

Deaf Dog Training Guide - Hear Hear

Hear, Hear! - A Guide to Training the Deaf Dog

 

Hear Hear! goes through training a deaf dog step-by-step. It covers basic training that most pet dog owners require, including teaching the dog to sit, lay down, stand, walk nicely on a lead, stay, and to come back when ‘called’. It also covers important subjects like socialisation and suggests ways of overcoming some of the most common unwanted behaviour, like jumping up, barking and preventing your dog becoming destructive when left on its own. The moral issues of finding a home for a deaf dog are also discussed.

For details of how to purchase the book in the UK and around the world, please look at the book shop.

Book Reviews........

Dog World........ a must for all who are interested in basic training, whether the puppy is deaf or not. His expertise and enthusiasm are apparent in every page..

Dog Training Weekly........ If anyone has a deaf puppy this book will be of tremendous value

Our Dogs........ I think the author is to be commended for writing this book.

Professor Peter Neville........ What I hope is that every trainer in the world will read it.

Dog World........ The photographs which illustrate the gestures to be used are excellent.