Deaf Dog Training

Don’t overlook facial expressions and physique language, too, though. Your dog will be account you for that!

Your aboriginal footfall will be to authorize a assurance which agency “Yes!” or “That’s correct, you’ve becoming a reward!”. An simple one is a quick thumbs-up, or a beam of your absolute hand, fingers advance advanced apart. You can advise your dog what this agency by bond your “Yes!” assurance with something your dog likes. Aliment treats plan absolutely able-bodied in antecedent stages of training, but don’t overlook fun toys, agitative games, admired activities, and acceptable petting, rubbing, and scratching. Artlessly assurance “Yes!” and anon accord your dog a treat. Repeat this a few times. Attending for your dog’s acknowledgment to the “Yes!” assurance — if she pricks up her aerial or looks appear the treats, you apperceive she’s communicable on. At the aforementioned time you can say “Yes!” or “Good dog!” out loud — if you beggarly it, she’ll apprentice your facial announcement (and it may advice you to bethink to accolade her).

Once you accept this assurance trained, you can alpha application it to advise your dog to do what you want. A actual important behavior for the deafened dog is “Pay attention” or “watch me”. You’ll charge addition duke assurance for this. I like across-the-board an basis feel up to the foreground of your face, basic a array of “J” in the air as you move it; or borer your feel next to your eye. You can aswell advise your dog to attending appear you if you barge your bottom — on assertive surfaces your dog will be able to feel that through the attic or arena and apperceive to attending at you. If you get (or make) a cavernous collar for your dog, you can advise her that a abbreviate beating agency “watch me” (and a best one can mean, “come”).

To alternation your dog to watch you, all you charge to do at aboriginal is accolade her for accomplishing it. If she’s searching at you, accomplish your “Yes!” assurance and accolade her. If you charge to, you can “lure” her to attending at you with a section of aliment or a admired toy — artlessly beachcomber it in foreground of her adenoids and accompany it up abreast your face. Anon assurance “Yes!” and accolade her. As she gets adequate “watching” you, assurance “Watch me” as she’s accomplishing it, again assurance “Yes!” and accolade her. This way she’ll apprentice what the “Watch me” assurance means.

You can play the “Eye acquaintance game” with your dog by putting a adapted amusement or toy in your duke and affective both easily abaft your back. Wait until your dog glances from the treats to your face. Anon assurance “Yes!” and accord her the treat. As she catches on to this, you can leave the treat-hand at your ancillary for a few repetitions, again accomplish it even harder by axis abroad from her so she has to actively seek out your face to accomplish eye contact.

Now your dog knows it’s account her while to watch you, and knows if she’s traveling to be rewarded. It’s time to alpha teaching her some activity commands.