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ProudLib72

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6. There are a lot of deaf dogs

Sat Apr 28, 2018, 04:46 PM

Apr 2018

And training early on using sign language as well as voice commands is a good idea (in case a dog goes deaf). This is something I noticed when I went to training classes with my puppy; the instructor used sign language as well as voice commands. At the time I didn't really think about it. After reading about how many deaf dogs there are, it started to make a lot of sense.

I found this site that is all about training using sign language: https://deafdogsrock.com/beginning-sign-training

And I think you are right that dogs can pick up on an owner's cues without the owner realizing it. Tens of thousands of years of being constant human companions have turned them nearly empathic.

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