Possibly Adopting A Deaf Dog!

[tikeyas_mom]

I have visited that site sooo much in the past 2 months that I now am destined to have a deaf siberian husky puppy lol. I am glad I am not alone.

[kingrattus]

If you want a deaf dog, why don't u invent a special collar that'll vibrate everytime u want the dog to come or do a command...

It'll help out alot

vibrate=shaking, not shocking

[4 Dog Mother]

A few months ago before we adopted our fifth dog, Jack, we fostered a deaf dalmation for a couple of days. His name was Oreo but we called him Winchester since we already had an Oreo and it really didn't make any difference to him since he couldn't hear what we called him.

Winchester was about a year old and very, very cute. However, because he couldn't hear and because he was as hyper as any other Dalmation that I've known, it didn't work out well for my other dogs. First off, he wanted to ride them constantly and we couldn't get through to him that that was a no-no and the other dogs couldn't seem to make him understand either since they are not aggressive (for the most part) dogs and he couldn't hear their complaints. He also was too rough playing with them - and again when they would let him know by crying out he couldn't hear them and didn't understand. By the end of the first evening they were all hiding from him. Taggert and Snoopy hid on the bed in our room and Dazzi tried hiding behind some of my larger plants. It was sad for all of them.

And then there was the fact that he was not house trained although they said he was. He peed everywhere constantly. And when I put him out, the other dogs would follow, I would be cleaning up his mess and he would be hurting one of the others. It was a three ring circus to say the least.

I am not trying to discourage you because there really are some beautiful dogs out there that need a good home. And it could be very different because there wouldn't be so many dogs involved and if you started with a younger pup you would probably be better able to start out right with the older dog understanding that there was something different about a puppy from the beginning. Obviously ours could not understand that Winchester was deaf since he didn't look any different or actually act any different execpt in responding to their "noises" of disapproval when he was being too rough.

I think it is a good thing for you to do but really know that it is very tough to get an animal that cannot hear to understand what you want from it. The Humane Society that we fostered him for wanted us to keep him longer and they had a trainer that would come in to help with training him and I did find some websites that gave out information that could be helpful in training him. My husband was against a fifth dog and to have one that was upsetting everyone at the house didn't seem like a good way to go for us. I would have had to give him my full attention for who knows how long and it did not seem fair to my husband and the four other dogs two of which were not yet a year old yet either.

I wish you the best because I think it would be a very unselfish and giving thing to do.