Comments on: How to Teach a Deaf Dog Basic Commands

on 9/22/2007 Umm, verbal praise won't work, my dog is deaf.
Using a sign (thumbs up) for praise.

on 11/22/2005 We had four dalmations. One was deaf and we did not have a pager collar for her. With our dog door, the dogs could come and go at will from the house to the fenced backyard. At night, if our deaf dalmation was still outside roaming our large backyard, we "called" her inside by flicking the porch light on and off. The hearing dogs also learned and responed to this and many other of the silent signals we used,

on 11/22/2005 If you touched our deaf dalmatian to wake her up, she would be disoriented and snap with a bite reaction first before she recognized it was "family". We learned to stomp our feet on the floor to wake her instead of touching her. She'd wake up, look around, see you and wag her tail.

on 8/6/2007 An important tip with using treats as rewards is to discontinue them. The purpose of this is so the dog does not get fat and overweight. When the dog has the basic concept of the command, use verbal high-pitch praise as the reward.