Puppy Training - Teach Your Deaf Dog Sign Language

Whether you are a new dog parent, or have had many dogs over your lifetime one thing is for sure puppy training is extremely important to the welfare of the entire family. No one wants to be around a dog that has no manners. If every time your friends and family come to your home and Fido jumps all over them, soon you will get less visits. Or, if you are out and about and you tell your dog to "come" and he goes. Not good. So, can you imagine caring for a puppy who is not trained and deaf? Well, it is possible to teach him everything he needs to know to have a happy, healthy and safe life. How you may ask? Simple, sign language.

Yes, dog parents you can learn a few basic sign language words and in turn teach your dog. You can teach your pup to understand hand commands such as: sit, roll over, come, stop, stay...you get the picture. As humans we can read someone's body language and can tell if they are sad, happy or any number of emotions. Well, dogs are not different. They too can read your body language and hand gestures for clues. You would be surprised how quickly they can learn to understand these signals.

The only real issue lies with the dog parent. If you decide to train your puppy sign language, you must be consistent. You cannot train your dog one day and stop. And then resume one week later. It doesn't work that way. You must daily provide short sessions where you teach your dog the basic sign language commands you want him to learn. If you stick with the teaching sessions daily, he will learn. If are not consistent, your dog will become confused and frustrated. Remember, your dog wants to please you so make it easy for him to do so.

Now for some positive news. Deaf dogs actually learn faster than dogs that can hear for one simple reason. They are not distracted by noise, so they can focus on the training. Puppies are easily distracted because they want to play. A dog that can hear will turn his attention to whatever noises he hears, which is basically all of them. To get the attention of a deaf dog, squirt them with a water bottle. That is the signal it is time to learn.

So, there is no need to be discouraged whether your dog can hear or is deaf they can still be trained to be a productive member of the family.

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