![]() ![]() It’s important to desensitize your dog, hearing or deaf, to touch (for more on this, see “ Stay in Touch,” WDJ Jan 2011). ![]() The truth is that any dog can nip or bite when startled – it’s just easier to startle a deaf dog than a dog who hears your approach. Strain is currently gathering data on the prevalence of congenital deafness in other breeds.Īre deaf dogs different? It’s often suggested that deaf dogs are prone to biting when startled. Out of more than 5,600 Dalmatians tested for deafness, 441 (7.8%) were reported to be bilaterally deaf, and out of 442 Australian Cattle Dogs tested, 11 (2.5%) were bilaterally deaf. Breeds with white pigmentation are most commonly affected, with Dalmatians, Bull Terriers, Australian Shepherds, and Australian Cattle Dogs frequently reported to be partially or completely deaf. Strain lists 92 dog breeds with reported congenital deafness, though he notes that individuals of any breed can have congenital deafness from a variety of causes. Strain, Professor of Neuroscience at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, has found that congenital deafness in companion animals is most commonly inherited from a deaf parent, but may also skip generations.ĭr. It is unfortunate that deafness often results in a death sentence for perfectly healthy dogs.Ĭongenital deafness is deafness that a dog is born with. Training a deaf dog requires some common sense, but not a ton of extra training. In reality, training any dog requires time, regardless of whether she can hear or not. ![]() Many people assume that deafness somehow makes a dog untrainable, or that training a deaf dog will require an enormous amount of extra training to prevent tragedy. Why? Because that shelter considers all deaf dogs as “unadoptable.” Yes, deaf dogs can even learn how to perform a fast recall contrary to popular belief, in order to respond quickly, dogs don’t need to hear a loud call, or any audible signal at all! Trainer Cindy Rich uses the “pledge of allegiance” gesture (hand over her heart) to cue the recall. The person who was fostering the pup was unable to keep her much longer, and did not want to send her to the local shelter as that would almost certainly result in the puppy’s euthanasia. Thus, she thought of me when she saw this puppy. This friend is crazy about Border Collies, and also knows that I have a deaf Chinese Crested. I was recently contacted by a friend about a darling Border Collie puppy whose photo she found on – and who was deaf. ![]()
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