Deaf Dogs - On Cloud K9 Dog Training

causes
- Can be born deaf
- medical issues
- age related
prepare for hearing loss
- teaching hand signals
- teaching visual cues
- body language
- visual marker
- non talk days
- smile for recall (left gaze bias example)
what to train
- visual marker
  - thumbs up
  - light/torch
  - a touch (helpful if dog is also blind)
- luring
  - so you can move them around
- shaping
  - nose target to hand
- ttouch
Off lead
- management
  - knotted training line
- check-in
  - where’s my face
  - capture
  - wait for eye contact before something of value
- close
  - engagement games
    1. throw a treat out, show the dog a treat so that he comes back to you
    2. orientation game
    3. orientation game whilst walking
    4. weather games
- recall
  - hand target
  - torch
  - catch me
  - hide and seek
- lead techniques
  - lead stroke
  - A to B
Every day life
- train children
- safe space away from busy area
  - bed
  - crate
- sleeping dogs
  - startle response
  - heavy footsteps on approach to wake
  - lightly blow but not with your face need to the dogs mouth
  - fan your hand near to them to cause gentle breeze
  - treat on the bed
  - smile when waking
- food time
  - not as many sense aialble to them when eating
    - little peripheral vision
  - give dog space
- no go areas
  - block them off
- approach
  - mindful of how the dog is approached