Jo&Tex Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 Loki knows alot of things and he communicates very well. His deafness is such a non issue for us. I think he can hear certain things. He will react to Tex barking right next to him and he knows it's thundering this morning because he runs to the window after each boom. I can clap my hands over him and turn the vacuum on right beside him and get nothing so it must have something to do with the sound frequency. Loki knows that a closed fist is a positive signal and an open, stop hand means think about what you're doing. I messed him up this morning by making a claw hand with my fingers. He skidded to a stop and went "Huh?' tilting his head from side to side. I gave him a cookie and apologised. He's a very bright little dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 Yeah, well, now you have told him a "claw" hand means "cookie"!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dal & Mad's Mom Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 I never realized I taught Dal a few hand signals it seems I must talk with my hands a bit.lol It's great that loki can do some of your signals already. I would imagine they can also feel loud sound like the vacuum and barking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painted_ponies Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 He does sound like a very bright little fellow. I've never had a deaf dog but did have a deaf husband once. My dogs knew spoken commands when we got married, but they had no trouble at all learning to understand the same commands in American Sign Language. They were "bilingual" very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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