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Am looking at getting a pup that is deaf. Too damn cute to send to a rescue organization or other alternative. Besides, the better half has 20+ years working in animal rescue situations........she was part of the efforts to stop the seal hunts in the Magdalene Islands, she went to Kobe after the earthquake, to Homestead after the hurricane, to Alaska and the Galapagos after the oil spills........and getting her to give up on a dog is a tough chore....even if I wanted to.

Got any tips? It is an Australian Shepherd about 7- weeks old.
 
Here is a web site I found the other day about a deaf aussie that was rescued and trained with american sign language and clicker trained, with a flash light. Hope maybe this will help with your descion.
 
Dogs pay a lot more attention to body language than we realize.

We had an old cattle dog that went deaf. He worked just fine on hand signals. Rather than yell around the cattle we'd do an arm wave and point anyway, and he was working without having to listen anyway. So well that I think he was deaf for quite a while before we even knew it!

The only thing we had to worry about was the fact that he couldn't hear cars and trucks, so we had to make sure he stayed off the road.
 
Shortgrass said:
Headed for a heartache. He'll get run over someday, and it'll hurt. But what do I know?
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You are right. does that mean I should go ahead and put the pup down? Or try to give him as safe an happy a life as I can while he is with us? He is a house dog, our house is 150-200 yards from the road, and he has an indoor companion....a Jack Russell that matches his energy level bounce for bounce.

Yes, losing a companion is tough and heartbreaking. But I will never avoid a relationship simply because it will hurt someday. Otherwise I will be alone and when I go there will be no one to miss me.............
 
Get one of those invisible fences you can put in the yard.

They work GREAT as my Mom has one for her Aussie. Granted she's a good dog and will stay right with you...but ya never know.

They just get a gentle reminder ' buzz' when they stray across the buried ' fence' thru their collar device.

Worth the money and comfort level, cause they do have to go ' out' and they can vanish in a flash!!
 

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