How Do I Get My Deaf Dog To Listen?: Through the Eyes of an Owner and Dog Trainer

Moffat-Roberts, Fay

ISBN 10: 1713273411 / ISBN 13: 9781713273417

Published by Independently published, 2019

About this Item

311 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # __1713273411

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Do I Get My Deaf Dog To Listen?: Through the Eyes of an Owner and Dog Trainer
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1713273411
• ISBN 13: 9781713273417
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: McCluskey, Melanie
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.9 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

Your dog is deaf – now what! How on earth do you train him/her?Do not worry, help is at hand. Follow the simple steps within this book to help you understand how to communicate with your dog. This book takes you through Fay’s personal journey with her deaf Dalmatian Oliver. The journey begins from starting life as an average pet dog owner, increasing her knowledge and understanding, helping her develop into a dog trainer. So she wears two hats on her head throughout the book – an average dog owner and a dog trainer.This book is a true story and also a training book all in one. Fay shares her personal experiences, problems and solutions from simple things; to what hand signals to use, the reason why certain equipment does not work and over 10 step by step training exercises to do with your dog. Including; Sit, Down, Stay, Settle and Recall, leading to more advanced exercises that involve Impulse Control.The training exercises are:•All positively reward based•Provided in a simple format•Easily followed and you will see the change immediatelyWith the added bonus of a pull out list of hand signals that can be used for your training cues.Although this book is designed to help training deaf dogs, the information provided is useful for training all dogs, whether deaf, visually impaired or dogs that can hear. The skill is knowing what type of sensory cue to use for your particular dog. There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear!