Caution loads of pictures xxxxxxx
Hi everyone x
Just a quick update -Shy is with us over 140 days -she is what I call a perfect pup
I had no damage no pee or poo she is behaving good (still working on attention barking)
Having a deaf dog was the best decision we ever made I love days when we come back home and she still sleeping ,I touch gently her cheeks and look at her waking up -it takes a while to sink in that we are back,but then she greets us soo lovely x
I tried to get shy to pass a test for a support dog (to help Colin) -I found out 2things
1)-deaf dogs are not trainable
2)-bull breeds are aggressive
After initial upset ,I decided that us time to educate people -and we will do everything we can to try to change people's perception about bull breeds and deaf dogs
I know we can't change whole world -but we can change one around us
Shy got soo many friends and supporters from all over the world -it is so nice to wake up and have a lovely email waiting in my inbox
We will be forever grateful to all of you for giving us a chance to have our baby girl in our family
Training shy was very easy -I had to be very creative when it comes to hand signals -we bonded so well xxx(apart from nap times as this are reserved for Colin)
Now we are focusing on those hand signals and I don't think we gonna do any more (but I never say never) -some of the hand signals where aimed to help my husband .
As for today shy my deaf pup knows 40 hand signals
1) sit
2) stay
3)give paw
4) lie down
5) lie down with head down
6) high five
7) roll over
8) play dead
9) sit preety /beg
10)bark ( yes deaf dogs can bark)
11) cover your eyes
12) yes/good dog
13) no/bad dog
14) leave it/off the table lol
15) balance on your head
16)leave food that is offered
17) fetch
18) drop it
19) bed/go to bed
20) walk with me
21) after you/this way/move
22)food time
23)walkies - Shy will bring her lead and harness
24) come to me
25) all done (after we finish training)
26) fetch slippers
27) fetch remote controll
28) wave /figure 8
29) baw
30) spin circles
31) hold olivia lunch bag/object
32)stand up
33) take it ( i point on object and sign)
34) jump over my leg (soon jump pole)
35)-look at me (when offered food in both hands) + separate sigh for when i need Shy to focus
36)- tidy up your toys-
37)- bring me a tissue
38) stand up on 2 legs
39)-mail delivery
40)-bring me a paper
She started like this:
Her first day looked like this
Next few weeks she spent doing mostly this :
Then claiming best seat in the garden ...
Through digging in my garden to found odd things (looks like a building site now lol)
Not to forget funky ears stage ...
To running free
With loads of rest after...
And finally -to being her! Our gorges daughter no 2
But most importantly -being loved!