I took her out yesterday to abacoa for the fire works- there were probably around 6-7 thousand people there.. very close together. She did great- until the fireworks. She could hear them and it kinda freaked her out. After a few mins she was ok. I've been working on a short wistle which she seems to be able to hear. She look at me, she gets a treat which is a game of tug of war. Its going to be a long process, but it will pay off in the end. Thanks everyone for the good advice!
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I agree with Howard, I wouldn't use it. My opinion, anything we can move with the light fast enough, will make the dogs go crazy by chasing it.
I would do what he suggest in the website. I think its a brillant idea. My issue would be if I want to call a deaf dog back inside at night when the light isn't bright enough for the dog to see me. I don't think it's fun to go out and get the dog back inside. I live on a big lot with walls around.
I would try to teach the deaf dog to come inside when the light goes "on and off" by using the switching light. I can see how useful it can be at night. If a deaf dog went outside to potty at night, someone can use the outdoor light to get its attention.
Connie and Howard,
I would like to know what is your opinion on that? Would that be ok, or not?
"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right"
Oh, thanks for the link! I never use the laser to play, just when I need an extra focuser in training. I'll definitely watch her behavior with it though, it was just a thought since I'm unfamiliar with deaf dogs and I didn't know if a laser pointer could be a good light stimulus/focus object to get the dog's attention. Thanks for the replies.
if she can hear a dog whistle, I would use that...didn't you mention that she can hear that a little?
but I've heard of other owners using the on/off light thing at night even with dogs that can hear just fine...I guess my only thing would be do you have enough lights outside that can be turned on/off at the same time in case she's not looking at your house?
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I just spit hotdogs at my dogs whenever they look at me, eventually they figure out where the food comes from. After a while you will stop eating hotdogs yourself because you subconsciously consider it "dog food", but thats a common side effect Ofcourse normally I would associate this with a voice command like "look", but any movement that your dog is likely to pick up easily can be a good trigger. Perhaps moving your leg a certain way or swinging your arms a certain way. Anything that you realize catches the dogs attention. My dogs both will alert on someone aggressively if I inhale abnormally (like a slight gasp of shock), dogs do not need a huge cue to understand an association, but being deaf it needs to be something that catches their attention when they're NOT looking at you ofcourse.
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As for lazers, I will never let one come near my dogs ever again. It took me a long time to get my dork 3 year old GSD to not totally fixate on every piece of light and reflection that caught his eye. After telling him to knock it off so many times I just gave up on it and ignored him, once in a while he will still sit and stair at the ceiling at the spot from the night light, but as long as the light doesn't move he'll get bored and move on after a few minutes.
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Ofcourse normally I would associate this with a voice command like "look", but any movement that your dog is likely to pick up easily can be a good trigger. Perhaps moving your leg a certain way or swinging your arms a certain way. Anything that you realize catches the dogs attention. My dogs both will alert on someone aggressively if I inhale abnormally (like a slight gasp of shock), dogs do not need a huge cue to understand an association, but being deaf it needs to be something that catches their attention when they're NOT looking at you ofcourse.
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