Deaf 1 year old dog who is blind in one eye
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My parents got a new dog about 4 months ago. He is a crossbreed and is completely deaf and blind in one eye.
For the most part he is a very good dog, is great with children, very loveable, and seems to have settled into my parents mad house quite well.
The problems they are having is mainly down to anxiety we think. He hates being on his own, he hates things coming from behind him, he hates lights, and given half the chance he would destroy the house. He is also for the most part house trained, he will ask to go out, but when anxious he will have accidents. Also because of his disabilities they find it hard to communicate with him, and recall is impossible.
Once he gets over excited it is very hard to calm him down. We assume he may have been a product of a puppy farm since he lacks social skills, hates lights, and thinks nothing of soiling where he sleeps, and has no concept of danger but appears scared of everything.
My parents have considered bringing in a dog behaviour therapist but they are unsure if they would be wasting money. They have had dogs before and they have never came across a dog like him.
It's a shame because overall he is a brilliant dog.
For the most part he is a very good dog, is great with children, very loveable, and seems to have settled into my parents mad house quite well.
The problems they are having is mainly down to anxiety we think. He hates being on his own, he hates things coming from behind him, he hates lights, and given half the chance he would destroy the house. He is also for the most part house trained, he will ask to go out, but when anxious he will have accidents. Also because of his disabilities they find it hard to communicate with him, and recall is impossible.
Once he gets over excited it is very hard to calm him down. We assume he may have been a product of a puppy farm since he lacks social skills, hates lights, and thinks nothing of soiling where he sleeps, and has no concept of danger but appears scared of everything.
My parents have considered bringing in a dog behaviour therapist but they are unsure if they would be wasting money. They have had dogs before and they have never came across a dog like him.
It's a shame because overall he is a brilliant dog.
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Deafness is why he is not comfortable with things coming from behind (no advance warning), it is possible to train a deaf dog to respond to visual signals, such as a flag or white hanky.
Is his hatred of lights to do with what caused his partial blindness?
I assume as he was adopted from a rescue, have your parents tried asking them for help? My local rescues have staff doing placements for qualifications in animal care and veterinary nursing, maybe a vet nurse student would like to take on your parents' dog as a case study on deaf dog training?
Found with other dogs stroking slowly their chest from throat down between front legs calms them more quickly than most other methods.
We had a medicine ball (heavy) was a popular toy for some reason he loved pushing it along, not sure if that was due to his disabilities but none of our seeing hearing dogs have liked that game.
He respond well to some hand signals it's just getting his attention in the first place, especially if he starts getting over excited.
I still think my parents need to bring someone in, but they have almost given up I suppose which isn't fair on anyone.
One of the things we find the most amazing is he loves the TV, he will spend ages watching it. We've never known a dog watch TV but if it's something he likes (football, tennis, certain childrens programmes, something with animals) it will calm him down for a while.
Hope you find the answers you need he sounds like a real character who will be a great friend with a little help.
All the best with him