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Topic Dog Boards / Behaviour / deaf collie
- By minniemcq [ie] Date 12.02.12 22:01 UTC
Recently i purchased a 5 and a half month old border collie.she is a wonderful dog and me and my family are completely in love,however unfortunately she is deaf and has developed a liking for stalking cars. We have had two very close near death misses and the dog has actually been hit by a car (luckily not at a speed) she is not allowed off lead but if any one had any advice i would be extremely grateful
Thanks
- By Stooge Date 12.02.12 22:13 UTC
How is she able to do this if she is not allowed of lead?
- By minniemcq [ie] Date 12.02.12 22:20 UTC
She has got out the door once and wriggled away once.
- By Stooge Date 12.02.12 22:51 UTC
Then I think the first thing you have to tackle is home security.  Making sure there are always two doors or baby gates between the dog and the outside and ensure that there is no possibility of slipping out of the collar, perhaps by using a second attachment.
No dog is safe off lead around traffic and being deaf even less so.
- By minniemcq [ie] Date 12.02.12 23:09 UTC
Will definately take that on board. Thanks a lot
- By MsTemeraire Date 13.02.12 00:46 UTC
BCs, deaf or not, do have a tendency to chase traffic. She is not unusual n that respect. Have a search for Barry Eaton who has worked with deaf dogs. I have no direct experience with him but he is acclaimed by others I have encountered online who own or work with deaf dogs.
- By PennyGC [gb] Date 13.02.12 01:16 UTC
basic training is the same deaf or not, using hand signals and you can stamp on the floor to get attention (vibrations), to stop the chasing you need to get the dog to focus on you rather than chase - not always easy but you can do it.  Deaf collies can successfully do agility to high levels so aim high.  Good luck with this.
- By happyhoundgirl [gb] Date 15.02.12 14:20 UTC
Teach the nose to hand touch command and start imeplementing it around stationary cars. When she can handle that then move uptothe distance she can be to cars with NO reaction and start again from that point gradually decreasing her distance the whole time.If you're near to Manchester PM me and I'll help you out with it no worries. I train and have 4 collies myself, worked with loadsa deaf dogs. Collies and traffic is very common stems from a conflict between chase it and be scared of it, results in a chase that ends with a bite.

You need to teach her control around doorways to a good wait command is needed or simply teach her to never go out of the front door without a human.
- By Stooge Date 15.02.12 14:26 UTC

> then move uptothe distance she can be to cars with NO reaction


Would just like to add to that that it is obviously better to have a dog that walks nicely when traffic is around but I do think we should be stressing here that this will not be for the purposes of working towards ever having her off lead where traffic may be.

> or simply teach her to never go out of the front door without a human.


Again, good practice for emergencies but worth stressing that this is not something that should ever be taken as to be relied upon to keep her, and road users, safe.
- By parrysite [gb] Date 15.02.12 18:51 UTC
If you have a dog that can slip the lead, a martingale collar or even a martingale headcollar is great. I use the SWAG Agility head collar for my GSD with a double-ended lead.. with one end attached to his normal collar and one end attached to the head collar. The head collar is fleece lined so it doesn't nub his nose and I find it a lot easier to put on compared to a halti.
Topic Dog Boards / Behaviour / deaf collie

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