New relationship w/ deafie, pet peeve - Page 2

Moon-child · 06-13-2009, 12:11 PM

Continually scolding and raising your voice to a dog is abuse.

dogmom · 06-14-2009, 08:54 AM

I think two different parts here - one is relationship itself and other is about the dog handling. In regards to relationship, take time to learn about each other, no matter if hearing/Deaf/hoh, ask each other what works, what persons think, why do this or that? Try to communicate without judgment and with desire to find and share the other's strengths.

About dog - dogs do communicate and understand much much more quickly through /facial expression/body language, inflection and other non-verbal markers. Dogs also have not a clue what "stay" and the like mean <regardless of how many times you say it> until they learn to associate the behavior with the cue. Reward what you WANT the dog to do and she will be more likely to DO that over a course of time; ignore/prevent what you DON'T want the dog to do. Not supposed to be on bed - prevent access to bedroom and give her something ELSE to do instead of trying to get into the bedroom - toy stuffed with food, for example.

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06-13-2009, 12:11 PM	#31 (permalink)
Moon-child Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 536	Continually scolding and raising your voice to a dog is abuse.

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06-14-2009, 08:54 AM	#32 (permalink)
dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,467	I think two different parts here - one is relationship itself and other is about the dog handling. In regards to relationship, take time to learn about each other, no matter if hearing/Deaf/hoh, ask each other what works, what persons think, why do this or that? Try to communicate without judgment and with desire to find and share the other's strengths. About dog - dogs do communicate and understand much much more quickly through /facial expression/body language, inflection and other non-verbal markers. Dogs also have not a clue what "stay" and the like mean <regardless of how many times you say it> until they learn to associate the behavior with the cue. Reward what you WANT the dog to do and she will be more likely to DO that over a course of time; ignore/prevent what you DON'T want the dog to do. Not supposed to be on bed - prevent access to bedroom and give her something ELSE to do instead of trying to get into the bedroom - toy stuffed with food, for example.