Recent content by Malika

Yes! I find it difficult, but have been unable to find a trainer who understands my needs. In fact I have found no one who has a clue, but they are very happy to say they can help, but they have no experience and still want pay.

Please let me know about your experience with your dog. Is it trained by one of the non-profits? I don’t qualify for one of their dogs, since I am only moderately deaf. So, I am trying to train my own dog.

Please let me know about your experience with your guide dog. I have moderate hearing loss and so do not qualify for getting hearing assistance dog. So, I have obtained a dog I want to train myself. I could use some pointers. I am particularly concerned at night, when I remove my hearing aids. I...

Please let me know more about your experience with your dogs

I posted a query in introductions, asking for help training my dog to assist me. Nobody answered and I was unable to find a topic on assistant dogs. I guess there are not very many deaf/hard of hearing people who have assistant dogs? The search feature hasn’t worked very well for me on this...

I am only moderately deaf and have pretty good hearing aides. At night, I take them out and have slept through a lot of things it would be better not to- like a fire alarm in the building. So, I got a rescue dog. She's about 2(?) years old, lab, shepherd, and some other breeds. So far, she's a...