me & my deaf girl, agility comp today vid

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just a wee vid to share as i am so proud of my wee girl. I didnt realise she was stone deaf until the summer this year, where she won up the grades to G6. I then started to struggle to get clears with her as the courses are more complicated and long story short, we had her BAER tested and she is deaf. I'm working hard on my handling to help her as much as I can and she is just sooooo keen to get it right, bless her, she makes my heart burst.She was clear here until after jump 9 where I went too far forward and she took the Aframe by mistake. Oh just one of the many times I wished I could use a verbal 'heel'. Its hard to remember sometimes to position myself differently as I run 2 others. Not the best handling in the world Im afraid, no excuses other than we havent trained much with me being pregnant too.

 
thank you guys, this wee girl means the world to me. We were going to breed from her this year, a litter that had been planned and lines researched for several years. She had all her health tests done, everything clear, fab hips... never thought at the time to BAER as its more common in merles and certainly isnt in the lines. Needless to say she is being speyed in Jan.
 
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Brilliant! I take my hat off to you! Am struggling at the moment with a deaf spanner that has been dumped on me ......have been using a buzz collar to get attention and then visual signals which have been trained via 'clicker'/light pen but any tips/hints appreciated as this is all new territory to me.
 
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Brilliant! I take my hat off to you! Am struggling at the moment with a deaf spanner that has been dumped on me ......have been using a buzz collar to get attention and then visual signals which have been trained via 'clicker'/light pen but any tips/hints appreciated as this is all new territory to me.
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aw bless poor spangle! Tbh, its been luck as we didnt know she was deaf. She is just extremely clever and learned by my body language and hand signals anyway. Then as the courses got more complicated at G6 I wondered why she would at times, ignore me, like in the vid where she takes the Aframe. Before I knew she was deaf Id have been shouting heel or come and thinking :confused: the thing is, she never ever has been a dog with a naughty streak, she has always wanted to please hence it made no sense she would ignore commands. Once we got the test done it all fell into place, she has always been reluctant to go into a down and it would annoy me practising instant downs out in the field - she would be the last one of my 6 dogs to drop each time;) Now we know why, she was copying the others. She also lip reads to a certian extent and reads my facial cues as I tend to make a certain expression when saying 'sit' etc. Also for a recall from puppy training when we didnt know she was deaf it was that 'puppy recall' where you bend low and encourage with your hands as well as voice, now as soon as she sees me stoop at all, she comes to me. she is very easy though as she is watching me and looking to please. Biggest prob is recalling in the dark last thing at night in the garden - i use an extending lead now for her night time toilet trip as Im not keen on going down the garden in my pj;s and slippers:o We tried a vibrating collar and torch but it didnt work. Good luck with the spangle!
 
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Aww bless, she looks and sounds such a great dog. My old dog that I lost earlier this year (at nearly 16) went deaf when he was about 10 years old and it took me about a year to figure it out! At night if I couldn't see him I'd turn the torch on and he'd come back to the light.
 
Well done :D

Where I used to do my agility training there was a lady who had a white boxer, she was deaf from birth they had to train her to hand signals, was fascinating to watch her running. Think she competed lightly
 
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