Gus and the deaf study..SECOND day results..
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Gus and the deaf study..SECOND day results..
Submitted by Anonymous on April 21, 2010 - 12:29amwell off to the vet he went.
physical exam first thing...and then lunch at the vets farm to see the farm animals..and her children. then in the house to eat lunch and check for floor vibrations and such too. then the afternoon was all about pampering, bath, nails, ears and massage...bully heaven.
he came home with a treat and a toy..
the vet concludes a few things..
first of all that deaf dogs do not like to be left alone at all. if Gus was alseep he was fine..but if he is awake ..he needs to know you are close
second deaf dogs are pretty protective over their rear side during exams..likely because they can not hear the vet say GOOD DOG to calm them a bit.. Gus hates his temp taken..both days he was at the vets for the study.
the other thing and most important is that Gus is all bulldog
and that means that he is playful, full of antics and a great subject the vet said to study.
he reacted great with new people and new situations..nothing fazed him..he just jumped at the vet said 4 paws in..lol
he barks louder then other dogs..because a deaf dog can not hear themselves.
other then that the VET wants to keep him..lol. she grew up with a bulldog and had a bulldog through vet school.
more of the study to come later..this is just the brief of it.. she will send a report to the university of guelph for study on deaf dogs..
on the side note my deaf pupils are doing awesome in their new families... both the boston and the dalmation..are using the signs that I taught them and will BE staying with their families. amazing what a few hands signs does..to teach a dog and person to communicate. NO fault of the dog that they are deaf..
Gus loves the vet too...
good thing with all this prodding going on and poking
and so on
but he is great with the vet
and people included
and he is sure getting the check up done..
not sure what the third session will bring
I still think the vet wants my bulldog..lol. she keeps saying it all the time when Gus comes home..she would take him in a heart beat...
Gus has become a favorite
I'm guessing they might want a 4th and 5th day too!
he goes back in January for a 3rd day of study too..
they want to re check in January and do some more testing on Gus.
I THINK they just want to keep him..lol and personally it was harder on me then Gus to have him gone for the day. he was fine with the vet but my house felt soo empty.
yea they are much rougher.....
Gus had to learn to be gentle.since NO is a word they do not quite understand...plus the read the signals from other dogs in a different way the vet says. the other dog growls to play at times, and Gus might see this as an aggressive mode..
glad to see your doing good with your deaf bulldog
Gus is a bulldog hands down and he is the same way, he can be really stubborn..lol. he is still a bulldog full of all the antics..that is what is cool about him..I love that too.
Gus is a whole other dog since he learned hand signs though. in the beginning I had no idea he was deaf for like the first 2 years he was here. just did not pick up on it, either did the vet. but when he did not wake up when the guys were repairing my door..he was sound alseep I asked the vet and kinda joked about it, OH I think he is deaf. well we did the testing and his is..indeed deaf and likely since a puppy. well it all fell into place..all the things about him made sense. he is much better now with some simple sign language..and at least we can communicate..
when Gus is left in a room by himself..he changes big time too. he really does not like to be left alone ever.. when he is asleep....a bomb could fall and he would not likely notice..
Re: deaf dogs
I would agree with their findings - my deaf Bulldog wants to know where her people are and while she will rest in a crate that she has a view from, if she is in a hard sided crate she can't see out of, or in another room with the door shut - she is a wild animal trying to get out. She barks more, for longer and louder than the other Bullies. The up-side is that when she does sleep, it is the sleep of the dead - nothing wakes her.
My other observation is that she plays harder than the others, as in rougher and has 'mouthing' behaviors that usually are outgrown in puppy hood. I think because she didn't have the benefit of hearing her littermates squeal and protest at how hard she bit, she never learned to go easy. She also doesn't react to other dogs growling and is nearly impossible to provoke into a tussle unless she is jumped.
She also has wonderful social skills, both with people and other dogs. But then I really worked with her so she would fit in anywhere. She knows a few hand signals and seems quite in-tune with us so there are rarely any frustrations about her not 'understanding' what we want her to do. Of course being a Bulldog, there are times she perfectly well knows what we want but refuses to comply. Got to love her for that!
I don't think....
that vet will be able to take Gus away from you!