Common hand signals for dogs4/22/2024 If you decide to come up with your own signs for your deaf dog that would be considered DDSL. I use the ASL signs but sometimes I only have one hand free so my deaf dogs know the one handed version of an ASL sign which we like to call Deaf Dogs Sign Language or DDSL. Once you type in the word and press enter there will be a 5 second video with someone signing the word so you can see how to sign the word. I use a couple of different American Sign Language web-sites like or and then just type in the word in the search box. Be sure to check out some of the great training videos by other deaf dog owners under our Training Video section to see how the positive reinforcement training works with deaf dogs.Īlso if you start training your deaf dog to do new tricks and you want to learn new signs. To start on different sign cues, give the specific sign cue you want the dog to perform, lure the dog into place with a high value treat, (I use Light Bologna and cut it into very small squares) give a open flash of your hand when the dog does what you want (or a thumbs up sign), then treat. When he makes eye contact with me, I give him an open flash of my hand (to visually mark the correct behavior instead of the sound of a clicker like the do in Positive Reinforcement Clicker Training to mark the right behavior) and then I give him a treat. I sign and touch my nose with Nitro to give him the cue for “watch me” sign. Your first training should be mini sessions of working on getting the deaf dog to look at you. The deaf puppy or dog needs to be looking at you directly at you FIRST before you can actually give the dog a sign command. To read more about Tether Training, please click here. If you want to knock your training up a notch, then you can do some Tether Training while using directional signing the whole time your dog is tethered to you. I sign when it is time to eat, when it is time to go outside (they have to “sit” and “wait” to eat, go outside, come inside ect) and also I point in different directions when I am walking through the house so they can learn and understand directional signing. For example, I sign a “W” every time I fill up their water bowl. Try to get into the habit of signing to your deaf dog throughout your daily routine instead of just signing in your training sessions. You just need to tweak your training a little bit. Training a deaf puppy isn’t that much different then training a hearing puppy. The video below shot by Alisha McGraw pretty much covers many of the basic deaf dog sign cues you will need to learn. Lately I’ve been getting so many questions on our Deaf Dogs Rock Facebook page asking about how to tell or train a deaf puppy “no”, “sit” or “laydown”.
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