Does anyone have a deaf animal?

[gomiago]

I do, I have a dog that is deaf, plus I have a couple of other dog's that aren't. They take alot of loving, which are's get's, alot of patience,special training, and learning sign laungage. They are very special animal's and a lot of people will just give them up to caring for them. Their's some breed's that if they are born deaf they have them put to sleep, which I think is curel.

[SherylsShado]

 I never had a deaf pet but I did have a regular grooming client with a deaf golden retriever that knew sign language.  I never really thought about what happened to deaf pets & the whole putting them to sleep thing...it does seem really cruel, pets are smart and with enough love & attention from an intelligent pet parent, I would think any breed could learn to adapt extremely well. 

[AdamH1978]

I wouldn't mind having a deaf pet.  Something about animals with one blue eye and one different color eye are usually deaf.  Not sure if that is true or not.  Glad that there are people like yourself that are willing to take in animals with special needs.

[PMZ908]

i think my pug maybe deaf,  either that or he's just a *bleep* and just doesn't listen to me      woof

[heatherblaas]

I saved one that was deaf, well my brother saved him, I took him in. The puppy was a purebred pitbull and they were gonna take him out and shoot him because he wasn't perfect because he was deaf... sad thing is that he wasn't all the way deaf either and he is such a cutie!!

[bigfoot951]

i have a selectively deaf dog.  she hears me when it's some she wants.  she doesn't hear me when it's something she doesn't want.

[ShadeTree]

i have a selectively deaf dog.  she hears me when it's some she wants.  she doesn't hear me when it's something she doesn't want.

LOL! I've had pets like that too. Kids/teens can be the same way, adults too.
One of my dogs I think may be suffering from a bit of hearing loss. I think she's had some kind of infection or damage that causes her to not hear quite as well. She still hears pretty good, just not quite as good as my other pup.

[gomiago]

I want thank eveyone's comment's on this subject. I learned alot from having a deaf dog, who's now 18 month's old. I also went to a few site's about deaf dog's that helped me alot, with learning to sign, to different activites you can get involved in. There very good site's.

[thetop31]

before I had a dog when I was in school, he become blind on one of his eyes. but not deaf. I do not know how the deaf animal to survive, it should be very hard for them,