Deaf and Destructive!!

Im hoping someone out there might be able to assist with a difficult situation. I have currently put a deaf 11 month old Staffie X EBT on trial with potential new owner due to her previous owner having no time for her due to work commitments. They did tell me that she was destructive (slightly!) due to being shut in the kitchen with another femal Staffie for up to 6 hours a day. It now transpires that she cannot even be left for 5 minutes without wrecking stuff. She has ripped the leather sofa big time, emptied the bookcase of its contents (it is located in the bathroom!) and generally causes chaos when left. She has also been messing in the new owners home up to 3 or 4 times a day, and they were in the house with her at the time. She has gone from 1 5 minute walk a day to 2 good 40 minutes a day. How do they deal with this in a positive way with a deaf dog? Previous owner tried caging but she screamed and barked until they let her out. neighbours have to be considered of course. Any ideas folks? She is in the house now with a lovely, well behaved Weimeraner hos is a bit freaked out by all the chaos! Thanks

You might find some help in here.....

http://www.deafdogs.org/

http://www.deafdogsatlas.com/


.....they have a message board for deaf dog owners.

Thanks for that Dinners85, have passed it onto them and will give a good read myself. x

Another suggestion is to speak to Patch on here - she has deaf dogs and is used to helping them in extreme circumstances

I can also recommend that they speak to Sheila Dawson of the White Boxer Rescue as she has a great deal of experience of dealing with deaf dogs. Her number is 01772 690458 - good luck.

Hey Nik ! !

Someone on another thread just recently mentioned they ad a deaf dog and trained it 100% positively. The thread was about 100% positive training. It was Patch I think, maybe she could help?!?!

Here's the thread

http://www.dogsey.com/showthread.php?t=49647

Hope it helps x x

Hi staffmuttz, I have pm`d you my phone number to pass on to them :smt001

Many thanks guys.......