deaf blue heelers
Australian Cattle Dog Forum

I recently rescued a female blue heeler (about 11 months old) from my local animal shelter. After getting her home and working/playing with her we found that she is deaf.

We do not have cattle, so she will not be used as a working dog. Insteed she will be a companion to our family. Does anyone have any information about training deaf animals with hand and body signals?

Hi,

We are in the process of adopting a deaf cattle dog ourselves. I have done alot of research on deaf dogs and found a great web site www.deafdogs.org Go there check it out. They are using vibrating collars to help with atention. Find a triner that has experience with deaf dogs. You will be fine, cattle dogs are smart and very willing to please you. Good luck.

Barbara