Posted by: Pwd_SD | January 15, 2012

Deaf puppy learns sign language

Deaf puppy learns sign language

A deaf puppy has learned to communicate with her master using sign language.

Snowy was handed in to an animal charity because her owners could not cope with having a deaf dog.

However, within just three weeks of training, the four-month-old Jack Russell can sit, stay and walk, by responding to hand gestures.

The pet has learned a vocabulary of different commands including, sit, stop, lie down, roll over, come back and walk on.

Staff at the Dogs Trust Salisbury in Newton Tony, Wilts, hope that they will now be able to find Snowy a home because of her newly-acquired obedience.

Her trainer, Leslie Carley, described Snowy as “the brightest spark” among the animals at the centre.

via Deaf puppy learns sign language – Telegraph.

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