Puppy learns Sign Language
On such a cold night here in Ohio, this story totally just warmed me up through and through!
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.
(read the full story here)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4318663/Deaf-puppy-learns-sign-language.html
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.
(read the full story here)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4318663/Deaf-puppy-learns-sign-language.html
Comments
Its awesome what can be accomplished with dogs!