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Now, having read The Genius of Dogs, plus Coop’s proficiency with hand signals, plus your helpful comments… I’m trying to think of additional cues that could use hand signals! I’m thinking “come” could use a hand signal, especially if they’re ever too far away to hear me call. touch – hand pointed to the right, palm out The most common signals include the palm facing out for stay, pointing forward for go, a flat hand for down, and a closed fist for come.This will prepare them for later on in life, just in case. watch me – touch nose with pointer finger Try to incorporate hand signals or sign language when teaching even puppies who dont have hearing problems yet.wait – hand pointed to the left, palm out, swipe downward.down – pointer finger pointing to the ground.Tap on the floor or another surface that they can feel it through and use enough of a vibration to get their attention. The best way to communicate with a deaf dog is through vibration. I tried to think of all the cues we use that have associated hand signals: Here’s all you should know on how to communicate with a deaf dog. (If you haven’t read The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think put it on your list! There’s a ton of data presented about this very thing.)įurther, it didn’t occur to me until I read your comments on the post about aging that hand signals are great to teach before dogs experience any hearing loss. There’s some research to suggest that dogs inherently understand our pointed gestures, so it makes sense that if they’re hardwired to understand those types of cues, hand signals can work well. But Cooper? If you teach him something with a paired hand signal, he gets it right away. The other two are good with them and respond frequently without the paired verbal cue.
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Our trainer (hi, Jeree!) taught us to use hand signals with Emmett from the very beginning, so we incorporated that into our training with Lucas and, of course, with Cooper.Ĭooper excels at hand signals. When we adopted Emmett in 2006, we picked him up from the shelter on a Thursday, and we took our very first training class that Saturday.
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And we continued to play The Signals Game every time I visited Owen with the dogs in tow. Little did I know, Owen had so much fun doing hand signals with Emmett that, in his mind, he turned it into The Signals Game.Īnd so we played it. For instance, an upturned palm means sit. Weeks ago I showed Owen how Emmett responded to hand signals. The signals game.” He gestured with his hand a few times. the classic raise hand, palm up, bend at elbow sit signal, the palm downward drop/down signal, the policeman stop stay signal. “Can we play the signals game, Aunt Maggie?” My almost 4-year-old nephew, Owen, asked. The trainer provided a list of commands I should develop verbal cues and hand signals for: Now thats A LOT of hand signals My hand signals so far are simply stylized lure signals.