Blizzard
| Town: Augusta,
Maine
Deaf dog: Blizzard is a 4 month old Boxer. My friends are breeders
and that's where I got Blitz from. He was the last of his litter and
so lovable so I had to give him a home. There were always other dogs
around so it wasn't until he was home with me that I started to notice
something was different. Keeping in mind I've been around this dog
since he was born. Anyways out of the two litter and 18 puppies born
there were 5 white Boxers and I guess I just got the special one.
The flip side is he is wicked smart. I work a lot and don't have a
ton of time to train him but we are in puppy class. Even if I don't
work with him during the week he still gets everything right in class.
he was house broken at 3 months and is great with my 2 y/o nephew.
Human companions: Tanya
Other pets: I have a 20y/o cat Samantha who is actually going
deaf and a Hamster named Clementine. Blizzard loves both, the Cat
hates him and the Hamster is indifferent.
Email: tanyalynnmarin_AT_yahoo.com |
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Puppa Dawg
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Town: Westbrook, Maine
Deaf dog: Puppa Dawg is a 3 year old American Bulldog. We
rescued Puppa Dawg from the Animal Rescue League in estbrook, ME.
He had had five different homes before we adopted him. He had just
turned one. He is very smart and he picked up hand signals in a
heart beat. He is very good at reading facial expressions and body
language. He even knows when I'm leaving the
house when he smells my perfume. As soon as he smells it he runs
to the front door. If I look at him and raise my eyebrow he gets
very excited and he barks. That's our way of telling him to speak.
No matter where you hide something, he can sniff it out. He loves
laying out in the sun with my daughter in the summer time. Since
he has a pink snout we have to put sunscreen on him. No one wanted
to take the time to get up and teach him. There was no telling him
or yelling at him. Everything had to be "get up and show him"
In no time he was trained and he is the most loving dog in the world.
One of the saddest things was that we also had to teach him how
to play. We love him so much. He LOVES to cuddle!! He must be in
bed by 10pm or he gets cranky. He waits until everyone is settled
in bed, then he jumps up on the bed and comes to the head of the
bed and crawls underneath the covers till he is completely covered
at the foot of the bed. Now we can't even remember what our lives
were like without him.
Human companions: Mom, and two teenage girls
Other Pets: We rescued a cat with double paws named
Snicklefritz 7 years ago, Rupert a 5 year old Snapping Turtle we
rescued from our parking lot. He was a hatchling and had a bad eye
and bad leg. He was the size of a quarter. None of the wild animal
rescue places wanted him so we kept him and now he is healthy and
thriving.
Email: ellen_o@yahoo.com
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Brutus
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Town: Portland, Maine
Deaf dog: Brutus is a 2 year old Boston Terrier. Brutus was
our foster dog (we volunteer for a Boston terrier rescue called
Friends Of Homeless Animals Inc., (http://www.petfinder.com/~RI76/index.html).
Brutus had been a stray in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and was brought
to our rescue through a sister rescue in the south. We really had
no intentions on keeping a third dog (we have two hearing pug mixes
already). But the moment we met Brutus we knew we couldn't let him
go! So after 2 weeks we had officially adopted him... :) He is the
sweetest, friendliest most affectionate dog I have ever met! He
loves everyone and everything and nothing seems to bother him! He
takes life in stride, is curious about everything and is just an
all around amazing little guy! He just happens to be deaf... :)
He is still new to the family and he is learning his hadsignals
and is doing very well! To the point where we are planning to eventually
have him CGC certified and hopefully have him certified as a therapy
dog! He just has the best temperament ever... And what better than
to have a dog with disabilities help people with disabilities!
Brutus has a blog: http://brutustheboston.blogspot.com
He is also on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/brutustheboston
And also on dogster: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/782094
Human companions: Hanna, tattoo artist, and Rick, musician
Other pets: Bela Lugosi, 4 year old female Pug/Jack Russell
mix, and Wednesday, 7 year old Pug/Boston Terrier mix.
Email: hannaspidermonkey@yahoo.com
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Town: Anson, Maine
Deaf dog: Spider is a 4 month old American Bulldog. My aunt
got an American Bulldog one day about 2 or 3 months ago (Jan. '08)
and I decided that that would be the next dog we get. Or a dog for
me anyway. So she calls me up 2 or three days ago (April '08) and
leaves a message on my machine, "I have a bulldog here who
needs a home, there is only one problem with her". So when
I call her, she says she is deaf. I decided to meet her to see if
I could deal with having a deaf dog in my active house. And I instantly
fell in love with her. She is a wonderful addititon to our home.
She is as active as the rest of us. We find she has no disability
at all. She just can't hear. :) We will never give her up. My son
named her Spider after Spiderman. He says she is sneaky like one.
And trust me she is.
Human companions: Mom-Beth, Dad-Jerry, Brother-JerryII, Sisters-Rainy
and Alaska
Other pets: A lot of farm animals, Sam (mix mutt :), Hammy-Terrier,
Mystery-Rotti Shephard, 3 cats, 1 Turtle, 1 Parakeet.
Email: bethnjerry@localnet.com
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Gus
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Town: Sanford, Maine
Deaf dog: Gus is a 1.5 year old Pitbull/Boxer. Gus walked
into the shelter I work at one day. I ended up doing the surrender
paperwork with the family who dropped him off. He is 100 percent
deaf and has seperation anxiety....I could not leave him in that
kennel overnight. The rest is history.
Human companions: Cassandra Rabideau
Other Pets: 1 Akita, a Shusky (Shepherd/Husky)
and a goofball Lab. 1 crazy white Cat and the semi feral tom Cat
who was never going to come inside....who is not all that semi feral
anymore :)
Email: cosmic_chant@yahoo.com
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Bear
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Town: Palmyra, Maine
Deaf dog: Bear is a 4 year old Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie).
He is a double merle Sheltie who needed a new home. He came to live
with me a year ago and it has changed my life completely! Bear is
also partially blind, but loves to play fetch with the other dogs
- in fact, he is the one who always brings the ball back!
Human companions: Stephani Morancie
Other pets: Ella, Robbie, Maggie and various foster dogs.
Email: smorancie@yahoo.com
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Bobby
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Town: Presque Isle, Maine
Deaf dog: Bobby is a 4 month old JRT mix. Bobby came from
Louisiana. I adopted him from a Rescue down state. His homecoming
was delayed for about two weeks the first time and I almost thought
it was going to be the second time because he was to come home in
a snow storm but he made it! I was very scared and excited having
Bobby in our home. I wouldn't have it anyother way now!! He doesn't
have a web site yet but he soon will!
Human companions: Erin Perkins, husband and three
daughters
Other pets: Shadow, he is a Shepherd/Husky mix, Siam is a Seal
Point Siamese, JR is a Flame Point Siamese, and Ashes and Stripes
are Gray Tiger cats.
Email: aperkins001@maine.rr.com
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Laddy
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Town: Hancock, Maine
Deaf dog: Laddy is a 10 yr old Boston terrier He came to
me 2 years ago to be fostered. His previous owner could not keep
him. We chose to keep him here where I know he'll be safe for the
rest of his life.
Human companions: Brigitte Stahre and hubby
Other pets: Boogie, 2 yr old n/m Boxer and Raisonette, 6 yr.
old s/f Boston Terrier, Maddie s/f gsdx. 5 cats and 6 birds
Email:krause234@roadrunner.com
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Zeke |
Town: Limerick, Maine
Deaf dog: Zeke is a Chocolate Lab that is 3 Months old. We
adopted Zeke from the Colorado Springs Humane Society during a visit
there in Sept 2002. We are new to raising a deaf dog but are up for
the challenge! We look forward to updating everyone re: Zeke's progress
and welcome any suggestions and/or advice on raising a deaf puppy.
Human companions: Brett, Kelli, Justus and Brianna
Other Pets:10 year old lab mix (hearing) dog, cat
bird & fish
Email: kkeliehor@adelphia.net
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Town: Shapleigh, Maine
Deaf dog: Adain a 4 month old boxer was purchased by us at
8 weeks of age from a good breeder who herself didn't realizes he
was deaf. She did offer to buy him back and find another home if we
didn't want to keep him. Of course it was too late.We had alredy grown
attached. He is quite smart and other than not hearing his name doses
everything the other dogs do. Adain is a very smart boy. I"ve
had him since 8 weeks of age and he continues to learn everyday.I
belive it helps to have hearing dogs that listen well and to keep
a regular routine.We love Adain to peices and wouldn"t trade
him for another dod for anything.
Human companions: Rick, Kara, Lorin, Halley
Other Pets: Zoey 4 yr old Pointer crossand Tia 1
yr old Boxer and Jinkzy (cat) bird
Email: karhorselvr@yahoo.co.uk |
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Bart
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Town: Lyman, Maine
Deaf dog: Bart is one year old on December 26th. He is very
intelligent and has learned several signs, as well as reading lips.
You can always see in his face that he's thinking. We got him from
my parents who are breeders. Bart was chosen as a show dog and then
they discovered he was deaf. They asked us if we would take him and
we said yes. He enters everyone's heart who meets him.
Human companions: Mom- Denyse, Dad - Mark, Brother - Joshua.
Other Pets: 2 parakeets Bijou and Little One
Email: mdjones@adelphia.net |
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Luke
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Town: Sabattus, Maine
Deaf dog: Luke is a 3-6 years Australian Cattle Dog. We got
Luke (previously Ichabod) from Rescue Unlimited. I saw his post first
on petfinder and later on deaf dog's site. He had this fabulous smiling
picture with bright eyes...love at first sight. He has been with us
for only two weeks, but I have never met a sweeter dog. He only wants
to be near us and please us. I think he is starting to understand
that this is his forever home and is showing his personality more
and more. He loves sliding on the snow, on his back, wiggling and
kicking for speed. He is so smart and learns with only a few repetitions.
Usually he knows what we want him to do before we give the command,
though. We couldn't have asked for a better dog, hearing or not.
Human companions: Pat and Bill
Email: kstuart623@hotmail.com
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Zeb
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Town: Norridgewock, Maine
Deaf dog: Zeb is a Boston
Terrier that is 12wks old. I got Zeb at 8 weeks old, I didn't know
he was deaf, I got him for my birthday from my partner. He also
has hypospadias, which we knew before we got him, after two weeks
with Zeb we realize he wasn't responding to his name and he wouldn't
move or flinch when anything noisy came near him, so after taking
him to the vet, we varified he was deaf. We told the breeder and
she said we could get our money back but we would have to give back
Zeb. I would never he is so cute and cuddly. Very good natured and
calm. He is pretty much house broken, and has started to learn signs,
he knows "No", "Speak", "Stay" and we are still working on others.
My partner and I work with special needs adults, so we are the perfect
parents for this little guy.
Anyone with information for us new parents
please email us some tips we would apprecaite it. Thanks.
Human companions: 2 mom's, Shanna and Shelli
Other Pets: 1 other dog Kalli, and 3 cats, Ben,
Powder, and Tiger
Email: srbrown1980@yahoo.com
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JD (left) and Max (right) |
Town: Steep Falls, Maine
Deaf dog: JD is a 2 year old Australian Shepherd. We just
can’t tell you how grateful we are to our dear friend, Melissa Shaffer
who encouraged us to adopt a deaf dog from DDEAF, has a deaf dog
herself when we mentioned her that we were considering to get another
dog for our beloved dog, Max (hearing) to have a company. We really
never thought of that because we’re profoundly deaf ourselves. We
decided to adopt a deaf dog and got one. I fell in love with JD
at first sight when my husband and I first saw him in a crate at
the cargo and our bond were clicked right away after I tried to
comfort and give him some time to come out of the crate. He became
secure with me because he knew that I was deaf and it was amazing
to watch how he could sense that! It was our natural connection
with our language. We became very close each other. He loves to
cuddle me and my family! JD and Max became great siblings and love
to play together. JD constantly melts my heart whenever I look a!
t him. He has been learning a few ASL quickly and we’re continuing
to teach him more ASL. He’s a superiorly smart, gorgeous, and affectionate
dog! We will never trade him for anything because he’s a very special
dog in our life and we love him! We want to thank Melissa for this
wonderful encouragement. Thank you, Melissa! :-)
Human companions: Mom (Jennifer), Dad (Matthew) and our precious
sons, Benjamin & Jonathan
Other pets: JD's rascal buddy, Max - Miniature Australian
Shepherd
Email: obxwelch@yahoo.com
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