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pepperpod New Member  Posts: 2 |
posted 10-08-2003 07:12 PM
 
I have a 6 year old Nova Scotia Duck trolling retriver who has been deaf since birth. She is truly the most unusual and individual dog I have ever seen. Recently, however, she has developed a new habit: every water bowl that is is the house (I also have cats) she starts splashing in. She takes her paw and splashes at the water until almost all of it is on the floor. Then, she drinks from the floor. What is she trying to tell me? IP: Logged |
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the_maine_pitbull Member  Posts: 251 |
posted 10-08-2003 07:22 PM
To clean the water dishes.. lol.. However, you ought to wash them on a daily basis. These type of dogs like water.. maybe you ought to take her/him for a swim.. or jsut put some water in your tub to see. My dog used to do this if the water got warm. She would splash it out on the floor. The floor was cool and must have made her think the water was cooler on the floor or soemthing. But then again this is the same dog who stuck her head under water in the toilet/water dish/battub and tried to lay in them also.. lol. Angie IP: Logged |
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jeminn Member Posts: 166 |
posted 10-09-2003 09:08 AM
You have a water dog- and any available drop is a playground as much as it is a thirst quencher. The labs at the kennel I worked at were notorious for taking their freshly filled water bowls and pouncing in them, picking them up dumping all the water out all over themselves. They also would never get out of the way when we cleaned their kennels. They loved the sight of the hose because they knew what came out of the end of it. We resorted to buying buckets with a handle and then clipping the handle to their kennel gate (they were training dogs in 6 x 12 dog runs) so they could not tip it over or run around with them in their mouths. The lab we owned pawed his water dish and we had to train him "no feet" when he was doing this. He eventually got it, but we had to remove his dish and say "no feet" over and over and over...it took some time, and for a while we only put his water dish down for him to drink out of, while we held it, then removed it. We did this several times a day to ensure he was getting the water he needed, though. Also, he had a kid size plastic swimming pool to play in all he wanted in the backyared and we took him to that when he was playing in his dish and taught him that this was his "play" area, and his water bowl was for drinking only. My Aussie started this at 3 months of age and does it when she is overly excited and running around the house or playing outside. She goes to her water bowl and just paws all the water out. We put a huge rock in the water bucket outside so she cannot tip it over, but she can paw in it all she wants outside. The water bowl inside she is learning "no feet" when she drinks and is about 90% there. I just realized you wrote that your dog is deaf. How have you taught your dog to listen to you and train her? Are you using hand signals? You can still teach her "no feet" the same way you have taught other commands (if you have done so). Have you found any good books on working with deaf dogs? In the meantime, when she goes after her water dish with her paws, take her paws out with a gentle squeeze (and follow with a hand signal, if you are teaching signals) and remove the water dish. Then put the dish back down and see what happens, repeat this whole exercise, if necessary, several times. It will take some time working with a deaf dog, but it can be done. When you see her drinking from the dish without pawing, praise and reward her with a treat. Eventually I think she will get the idea. You have to be a little more creative when working with a deaf dog and understand how to communicate with her, then go from there. I would be curious to hear how your other training methods have worked for your dog, and would love to see a picture of this breed. Good luck [This message has been edited by jeminn (edited 10-09-2003).] [This message has been edited by jeminn (edited 10-09-2003).] IP: Logged |
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pepperpod New Member Posts: 2 |
posted 10-13-2003 06:06 PM
Thanks for your suggestions. Yes, she does know some hand signals. The strange thing is, for a water dog, she has never liked water. If we are out for a walk and there is a sprinkler going, she won't go anywhere near it. Likewise, when I've taken her to a beach or a park with a pond, she gets all princess-ey and tries not to get her paws wet. I will try the signaling thing and see what happens. There is a deaf dog website on the net that was very helpful in the early days with her Thanks, Joan IP: Logged |
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