Trex gets the prize
Check out little bipaw Trex taking the bone away from Leonard 😂
Gemini
GEMINI being adorable. She is vision and hearing impaired, but that doesn’t stop this little Aussie/Bernadoodle!
Update Xavier and Mandy
UPDATE ON XAVIER AND MANDY:
Both dogs are doing great, here you can see them running and playing in their foster home. Mandy seems to be doing really well with her injury. We’re getting all their medical records together and updated and they will be ready for adoption soon.
UPDATE ON MANDY AND XAVIER!
These two were pulled from the kennel and arrived at their foster home this morning. I was concerned about Mandy because I heard that she was not doing well physically, and was having problems standing. Mandy is the dog who was hit by a car and broke her pelvis and leg last year. I was also concerned about both dogs’ behavior because I heard they had become a little spicy, especially around food. This was concerning because I knew that both dogs had been very friendly and outgoing before Kelli passed away. As you can see from this video taken at their new foster home this morning, FOSTERING SAVES LIVES.
Kelli also had an eight-year-old double merle who is deaf and blind named Myla. I would like to find a place for her to go, I’d like to save her life too. 
We are looking for a central Ohio foster for these two girls. I can only help them if we have a place for them to go. Please message Pawsavers if you can open your home to these pups
Here is Star’s training session #2. It’s been several days since our session #1, which we posted here. I want you to see how he remembered, and how quickly he’s progressing, even without any training for several days. In this session, he quickly remembers that sitting equals a treat, and you can see toward the end how he’s responding now to my touch signal, and not all about the luring. His brain is making the connection and figuring it out. His signal to Sit is a touch on his lower back, and a touch to his chest let’s him know “Yes! That’s what I wanted you to do, here’s your reward”
So I noticed some questions about training on John Gray Writer’s Rosie video. Someone asked how do you praise and train a blind/deaf dog. Here is a raw video of Rosie’s brother, Star. I say “raw” because this is the first time I have attempted to train anything with this blind/deaf puppy. So he’s a blank slate.
I know the video is a bit long, but please watch the whole thing. It’s great to see the wheels turning in Star’s head as he figures things out.
He is on a Klimb platform, because it does a couple of things:
1. It controls his movements so he’s not all over the place and we can focus on getting the desired behavior with less craziness.
2. It also teaches him body awareness, especially rear awareness, which is important for all dogs, even those that can see and hear. He needs to discover that he can control his foot placement.
I am using some moist dog food in a tin as a lure and reward. I lure his head up so he’s more likely to plant his rear on the ground when I touch and put gentle pressure if needed. His cue for a Sit will be a tap on his back at the base of his tail.
When he sits, I touch his chest which means “Good dog, here is your reward.” And I let him eat his treat.
Notice I also remove the treat and wait a bit. If he remains sitting, I touch his chest to reinforce “Good dog” and let him have the treat again. If he stands up when I remove his treat, I touch and lure back into a sitting position.
Towards the end, you can see he starts to understand, and offers a Sit.
