Tyra the Deaf and Blind Koolie

06/01/2022

Welcome home beautiful girl 🌈💔💖🐾

In my heart forever 💜

29/12/2021

A massive thank you to everyone who played a part in the life of my little angel Tyra.

Thank you to everyone that has posted their best wishes and expressed their love for little Tyra. She touched so many people and made us all smile. 🥰

Her wings came far too soon but knowing her she is running a muck, learning so much, playing and generally be the best furry angel 😇🌈💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

22/12/2021

It is with a massively broken-heart that I advise that late tonight my little Angel Tyra gained her wings

Today she was a bubbly bundle like ever other day, playing with her toys like every puppy does.

Late today however, she appears to have been bitten by something as her breathing changed, her gums went nearly white and she could barely stand. I rushed her to the closest vet fearing it was a snake.

Initially they also thought it was a snake but she was cleared of any venom.

She appeared to have had an anaphylactic reaction to something resulting in her being placed on oxygen, medication, all bells and whistles, but nothing seemed to work.

I agreed to X-rays to see what else may be wrong, with the X-rays showing some of her internal organs including her stomach were in her chest cavity.

Her condition was unrecoverable. She was sentenced to a short life the second she was born. 🌈

Neurological issues and organ issues are yet more things that can result from double Merle breeding!!

11 weeks is not enough life for any being!

I was with her to the end. She knew she was loved by so many.

Rest In Peace my beautiful little girl. 💔💔
Your life was short but you touched many.

MERLE BREEDING FOR THE SAKE OF COAT COLOUR MUST STOP 🛑!!!!

22/12/2021

At Gawler Animal Hospital waiting .....

Anaphylactic reaction to something 😭😭

22/12/2021

A little outing today.

Mum had to collect some things from Cartridge Universe in Gawler so I had a look at their cartridges hehehe 🐾🐾

Lots of smells to experience today 💖

21/12/2021

Little Tornado Tyra is growing like a mushroom. 🍄

I think she will be bigger than Emm and Spirit when she is an adult 😃

I am so blessed to have her in my pack 💖🐾🐾
Thankyou Bev, Erin and Princess ###

16/12/2021

TYRA THE TORNADO 💖🐾🐾

Emm has such patience with Tyra.
Between Emm and myself, the little piraña has learn a good bite inhibition.

She knows exactly how much pressure to put behind those little fangs without hurting or breaking the skin now ✅

08/12/2021

LEARNING TO PLAY TUG AND RELEASE

Tyra has been loving playing tug but part of her learning is to come back between my legs, release the tug and the play again when I say so.

In this clip, she is playing with the tug, when I release the pressure she comes to me with the aim of ending up between my legs.
She releases the toy and I pat her chest before picking up the tug and the game starts again.

Sorry for the average footage, it was hard to play with her and hold the phone still at the same time 🤣🤪

Enjoy 🥰

07/12/2021

We do 2-3 session each day, this is how she gets her dry food 😊

She is learning that a double top on her left shoulder is the Marker for a reinforcement coming.

I have read in a few places about Clicker training a deaf dog 🤔 mmmmm interesting choice of word.

A clicker IS a Marker but hard for a deaf dog to hear 🤣, so maybe a better choice of words may help the owners understand what we are trying to Teach them.

Just a suggestion ☺️

06/12/2021

It has been a busy couple of weeks here in Tornado Tyra Land 🤣

We have had a few doggy visitors to keep us all on our toes. Magoo (blind) and his bro Lennon stayed for about 6 days and now we have Murphy, visiting for about 3 days.

No-one except Emm likes TT, typical puppy thing, as she bounces around all over the place. As she can not see or hear the communication being offered by the other dogs, this is a vital time to advocate for the other dogs and for Tyra.

We have also been working on:
✅ conditioning the positive marker
✅ bite inhibition
✅ playing with a tug toy
✅ coming to sit between my legs when first outside
✅ coming and sitting between my legs to continue with the tug games
✅ learning to go up AND down 5 steps

I will try to get some videos up this week of what we have been doing.

They wont be flash like some other trainers put up, but they will be true to what is happening. I dont know how to put all those flash sounds, music, edit etc, so you get it raw 🤪

Stay tuned and remember to LIKE this Page so you dont miss any posts xx

02/12/2021

MESSAGE FROM TYRA

This little lady is looking for her forever home and I need your help to spread the word and give her the best ever gift for 2021.

I got my gift for 2021 so now I want to help Philly 🥰🐾🐾

If you know someone that can provide Philly her forever home, let them know that my mum Dee is available to help with advice or guidance if needed. She is pretty cool and knows stuff 😊

Our girl Philly is STILL waiting for her forever home.

She has literally not had ONE enquiry 😭 and even though we have lots of pups in foster care that are ready for adoption, Philly has been in her foster home for over 2 years she deserves better! In fact - I demand better for this .

https://lifeofpikelet.com/adoptable/philadelphia-cheesesteak/

Over the next few weeks we’re going to do a to try and find Phil her people before Christmas 🎅.

WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER ADOPTING PHILLY?

Philly Phact #1: yes, Philly is deaf and blind, but I can attest that she 100% knows her people and they are central to her day. Philly can smell her favorite humans and she makes VERY quick work of finding them and rewards them with full body hugs and the type of joy that needs to be seen to be believed.

Philly Phact #2: She is very smart and a very fast learner. Philly has quickly learned the routine of her foster home. This girl’s nose CANNOT be fooled. While adopting a deaf and blind dog is daunting, I can assure you that she is a much faster learner than me, Fatty or Moussey. There are some great resources for pups with Philly’s specialised skillset, which should make fast work of all the basic commands

Philly Phact #3: I’ve made no secret of it that Philly is not good with small animals, and she should be kept away from them at all costs. I don’t know what changed for Philly, but one day she has just decided she’s had enough of the (which is fair enough). However, Philly loves me, and - for whatever reason - adores Fatty 🤷‍♀️. She would love a confident, patient buddy to curl up with.

30/11/2021

Way to excited, I forgot to film it 🤦🏼‍♀️

I was too busy telling Tyra how smart she is, not that she can hear me of course ☺️

I took her outside to toilet, she finished and turned around and when straight up 5 steps like she could see them 💖😃

Super Star at 7 weeks 🌟⭐️💫✨

29/11/2021

Thank you for the support.
Tyras' Page has reached
100 Likes and over 100 Followers

29/11/2021

I would love your thoughts on this one please 😃🐾🐾

The intent of this Page is to no only let you see how wonderful special needs dogs are, and to consider adopting, but also to get you to think about how you manage your dog/s or how you would manage different things in the life of your special bundles of fur

Post your answers below or on the ACB&T Page

26/11/2021

Tyra had a 45min nap and then bounced around and squealed for me to interact with her.

This is hard, but this is the time to NOT interact.

She has not had enough rest, so I ignored her and she went back to bed for more well earned sleep.

Don’t forget puppies need to understand they can not do what they want all the time. As the leader she depends on me to keep her safe, enriched, healthy in body AND in mind, balanced and loved ###x

Her body needs rest even if her brain says it’s play time 😉💤💤💖🐾🐾

26/11/2021

And now we are asleep 💖💖🐾🐾💤💤

26/11/2021

Busy morning with the commencement of MARKER conditioning and getting used to a lead being in.

Then a rest and now play time. Big sis Emm comes to check out the activities 🥰

Next is total rest with no stimulation. This way Tyra will learn there is a time and place to be active and there is a time and place to zen out and calm down.

She is such a high energy, inquisitive little munchkins.

I am truely blessed to have her in my life.
Thank you Erin and Princess, and Bev ###x

23/11/2021

It has been a very exciting week for little Miss Tyra.

She has been in quarantine for a week following her first vaccination, with approval from the vet she was allowed out so that her socialization and canine learning could start.

She is a nipper so time was spent in her first week, doing a lot of touching all over her body and a lot of play where the nipping was managed and redirected to a toy.
This is vital as she did not have the opportunity of being with her litter mate and learning bite inhibition.

She was also introduced to my dogs and took an instant liking to Emm, my deaf and vision impaired girl.

I can see that Emm is going to be a great teacher for Tyra, she has already started letting her know when the nipping is getting too hard.

For anyone interested in a bit more detail about what training has been happening, it will be on the ACB&T Page.

Adelaide Canine Behaviour and Training

Enjoy the video 🥰

18/11/2021

STIMULATION

As with all puppies, stimulation is a very important part of their development. We visited Tamara at Snuffler Balls and Mats so buy some goodies for my existing pack and some special things for my special girl.

Tyra already uses a LickiMat (the purple mat) to make her think and work for her snacks; but our trip was to collect a snuffle mat and some sensory toys.

Tyra got to pick the toys she wanted, playing in the pile of toys was so much fun.

This week is all about settling in and setting her up to succeed and learn with everything she does each day.

18/11/2021

It has been a busy first few days in her new home.

One big outing was to the vet for a full check up and vaccination.

Like the little soldier she is, she slept through most of it. There was a barking pug and a huge beautiful rottie in the waiting area, and being deaf was great .... no sleep disturbances ☺

17/11/2021

This brings me to tears every time I watch it.
The full story, I could not say it any better, thank you Erin and Princess

16/11/2021

FIRST NIGHT:
Up at 4.30am for a poo and wee and a little morning snack, then back to bed

Up again at 6.00am for the full morning activities. Not an issue as all the dogs are up by then anyway.

Breakfast and play time with heaps and heaps of touch all over her body.

Being away from her litter mates at 4 weeks is way to early and she then had no access to all the canine developmental things required by puppies.

This may result in touch sensitivity, so lots and lots of touch all over her body, including her paws and opening her tiny eye lids.

Being blind she is likely to need ongoing care of her eyes, so she needs to be able to have them looked at and cleaned at an early age.

Now was have morning schedule for all the dogs and a nap for the little Miss Tyra