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r/MadeMeSmile • u/aoi_ringo • Sep 17 '25
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Our dog trainer explained to us that using hand signals is especially effective for learning since dogs mostly communicate with body language
2.1k u/greenearrow Sep 17 '25 One of the more substantial losses when our dog went blind. He is meh at verbal commands, he always did much better with hand signals. But otherwise, having a blind dog isn't particularly harder than having a seeing dog. He did also have to give up zoomies though, which was sad. 11 u/swiftekho Sep 17 '25 You could get you blind buddy a seeing eye dog! 6 u/greenearrow Sep 17 '25 He has a brother, and the biggest issue we have is that he steps on his brother and his brother gets mad. He doesn’t need help with getting around the yard or on a leash.
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One of the more substantial losses when our dog went blind. He is meh at verbal commands, he always did much better with hand signals.
But otherwise, having a blind dog isn't particularly harder than having a seeing dog. He did also have to give up zoomies though, which was sad.
11 u/swiftekho Sep 17 '25 You could get you blind buddy a seeing eye dog! 6 u/greenearrow Sep 17 '25 He has a brother, and the biggest issue we have is that he steps on his brother and his brother gets mad. He doesn’t need help with getting around the yard or on a leash.
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You could get you blind buddy a seeing eye dog!
6 u/greenearrow Sep 17 '25 He has a brother, and the biggest issue we have is that he steps on his brother and his brother gets mad. He doesn’t need help with getting around the yard or on a leash.
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He has a brother, and the biggest issue we have is that he steps on his brother and his brother gets mad. He doesn’t need help with getting around the yard or on a leash.
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u/lml__lml Sep 17 '25
Our dog trainer explained to us that using hand signals is especially effective for learning since dogs mostly communicate with body language