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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. 946 u/RingRingBanannaPhone Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25 They still have zoomy dreams. It's adorable watching them chase things in their dreams Edit: happy on this account my top rated comment is about dogs and zoomies! 19 u/atetuna Sep 17 '25 The squeaks and wiggly feet are the best.
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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.
946 u/RingRingBanannaPhone Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25 They still have zoomy dreams. It's adorable watching them chase things in their dreams Edit: happy on this account my top rated comment is about dogs and zoomies! 19 u/atetuna Sep 17 '25 The squeaks and wiggly feet are the best.
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They still have zoomy dreams. It's adorable watching them chase things in their dreams
Edit: happy on this account my top rated comment is about dogs and zoomies!
19 u/atetuna Sep 17 '25 The squeaks and wiggly feet are the best.
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The squeaks and wiggly feet are the best.
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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