The Everything Guide to Working with Animals by Michele C Hollow

Author:Michele C Hollow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epub, ebook
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Hearing Dogs

Training dogs for the deaf and hearing impaired population is a lot like training Seeing Eye dogs. The main difference is that most hearing impaired people don't give verbal commands, so trainers must learn sign language to communicate with the dogs and with their clients. Most trainers who work with the deaf also work with the blind, and in the latter case, knowing sign language is an extra skill.

Guide dogs for the hearing impaired and deaf are trained to respond to all sorts of sounds. If a doorbell rings, the dog will place its paw on its owner's lap and gently nudge him to the door. If the telephone rings, the dog reacts in the same manner. Dogs are trained to alert their owners to all sorts of sounds — from a baby's cry to a smoke detector going off.

Many nonprofits for the blind also serve the hearing impaired community. Companies like Leader Dogs for the Blind train dogs for the hearing impaired too. There are numerous organizations that employ trainers just for the hearing impaired. One such nonprofit is Dogs for the Deaf (www.dogsforthedeaf.org). The organization rescues young dogs (ages eight months to three years) from shelters, and works with them to become guides for the deaf.

Salaries for trainers of guide dogs for hearing impaired people are the same as those for trainers of Seeing Eye dogs.

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