well waking up today to not talk to the dogs was really really hard.
I am soo used to it
but today is the 2 phase of the deaf dog study so no talking today..
only signs
treat them as deaf..dogs all 5 of them..

well the good thing is that I made a turkey yesterday for good treats to start this off this am.
they got up at 6am. early early for me but OH well.. such is life with dogs sometimes.
showed them the turkey and out they went. I have a fenced in yard and they came back in ..

all was cool ..until the first dog discussion they had...but they sorted that out and continued along.

I notice that the hearing dogs and that is 4 of them..since I am not talking to them..are using much more eye contact and watching me much more closely. that is a good thing.
the pugs are easy to teach sign language since they are food driven..
Bella is a bit harder the bully..since she can very stubborn and not as food driven as the pugs..
Gus is deaf so he does it naturally.. he is great with his signs
I am hoping that Gus will show the other dogs the tricks of the trade today.

at lunch in go the ear plugs for the afternoon and see how it feels to be deaf myself. that way I will have to read the signs of the dogs as well... and their posture and things.

so no noise
no radio
no distractions
just a quiet ME..lol
silence is golden......

will update on this thread as the day progresses. so far soooooo good.
wish my luck.
this will help other deaf dogs..around the world in the study.
my vet is doing the same thing at her house today with all her dogs..
we compare notes after all this is done today