Arlene, I'm sorry to hear about Jimmy's difficulties!! How old is he? Any dog can be taught new things, no matter what their age is. If he is going deaf, you can teach him hand signals instead of verbal commands. I bought an excellent book on amazon.com called "101 Dog Tricks." It has both verbal commands and hand signals. Word of Caution: The author of the book occasionally uses physical manipulation on her big dog. Physical manipulation is NEVER an option when training Chihuahuas!! You may want to consider getting this book, Arlene, if Jimmy's eyesight is good enough. Good Luck!! Sharon and Katie
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From: arlene weaver
To: chihuahua group
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: [Chihuahuas] Jimmy
Jimmy is going through a change. He a little down and I don't know
how to help him other then motioning with my hands and petting him more. Jimmy
is losing his hearing. And is a little down. I trying to figure out if he
has a touch of dementia. He used to bite me all the time now he don't. As
much as I appreciate not getting bit it is out of character. Also he only
cuddle with me in bed when he didn't feel good. Now its every night. They are
some people around here who are on the Internet that have deaf dogs and says
they can communicate with them. I going to contact them. I was just wondering
what you guys think could it be only deafness or do you think some dementia.
And what do you think I should do.
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