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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Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:28
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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. |
