In this photo series, I photographed dogs with congenital deafness to highlight just how amazing and adaptable they are. Though there are some challenges to having a deaf dog, there are also great rewards. It is often believed that training a deaf dog is difficult, if not impossible, but most have found them to be quite easy to train; you just need to use hand signals instead of verbal commands. Some owners have even taught their dogs ASL (American Sign Language).
I found deaf dogs to be extremely easy to photograph in the studio because they didn’t have the typical anxiety about the studio strobes firing. Here are some of the adorable and very laid-back deaf dogs that I photographed.
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Rhett - Heeler
OMG, he's so gorgeous! My parents have 3 heelers and they are just AWESOME dogs (but they DO need exercise and tasks to do, so they are challenging as apartment pets)
Jōnsi - Minature American Shepherd
Genevieve - Dogo Argentino
Patsy - Boxer
Donut - Red Heeler Mix
Faith And Echo - Great Danes
my beautiful baby girls. Thank you Green Paws Photography for honoring them this way and for all you do!
Petunia - Pit Bull Mix
Liam - Boxer Mix
Nola - Catahoula Mix
Jaxamillion - Boxer/Bully Mix
My dog is hard of hearing, not deaf, just chooses to ignore me, until a packet opens
I have noticed that a lot of deaf dogs are white. The author gives a reason for this so I'm glad I finally found out. My friend who was a groomer and a trainer said that this can happen when you try to breed albinos along with a lot of other health problems. My friend had a beautiful white pitbull that was deaf. she was also very high strung and only trusted him and I to be around.
We have a deaf pomsky (roughly 9 months old). He was going to be sent to a shelter. It is hard to get his attention sometimes but it is extremely fulfilling when he understands a hand signal. When we get excited he gets excited and even though he can't hear our praise he smiles 24/7! I love that these dogs are being shown, they are all very beautiful! 😍
My dog is hard of hearing, not deaf, just chooses to ignore me, until a packet opens
I have noticed that a lot of deaf dogs are white. The author gives a reason for this so I'm glad I finally found out. My friend who was a groomer and a trainer said that this can happen when you try to breed albinos along with a lot of other health problems. My friend had a beautiful white pitbull that was deaf. she was also very high strung and only trusted him and I to be around.
We have a deaf pomsky (roughly 9 months old). He was going to be sent to a shelter. It is hard to get his attention sometimes but it is extremely fulfilling when he understands a hand signal. When we get excited he gets excited and even though he can't hear our praise he smiles 24/7! I love that these dogs are being shown, they are all very beautiful! 😍
