Hair cut around deaf OES eyes?
We adopted our first OES, a deaf boy from rescue who's eyes we couldn't see. After his first couple weeks with us, we had him groomed (he looked like a schnauzer, but that's a different thread!) and we immediatly noticed a difference in his personalty. It was like he was "seeing" us for the first time & became even loving, trusting and attached to us. Last week I had him groomed again (different groomer, MUCH better results) and she cleaned up his face & left his eyes visable at my request. Here's where the problem is, I think because he's "down" one sense we should leave his eyes visable but my DH is worried about his "baby blues" in the sun this summer. I also like the fact that because I can see his eyes I know if he's not "looking" or just not "listening" to me! 
There is a wealth of knowldge on this site so I'm hoping to be able to tap into it. Thank you! |
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| I can only tell you from my own expierence. We rescued Cinde when she was almost 4. It took us a few months to find out she was almost completely deaf. We finnally got thru to her with the hair gone around her eyes. We had to use our hands alot and make EYE CONTACT! she responded to that. I found her watching us all the time as to see what we wanted. It is up to you but we had much better luck with eyes trimed. |
| Exactly. He needs to be able to see you so the hair needs to be out of his eyes... either with trimming or always tying it up. It's how you'll communicate with your boy through the use of signing. You don't want to take away yet another sense by limiting his vision.
We prepared to adopt a deaf dog about 4 years ago but we received incorrect information so had to back out. (We later adopted a severely vision challenged pup.) But we did a lot of studying and later trained the other pack members with hand signals. Have you visited http://www.DeafDogs.org? Donner's Mom (Kathy) has a deaf boy and also had a deaf girl so she has lots of experience! She'll be able to share more info with you. By the way he's adorable!!  |
| Thanks, we've fallen big time for him as has our extend family & friends. We can't get over what a great boy he is - we thought our lab had personality but Duffie is such a laid back clown!
I'm hoping to hear from other owners that they also kept the hair out of their eyes! |
| Congrats on your new baby!!!!
Sorry, I Am so behind here (I get that way on gorgeous weekends!) I have Finn a 10m/o sheepie boy! I always kept his hair up so he could see (the best he would leave it! )
Now he has been shaved down and he is able to see everything which I am sure he is thrilled with. He does Lure Coursing and if he doesn't see the bag move he gets confused since he can't hear it. This weekend is his first time with his baby blues showing so, I am interested to see if he has a better run! Please feel free to ask any questions!!!! |
| Oscar is deaf and we always keep the hair trimmed around his eyes. It is crucial that a deaf pup is able to see as much as possible in order to interpret his /her world visually.
Congrats on your new addition. Laurie and Oscar |
| Neither of mine are deaf, but they did inherit the sheepie's "selective hearing" gene. It is much better to keep that hair out of their eyes so they can see you. You'll know if you are communicating with him or not if he can make eye contact. Good luck and congrats on adopting! |
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