Is A Deaf Dog For You?

  This is a very important question for anyone considering adopting a deaf puppy or dog to ask themselves. Are you up to the job? While I state all over this website that training deaf dogs is not all that different than training hearing dogs, this is not an easy...

Breeds of Dogs Most Often Born Deaf

Veterinarians have identified somewhere around 85 breeds of dogs that are most commonly affected by deafness. Not coincidentally, many of the same breeds are also affected by blindness at birth. It is, of course, a genetic thing. The first tip that a dog might be deaf...

How Many Deaf Dogs Are There?

I think I’ve seen but not answered this question on Quora. I’m asked this question practically every time I tell someone that my dog is deaf. When talking with a friend about putting this website together over the weekend, he asked, “How many deaf dogs are...