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Our new rescue pup's first week
So we got a 6 month old, blind and deaf puppy just over a week ago now.
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A simple counterconditioning technique for cooperative care training
Adira is blind and has underdeveloped eyes. She also has entropion where her eyelids are misshaped and the hairs surrounding her eyes rub and irritate them. Long term she may need her eyes removed and sewn closed all together to prevent infection and keep her as comfortable as possible, but for now she just requires regular eye cleaning with a soothing fluid.
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Adira - session 1 lie out
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Scent work session 3
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Training a deaf-blind pup to give her paw
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - using tactile reward markers
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Scent work session 2
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Scent work session 1
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Chin rest on hand
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Cooperative care for eye cleaning
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Week 1 update
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - Deaf & Blind dog navigates using her nose
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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Adira - ThinkDog's newest member
Meet Adira AKA BabyDog! She is our seriously adorable rescue pup who we got mid 2020. Adira is a double merle, which means the person who bred her mixed two dogs containing the merle gene together. Double merles are predisposed to all kinds of medical conditions, and Adira was born both fully deaf and fully blind. Please don't feel sorry for her. She is the most confident, happy, sassy little thing! Here is a collection of some of her training videos. If you have a deaf or bl
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