| Whether you have knowingly given a home to a deaf dog or puppy, or discovered later that your much loved pet is deaf, you will probably need help training it. | |
| Barry Eaton acquired Lady, a deaf Border collie, when she was 9 weeks old. On 15 April 2002 at the age of 14 years, she succumbed to cancer and was peacefully put to sleep.During those 14 years Lady lived as normal a life as any other dog and obedient. When Lady joined Barry’s family as a nine week old puppy, there was very little in the way of positive help in training her. Most of the training advice available was based on harsh methods and many people in the ‘dog world’ advised him to have her put to sleep. None of this was acceptable to Barry, so he set about training her himself. | |
| The results of many years of training Lady and other deaf dogs with their owners are contained in an excellent book, Hear, Hear! (A Guide To Training A Deaf Puppy) His training techniques have featured on popular television programmes including:Dogs With DunbarPet RescueHere And NowSee, Hear | |
| Barryhas a Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training (COAPE OCN)is an Affiliate of the Association of the Centre of Applied Pet Ethology (COAPE)is an experienced puppy and dog trainerenjoyed competing successfully in sheepdog trialshas written books on training deaf dogs (Hear, Hear) and exploring the concept of dominance between dog and owner (Dominance: Fact or Fiction?)has articles published in most National dog magazines, and the prestigious Veterinary Times on training deaf dogs and the concept of dominancelectures widely in the UK and Europe on both subjecthas been a consultant for Usborne Publishing on two of their dog bookscontributed to the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) book ‘Teach Yourself Dog Training’tutored for the Animal Care College on subjects covering dog training, psychology and behaviour counselling. | |