Come down to Pioneer Tap House Friday April 3rd 7-pm where The Highway Sisters will be donating their performance again to support Nanook and Nakoda's Big Paw Rescue. We raffle 3 date night baskets each one containing a meal, entertainment and misc items!!! All proceeds of the raffle go to help care for the dogs!!Friday, March 27, 2020
Pints for Paws
Come down to Pioneer Tap House Friday April 3rd 7-pm where The Highway Sisters will be donating their performance again to support Nanook and Nakoda's Big Paw Rescue. We raffle 3 date night baskets each one containing a meal, entertainment and misc items!!! All proceeds of the raffle go to help care for the dogs!!
Friday, March 20, 2020
Pints for Paws
Sunday, March 15, 2020
But what to do when the dog is hearing AND vision impaired............
Although obedience training is essential for any canine, it's imperative for deaf and blind dogs because it builds a bridge of communication between the pets and their humans.
If a dog is deaf it's not difficult to learn and adapt to using visual commands just like when they are blind it's not difficult to adapt to using only verbal commands but what do you do when your dog is both vision and hearing impaired?
The following tips are a good place to start learning to communicate with your vision and hearing impaired canine friend:
1. Place child proof gates in your home to prevent dangers such as falling down stairs, entering rooms where they could bump into things and injure themselves
2. Be careful when moving furniture around as your vision and hearing impaired dog will learn the layout and then become accustom to navigating things as to not injure themselves.
3. Create a safe haven. Put your pet's bed or crate in a quiet spot so he can feel safe and secure when company comes, or there is lots of activity that makes him nervous.
4. Make your presence known. You can avoid startling your pet by stroking or rubbing its back or shoulders when you enter a room.
5. Be careful where you touch him when he’s sleeping, avoiding the hindquarters because he might startle, thinking somebody is trying to sneak up on him.
6. When you do touch your dog when he’s sleeping, don’t apply a lot of pressure. Instead, lightly touch the tips of his hair . Repeat the light touch and he’ll wake up. Be consistent and touch your dog in the same place on his body each time you wake him and he’ll soon learn when he feels your touch that it is you.
7. Sometimes dogs can smell in their sleep. You can hold your hand under his nose to see if your scent wakes him.
8. Adjust your expectations for walks and play to accommodate your pooch’s needs and you’ll both enjoy time together
Stay tuned as we learn to develope a communication method with the dog we rescued from a kill shelter that suffers from vision and hearing impairment.
If a dog is deaf it's not difficult to learn and adapt to using visual commands just like when they are blind it's not difficult to adapt to using only verbal commands but what do you do when your dog is both vision and hearing impaired?
The following tips are a good place to start learning to communicate with your vision and hearing impaired canine friend:
1. Place child proof gates in your home to prevent dangers such as falling down stairs, entering rooms where they could bump into things and injure themselves
2. Be careful when moving furniture around as your vision and hearing impaired dog will learn the layout and then become accustom to navigating things as to not injure themselves.
3. Create a safe haven. Put your pet's bed or crate in a quiet spot so he can feel safe and secure when company comes, or there is lots of activity that makes him nervous.
4. Make your presence known. You can avoid startling your pet by stroking or rubbing its back or shoulders when you enter a room.
5. Be careful where you touch him when he’s sleeping, avoiding the hindquarters because he might startle, thinking somebody is trying to sneak up on him.
6. When you do touch your dog when he’s sleeping, don’t apply a lot of pressure. Instead, lightly touch the tips of his hair . Repeat the light touch and he’ll wake up. Be consistent and touch your dog in the same place on his body each time you wake him and he’ll soon learn when he feels your touch that it is you.
7. Sometimes dogs can smell in their sleep. You can hold your hand under his nose to see if your scent wakes him.
8. Adjust your expectations for walks and play to accommodate your pooch’s needs and you’ll both enjoy time together
Stay tuned as we learn to develope a communication method with the dog we rescued from a kill shelter that suffers from vision and hearing impairment.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Pints for Paws
Invite all your friends!!!
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Ollie
Sunday March 1st NaNook & NaKoda's Big Paw Rescue tagged a vision and hearing impaired dog from the local kill shelter. With the over crowding currently happening at this shelter and the cities pet overpopulation problem due to a lack of spay/neuter ordinances and irresponsible breeding, this guy would have been euthanized quickly.
The first thing we have to do for this guy is get his vaccinations, rabies, heartworm prevention, microchipped and neutered done. While he's at the vet we will also need to have his vision and hearing evaluated. During our dog testing visits at the shelter we believe he can see shadows but that there are definite issues with his vision. We also noticed he wasn't responding to low voices but he was responding to loud noises.Both issues could be due to many reasons such as birth defect, illness, or lack of proper health and nutrition. Best case scenario these issue will be treatable, worst case scenario we will have to help him adjust.
If it is established that either issue is not treatable then we will have to develop a method of communication with him as well as make sure that his foster home is cleared of any hazards. This will require baby gates, vibration collars, etc.
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