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Bull Terriers => Bull Terrier Discussions & Pictures => : MatthewB September 09, 2007, 05:49:59 PM
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Otto (and, for that matter, Gweck and Beans) has a new playmate. His name, for the moment at least, is Leopold and he is a 4 month old English Bully Terrier. He's from England and, therefor, barks with a soft accent. I haven't weighed him yet, though he seems loke a slight little thing at the moment, though big feet might be a presage of things to come.
Leopold is stone deaf and, having never had a deaf dog before, I'm scrambling for useful information about living with a dog that sounds like Marlee Matlin. Anyone on board have experience with this? Gweck and Beans both seem to like him and Julie is enraptured. I think you will like him too; now we only have to convince these cats...
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OMG! how cute!!! i love his little piggy nose!! sorry i don't have any info on deaf dogs, but i can't wait to see more pics and hear more about your baby! he's so cute! i'm steffanie, you can see my babies in my signature, welcome to BPO!
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HI MATTHEW!
Its Nicole, Cabeza and Mabel's mama. Its SO good to see you here!!! YAY! Leopold is a-dore-a-ble! I want to eat him up! He looks great with Otto, too. What a pair. You're going to find tons of info here about deaf dogs. Keep an eye out for Moni. She's an expert and a total sweetie.
So glad to see you!
BTW, I love the pic with Gweckers in the background! haha!
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AWWWWW he's adorable!!!! Just wait 'til Jo sees this!!!!!!!
Here's a link for the Deaf Dane Rescue in Oregon...
http://gracieland.org/DaneRescue/
I don't know if it helps a lot...there's an FAQ and maybe you could e-mail DDR and ask some questions about raising a deaf dog?
Moni knows lots about this subject as well!
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Leopold is soooooo cute. I love that name, too. :D
Although Duke's hearing is 'selective' ;D we've chosen to incorporate hand signals in his training.
Unfortunately, that's the best that I can offer. :( Wish I could be more helpful.
Otto looks like Duke. ;D Very handsome.
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Hi Matthew, I PM'd you, but figured that I'd post here too. A huge congrats on your new little guy, he is SO adoraBULL! ;) I love BTs and hope to get a one someday.
Here are basic Deaf Dog Training pointers that I have filed away;
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YAY! See! I told you Moni would be a load of help!
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What a cutie pattotie!
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He's wrestling with Gweck and Beans even as we speak. Thanks all for the enthusiasm. we will keep you all posted as to his development. The swimming pictures don't reveal how cold the poor little bugger was. Pray for us now and in the hour of our deaf.
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BUWAHAHAHAHAHA H...
In the hour of your deaf...*snort*
hahaha...
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He is tooo cute!!! And it does look like a smiley face on his nose!!! Welcome
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Oh my GOODNESS!!!!!
He is SOOO freaking adorable!!! I think he's just jumped right to the top of my "must kidnapp" list!
Welcome to BPO! I'm Alex, and my babies are in my signature. I can't wait to see and hear more of Leopold, which by the way I think is a great name!
Give him a big ole' kiss on his happy face nose for me!
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*smacks forehead* HOW DID I MISS THIS?!?!?!
First of all, WELCOME To Big Paws Only, Fellow bully owner!!!
Congrats, Your little Leopold is the cutest little fellow. So sad to hear he is Deaf. but very very common in the breed (As Im sure you know).
Im Jodi (but, please, call me Jo), mom to Zero & Jigsaw, my bull terriers... Zero is my gorgeous brindle & white baby boy, who i love and cherish more than anything. Jigsaw is my goofy white with brindle ear, little show girl... I dont know why I call her little, when, shes about 5lbs heavier than my Zero.
I'm not too sure about how to train deafies, but, any questions on the breed itself- Im here if anything.
It's nice to see another bull on the board... Not, that i dont like seeing other breeds, as i do own Memphis, a 180lbs great dane and reba, a 10lbs chinese crested hairless dog, and 4 cats.
Good Luck with your new bullie boy... But be careful- they can be tricky LOL
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Congrats on your new pup. I love his little smiley face nose. He's too cute! You're going to have the whole place fighting to steal him from you.
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You're going to have the whole place fighting to steal him from you.
Sure will, everyone tried to steal jigsaw, until she became... well, adult-ish? too bad your bullies a boy, or he'd be on my Kidnap list! LOL My boys hate other boy dogs. so- another male would cause chaos. eww
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You're going to have the whole place fighting to steal him from you.
Sure will, everyone tried to steal jigsaw, until she became... well, adult-ish? too bad your bullies a boy, or he'd be on my Kidnap list! LOL My boys hate other boy dogs. so- another male would cause chaos. eww
That's not true, Jo. We are still planning on stealing Jigs but you keep taking her to the dog shows. It makes it hard for us to sneak off with her when there is all those people watching. :D
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You're going to have the whole place fighting to steal him from you.
Sure will, everyone tried to steal jigsaw, until she became... well, adult-ish? too bad your bullies a boy, or he'd be on my Kidnap list! LOL My boys hate other boy dogs. so- another male would cause chaos. eww
That's not true, Jo. We are still planning on stealing Jigs but you keep taking her to the dog shows. It makes it hard for us to sneak off with her when there is all those people watching. :D
hahahahahahhahahaha
She would drive you all mad!
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That is one cute puppy! I love his eye patch and his pink little nose (I can totally see the happy face), even his name is cute!! I think he will make an excellent painting :-*
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Hey, Jo,
In fact, we've had four previous bullies, years ago it seems; all rescues and we've had 50/50 results with them. We recently lost Diva, our 11 year old Great Dane and we weren't really looking for a new dog just yet but, you know Julie... Much bully stuff is coming back which I either deliberately forgot or just got lazy and off we go. It is a peculiar joke of fate that a breed that is known for not really listening much under ordinary circumstances should now be deaf.
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OMG he is cute!! I want to kidnap him and Zero!!! Ask Jo...LOL I would love to have a BT, but I have promised hubby that I will stay at a 4 dog limit....count ing Beau we have 5 so I am already in the "doghouse" so to speak. LOL
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well, thats great you have bully experiance. Hoping he and Otto get along well when hes matured. ::) bullies are idiots sometimes. lol anyway- more pics when u have the chance ;)
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You're going to have the whole place fighting to steal him from you.
Sure will, everyone tried to steal jigsaw, until she became... well, adult-ish? too bad your bullies a boy, or he'd be on my Kidnap list! LOL My boys hate other boy dogs. so- another male would cause chaos. eww
haha I'm still out to run off with Jigsaw but I'm having problems on the getting me there to steal her in the first place...hahaha .
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I cannot resist the combination of the smiley-face nose and the up/down ear thing he has going on. ::) He looks full of personality and the pic of him at the car window is full of ATTITUDE. Congrats to you all for the special addition. Look forward to hearing more about him! ;)