What kind of signals do they know? I've had rhodesian ridgebacks, labs, and danes and have just used very basic verbal commands . . . sit, stay, come. How would you even tell a deaf dog to come? I guess if it sticks around you anyway, it's there, but if not, that might be hard. Okay, I'm obviously very new to this forum thing with dogs . . . growing up I had a lot of pets, but this is the first time I'm at the point in my life where I will have my own dog. We just got married and we're moving next month to a house. I'm very excited . . . mostly because we can get a dog!