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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. |
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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 Dog) . His training techniques have featured on popular television programmes including:
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Barry Eaton