I'd like a great dane, but feel guilty adopting a pedigree when there are mongrels in shelters needing homes. Great danes in rescue dont seem to have trouble finding homes... I wondered what about the deaf ones, do they find homes?
Hi my name is: ANIMAL
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Deaf dogs are generally more difficult to find homes for since most people do not want to deal with having to teach hand signals instead of verbal commands.
The rescue I worked at had a littler of dane puppies come in 4 years ago. All of them were adopted within months of going up for adoption except a little white deaf one. Even though we had taught him all the hand signals he would ever need. He was finally adopted 2 days before his 4th birthday.
You should never feel guilty for adopting whether it be from a public shelter or a breed specific shelter. They are all trying to do good by finding dogs safe and happy homes.
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Anytime you are getting a dog your primary concern should be that you are getting the RIGHT dog for your needs, goals, and lifestyle. Most dogs in shelters are not there due to problems of overproduction (puppies are easy to get adopted out) but because someone got a dog that unsuitable for them.
It is MUCH better to buy a well-bred purebred puppy that actually meets your needs than to have a revolving door of rescue dogs that don't work out, or even just one dog you adopt that is unsuitable and only causes stress for you and him the rest of his life.
If a Great Dane is the breed that is suitable for you needs, goals, and lifestyle, then get a Great Dane from a reputable breeder or rescue. If you are experienced enough to handle training an owning a deaf dog and that appeals to you, then adopt a deaf dog. Don't get a dog that is unsuitable just because you feel sorry for it, or guilty for getting a more suitable dog.
My current dog is a rescue with congenital health defects, my next dog will be a well-bred purebred puppy. I will feel no guilt when I make that purchase. I know the kind of dog that is suitable for me, and the next step in my goals is to get a "pedigree" dog. It just isn't fair to expect almost any rescue dog to live up to my training objectives - my current dog is one-in-a-million and I drove for three days to get him from rescue, but the next one will be pedigree because that's what I want and need.
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Some of them do, no matter what people think, their is still a lot of good people out there that want to help less fortunate dogs. They are harder to take care of but once they get use to their owner, deaf dogs are if you ask me the best dogs possible. They learn to hear with their paws and eyes basically, to a point where they know what you want from them from your gestures.