Happy Tails

We heard about Junior the deaf English Bulldog who is also Annika’s little buddy earning his CGC Award. Junior is now featured on our Deaf Dogs Rock CGC and Therapy Dog Wall of fame and now it is time to hear about Annika. Annika is...

Mel is a beautiful deaf white Aussie. Mel works as a therapy dog at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital through Delta Society’s Pet Partner program. She visits children of all ages in the oncology unit and at the day hospital. sometimes visits expectant mothers in the...

Stella has been awarded her AKC Canine Good Citizen Certification. Congratulations Stella. Stella will now be added to our Deaf Dogs Rock CGC and Therapy Dog Wall of Fame. According to my deaf dog Nitro, Stella you totally ROCK. Stella’s Happy Tail: My boyfriend (now...

This is Bialy (pronounced bee a lee,which is Polish for white trash which we mean lovingly) she is a deaf pittie that we rescued. She along with her deaf siblings were found in a dumpster. We are so happy to have brought her into our...

Update 5-1-2013: Wily is all grown up! His mom Jess says he is doing great. Here are some updated photos of Wily. I think he won the dog Lottery! ~ Christina – DDR   Story told by Wily’s human mom Jess: Meet Wily (formally known...

Mary was kind enough to send me this sweet note telling me about her two special needs dogs. She has Ciara which is her blind border collie and Reilly who is a deaf 9 year old Aussie Shepherd. One of the best things (besides rescuing...

Thanks to Elizabeth who just sent us in Harrison’s Happy Tail. Tomorrow is Harrison’s Birthday so what better way to celebrate then to tell the world how much Deaf Dogs Rock! Happy Birthday Harrison. We hope you have a “dog gone” good time on our...

Meet Frances, she is a beautiful two year old deaf boxer. She is a rescue and is one of the loves of our lives. This is the story of Francis. When she was born the breeder kept her in a cage for the first months of...

The story of Hera comes after my first deaf dog, Dignan, whom we adopted from Wonder Dog. Reed Morgan (from Family Dog Rescue) had contacted me to see if I wanted to set up a play date with her dog Argus and her new foster...

Hi my name is Amanda  and eight years ago my boyfriend surprised me with a white boxer boy that we named Joe but two days into having him I realized he was deaf. I took him to to the vet to confirm his deafness, and...

It give me great pleasure to share Ellie’s Happy Tail to all of our DDR readers because she was featured for months on DeafDogsRock.com and I was so excited when I got the email she had bee adopted. We had two deaf blue pibbles on...

My name is Shelley Ackerman and this is the Happy Tail about my deaf dog Bunny. I lost my hearing suddenly in the Spring of 2008, and lost my job and life as I knew it at the same time. While battling to keep my...

My boyfriend Brendan and I have been involved with a great no-kill shelter (Dog Adoption and Welfare Group – DAWG) in Santa Barbara for over a year now. We started as foster parents to a succession of small dogs, all of whom were fun in...

Hi my name is Diana and I am a volunteer with Dalmatian Rescue of SW Virginia. I am a rescue-adoption coordinator and we have helped over 1000 dalmatians find new forever homes.   I also foster for this rescue and that is how my deaf...

In December 2010 my husband (then fiance) and I moved into a big coach house together, with my dog Piper. I rescued her from a shelter 5 years ago when she was 1. Right away we talked about adopting a little buddy for her, and...

Zima’s Forever Home – Zima’s Happy Tail Written by Elizabeth Crites   My husband always wanted a black lab that he could teach to hunt, so in July 2012 we bought a puppy. Mac was our baby and we had so much fun teaching her...

Autumn is my third deaf Dalmatian. I adopted her on new years eve, shortly after my beloved Zypher passed away at the age of 13 (weimaraner). Autumn was not treated well her first 6 1/2 months of life before I got her. Her life consisted...

This beautiful Happy Tail was submitted by Fred Pfisterer of Staunton Va. Here is Rosie’s Happy Tail I picked Rosie out of a pack of a dozen dogs at Dalmatian Rescue of Southwest Virginia. Something just clicked and I knew that she was my new...

I first heard about Tink in January of this year. All I knew was she was a 5 yr old, white pit mix. I had to make a quick decision as she was going to be PTS that day. When I got to the shelter, I...

Alex is about 2 years old and is a Dalmation, Boxer (or pit) mix who we adopted after my Hubby ( wonderful Hubby) saw him at a local Tractor Supply at an adoption event. Hubby came home that day and told me about ‘Wingnut’, as he...

I was trying to adopt a pittie in California that I had fallen in love with. Her name was Tink and she was deaf. After checking numerous ways to get her all the way to me in Florida, I decided it would not be fair...

This is Dega’s Happy Tail told by his human mommy Kristen Oddi. Dega is a Boston Terrier who was born deaf and is now 7 years old. I never had a deaf dog before and I actually got him as a puppy from a breeder...

Angel is my second deaf dog. She has an older brother, Pirate, who is also deaf, and the two of them are inseparable. They do everything together, including getting into mischief! Pirate was kind enough to show Angel how to jump a babygate and to...

I’m on the board of Northern Calif. Family Dog Rescue, and had fostered many dogs before Argus. One morning I volunteered to help take some dogs in to their spay/neuter appointments and my friend brought along a scrawny, beautiful, bright white Australian Shepherd with blue eyes and a pink...

We want to congratulate Victoria and Leillani who found each other on our Deaf Dogs Rock Facebook page. This is the Happy Tail of Leillani told by her new mommy Victoria Corbett. I was at work when a friend of mine saw Leillani posted on...

When my beloved Buster Babe, a liver-spotted Dalmatian, passed away on June 29, 2006, I began my search to adopt a deaf Dalmatian. I had never even heard of such a thing as a Deaf Dog until I started to research the Dalmatian breed a...

I adopted Blitz, my deaf pit bull terrier, in April 2010 from a local rescue. She was pulled on her last day from the Hartford, Ct shelter where there is such high demand for space they are only given a short 10 day stay to...

About four and a half years ago we were given one of many deaf dogs we had the pleasure of fostering. At the time we were operating our own rescue group for Boxer breed dogs of all ages and this girl just stood out! My...

My wonderful adventure into the world of deaf doggies started in early December last year. My finace and I have always wanted a white bitch Staffordshire Bull Terrier to partner with our four year old brindle male Staff. So when he was contacted by an...

McGrady came into my life in March 2010. I had driven up to Ashe County, in the far NW corner of NC, to evaluate a black tri-colored Aussie boy that I’d seen on Petfinder. The ad stated that the dog had been there “the longest...

Laila is the best dog we ever had! She is the most amazing pup! We still call her puppy even though she is 2.5 years old. When we purchased her from the breeder we had no idea the issues she had. Apparently, she had been fed...

Radcliff is my deaf three year-old Border Collie/ Australian Shepherd mix. I was checking the local humane society website regularly, his photo was on the site for almost three weeks. CHS’s description indicated that he was deaf, approximately 3 months old and a lost dog. I...

This story was written by Meghan Coates about her Duke her Amazing Deaf Bulldog. I’ve had a dog  my entire life. My oldest fur-child is Wally. Wally is a Chihuahua mix who has been with me for almost eleven years. In 2008, my husband decided...

Hello, my name is Sharon I live in Missouri with an amazing deaf dog named Ozzie! He is almost a year old and is a bichon/poodle/pit mix. My parents owned his mom she is a bichon/poodle mix. The mom wasn’t feeding him and kept putting...

Bianca was listed on our Deaf Dogs Rock Adoptable Deaf Dog section and she was adopted. I just received an email from her foster mom Suzzy with an that Bianca was adopted.  Since the email was such a detailed  and happy update I thought I...

Story written by Tyler Z. Nasise: I rescued-adopted Archie from a shelter in Los Angeles, CA when he was 4 mos old. He was scheduled to be euthanized the day I rescued him.The shelter said he had paralysis on his right side, was visually impaired...

My name is Misty Clayton and this is my new deaf dog’s Happy Tail. On April 19, 2012, I had surgery early in the morning. When I got home after my surgery, I went to sleep and woke up around midnight.  When I woke up,...

My ‘tail’ didn’t start so happy and I began my life in an apartment where they had to hide me from the landlord. When I was discovered, it was ‘the dog goes or you go’, so I had to go. My people took me to...

Here is the third Happy Tail of one of the Mac 4 Pack Bullies told by Piglet. Piglet is also one of the deaf Mac 4 Pack dogs. She is one of four lucky deaf dogs adopted by Donna and Mac Adams of Richmond, VA....

Since November is Adopt a Senior Pet  Month, what better way to celebrate then by featuring a “Happy Tail” of rescued deaf shelter dog named Nico SwanGarris. Note from Deaf Dogs Rock: I will never forget seeing the photo of Nico when it first went...

Reggie was found wandering, abandoned and starving, in NE Kansas. He was taken to a no-kill shelter, but he was very scared and screeched and barked a lot, they couldn’t figure out how to calm him – he was scheduled to be euthanized. A 16-year...

Update 11-1-2012: One year ago today Vicky Sitterly had a very emotional day when I sent her a text message on November 1, 2011. I had just located her a deaf white boxer puppy in Indiana and on that fateful day one year ago today...

Marlie’s Happy Tail was submitted by Kelley Poole. Thanks Kelley for sharing Marlie’s Happy Tail with Deaf Dogs Rock. According to my deaf dogs Nitro and Bud, Marlie totally ROCKS! My fiancée Justin and I have a 100% deaf American bulldog named Marlie who is...

Meet Opal! She is the fourth Happy Tail from the Mac 4 Pack. She is one of four deaf Bullies adopted by Donna and Mac Adams of Richmond, VA. As her daddy Mac calls her the “Itty Bitty Pitty” she has a great Happy Tail...

This is Pickles and she is one of the Mac 4 Pack that we love to feature here as often as we can on Deaf Dogs Rock. The Mac 4 Pack were all adopted by Mac and Donna Adams of Richmond VA. You might be thinking...

Note from Christina – Update 4-2-2012: Sierra passed over to Rainbow Bridge last month and we want to thank Sierra’s family the Mueller family for sharing her story with  Deaf Dogs Rock. She was one of our first Happy Tails stories here on DDR and...

Sydney Leanne is our deaf nine month old mini Australian shepherd (Aussie) that was released by her previous owners to Animal Control because they did not expect her to grow so big. At least that was the story they gave Animal Control when they released...

Deebo is a beautiful deaf 3 year old Akita who was surrendered to Marietta after his owner had a stroke and could no longer care for him. He is a very smart boy and has learned many hand signals. He is so smart that he...

Dottie’s Happy Tail is told by Nina Coulson: We got Dottie from a charity called Bullies In Need. Dottie was only 10 wks old and we were fostering her. We were aware that she was deaf but we were a bit dubious when it came...

This story was submitted by Kaye Gorman and this is Molly’s Happy Tail: We saw Molly on my Facebook postings in danger of being put to sleep and my daughter Courtney and I fell immediately in love. In the photo that was posted on FB...

I first saw Milly the boxer at the Chula Vista Shelter in San Diego Ca. She was a stray and had been at the shelter for over 2 months. The shelter did a medical check up on her and they discovered she was 100% deaf....