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    Texas canine facility trains handicapped dogs

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Let me introduce you to meet -- he's an adorable one year old Cadillac and he's -- so because.

He can't hear a vocal commands here answerable canine they've train -- to respond to body language and hand signals.

Bring him to come.

-- -- would you would think dog trainer David chatter it's just teaching me a basic commands like sit stay in com.

But if you look a little closer he's actually teaching the one year old -- -- sign language.

Put it down.

That third down.

-- want to get up but one -- -- -- And I just come across -- you see is death in his original owner got rid of him when he wasn't being obedient normally the dog becomes problematic.

Okay before that before they even try to find a solution but David is helping to find that solution at his new training facilities circle canine in magnolia.

Just like we talk about society okay.

You know people with handicaps don't want to be viewed as having -- handicap they wanted to be they want to be treated like normal folks.

Same with talks the challenging part in teaching you deaf dog which is probably caddie who had he is sort establishing a way of way of talking with the dog.

David says it's not link which he's invented it's a language she's taken from the canines sporting world and apply to the -- world the with the AKC competition stuff.

And especially what you know you see the dog with directed jumping.

Okay if you have your -- here and you had your dog into a sick -- I cast my dog over that way.

It's the same principles he admits it's harder to train a -- dog though because -- mechanism for positive reinforcement is not -- So constantly has to reward -- with treats rather than saying good boy and giving him -- occasional tree and when -- -- that boy.

I would like correct and -- led that I have a pinch collar on -- okay so.

And really the pinch collar really is it is a very subtle way of of getting his attention.

We David's health over just a two week period Mika has now mastered sign language and good behavior.

All he needs now was a loving home with strong leadership and patients -- Hope -- fell -- love you to death.

He loves his belly -- just like all the other dogs do.

They're really a nice dog and I'd love -- good home I really would.

There are interested in adopting -- or for more info about circle K nine head to our website my fox -- -- dot com and look under the seen on TV tab.

In the meantime if you'd like to talk about our furry four legged friends -- tweet tweet me at Kristen -- news or find me on FaceBook in magnolia Kristen came fox 26 news.

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