Maxene

Maxine is a 4 year old red healer who is totally deaf.

She is a sweet girl with the softest coat and a great bushy racoon tail and eye markings. She loves to be with you and is happy to sleep at your feet while you are working at the computer or watching tv and on the bed when you are in it.

She is calm around the house most of the time but being deaf visual stimulation can be exciting for her. She loves to chase flies around when she is inside and it is very funny to watch. In the yard she has the occasional bark but will stop if you signal her to.

She loves to run around and play. Either with you or on her own; she is quite happy playing with her toys or a ball and loves to lie in the sun chewing her deer antler.

Maxine enjoys a car ride and has a good chat to you as you drive along although she does settle on long trips. She will walk with a halty but she could benefit from someone putting some time into her to improve this.

Her only failing is that she is not good with other animals. She is very reactive to other dogs when on a lead although only if they get close to her. She also needs a home where she is the only animal and preferably kept out of contact with visiting animals at home unless they are very confident dogs.

She does settle very well when isolated; being deaf noises from other animals do not disturb her.
I don’t think being around small children would be good for her but older kids are fine.

If your looking for a great companion and have an animal, small kid free home Maxine would be a great pet. She is loving and affectionate. Her little dance when you come home is really cute. She is a good girl around the house and can be left at home for working hours on her own with no problem as long as she has some toys.

It is better for her if she does not have a view of the street when on her own.
Being deaf does makes communication with Maxine different but not really hard. She has basic hand signals that she obeys well. Advice from a specialist deaf dog trainer will be available to any adopter.