NEW DUTY FOR DOGS
ACTIN6 AS GUIDES FOR DEAF AND DUMB PEOPLE
Alsatian dogs are now being trained in Germany to act as guides for the deaf and dumb, as well as for the blind. They are taught how to lead in the Streets as traffic sounds cannot be heard by their masters. The first of these trained dogs, Disi Hofwachter, is able to distinguish seven different sounds, apart from traffic noises, and to act accordingly. “ Dixi ” also has a way of dealing with door bells and alarm clocks, and if the telephone rings while her master is alone she takes off the receiver and barks into the mouthpiece.
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Evening Star, Issue 22363, 12 June 1936, Page 12
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109NEW DUTY FOR DOGS Evening Star, Issue 22363, 12 June 1936, Page 12
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