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All About Hearing Dogs

Can a dog's furry ears and warm heart help your sound awareness during everyday activities? Hearing service dogs--or hearing ear dogs, signal dogs, or just hearing dogs, as they are sometimes called--are specially trained to alert their guardians to sounds including doorbells and knocks, telephones, and smoke alarms. Read the full article

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Chelsey's Choices

And if you already have a hearing service dog--or any dog, for that matter--you no doubt want her or him to have the very best. In Chelsey's Choices, you'll find neat stuff for your pooch.

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Book Review

Lend Me an Ear book cover photo

Lend Me an Ear by Martha Hoffman

Expert hearing dog trainer Martha Hoffman has been selecting, training, and placing hearing dogs for almost 20 years, and has literally written the book on how to identify a dog with the potential to succeed in the rewarding role of a hearing dog.

Read the review

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Sara and Bogie Laufer at the Airport

At the Airport

Photo courtesy John Batinovich

Bogie the Hearing Dog

Sara Laufer's (aka Whatgirl's) real-life hearing dog, Bogie, is super-talented and hard working. Read "In Golden Ears I Trust" for the story of this very special canine/human partnership.

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