Adopting deaf/blind dog, need suggestions

How come Lincon hasn't seen another dog in 6months? If you stop socializing him he WILL become other dog aggressive

Feed those pups  in seperate rooms and you will be fine. If your current dog is free fed get him on a schedule so that bowls are not left down and you avoid food fights

I didn't know I was supposed to socialize him with other dogs.  I've really never owned an inside dog before.  The SPCA never mentioned anything to me about it and I never thought about it until now.
 
I think I will put them on feeding schedules.  Do they eat 2 or 3 times a day?

Maybe I'm missing something here.  Doesn't he see other dogs when he goes for a walk? They just naturally want to stop, sniff and greet.

Joyce

Hello, and welcome to the board!  I have a mini dachshund and I can tell you that they are full of personality and great dogs.  I do have a friend with a deaf mini, and if you PM me your email, I will forward it to her so she can contact you with advice.  As for blind dogs... I am not sure.  However, you may want to check with [linkhttp://www.dachsie.org]www.dachsie.org[/link].  It is a great message board for dachshund owners and I know there are people on the board with blind and/or deaf dogs (maybe both) and many in rescue who have experience with everything.  They can probably help you with some breed specific stuff.

Taking on a blind and deaf dog is a big undertaking.  I would suggest you join support groups for other dogs with these exact issues. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blind-deaf-dogs/ (Not that the folks here won't have great advice, but it will be good to find out what you're in for from those that actually live with dogs in the same condition). 

Is the Dachshund a double dapple - is that why she's deaf and blind?  Or is there an underlying health problem?  If it's a health problem, she could have temperament issues and could be aggressive to your boy.

Welcome!!  Good for you for taking this pup in!  Im sure things will be fine, just give them time to get used to each other. 

Hi there and wellcome!  I would suggest that you start socializing Lincoln again right away, and keep it up for both your dogs when you get your new baby.  If you are in an area where there are dogs, you can simply go for walks or you can join an obedience class or something like that.  If LIncoln is friendly to other dogs, you can take him to dog parks and things like that - hopefully he will love it.
 
As for bringing in your new dog - I would make sure to introduce the two dogs on neutral territory.  I would feed the dogs in separate rooms and pick up all food bowls when it is nor mealtime (no free feeding, ESPECIALLY with a dog who is territorial over food).  I would keep them separated unless supervised at first until you see how they interact - especially when given bones or anything like that.  Hopefully Lincoln will be your new dog's best bud and will help her out and be her eyes and ears - but, I would be cautious at first, until I knew how he was going to react to having her move in...

We got her today, her name is Gracie and the introduction went smoothly!  Lincoln greeted her with a wagging tail.  She's been here a few hours and hasn't had an accident indoors yet.  She was fully house trained at my niece's house so I'm not terribly concerned with that.
 
When I thought about it, Lincoln did socialize with the neighbor's dogs, and some other neighborhood dogs.  I never thought of that as socialization though.   When I think of socialization, I think of one-on-one time with another dog for extended amounts of time.
 
I can't thank everyone enough for all the great information and resources![]

Good news!!  Hopefully things will continue to go well...  Congrats on the new addition!!!

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Is the Dachshund a double dapple - is that why she's deaf and blind?  Or is there an underlying health problem?  If it's a health problem, she could have temperament issues and could be aggressive to your boy.

 
She's a dapple but I'm not sure if she's a double dapple.  I've never seen a doxie with coloring quite like hers before. I attached a pic in my previous post.

Yes, she's a double dapple, which is the result of breeding dapple to dapple -and will result in a percentage of blind and/or deaf pups. (The same thing happens when you breed merle to merle in Collies, Shelties, Aussies, etc).  Since she was born blind and deaf, she shouldn't have any pain issues causing undue aggression, like if she had PRA or something.  But I still would recommend joining the Yahoo group for Blind/Deaf dogs.  []

Glad the intro went well and I hope she works out for you!

You can help her by taking advantage of the senses that she has.She will rely on sense of smell alot so apply a different scent to the edges of each doorway,the front door and her areas also her food dish.You can use simple things like vanilla extract,lemon pledge even a smidge a peanut butter different scented air freshenrs in every room.This will help her navigate through the house and know where she is..There is alot of info on the internet that can help you.Good luck!

Having had a blind springer spaniel-who lived with us for over 16 years, once they adapt to their new home, you really won't be able to tell they are impaired, they learn to cope using the senses that they have.  Outside may be another matter, and they will either be fearless daredevils because they don't realize that there are things out there that can hurt them, or they will be a bit clingy because you took them out of the safe environment of inside.  
 
I hope that you aren't heavily into re-decorating and furniture moving.  One thing that really helps is to keep the large pieces fairly stationary-in other words putting them back in exactly the same location after cleaning. 
 
Even though dogs might have hearing impairment, they get a ton of vibrational information through their paw pads and also their whiskers, so please don't groom and shorten those whiskers on the snout.   The groomer did that to my spaniel once and the poor animal was walking into things for several weeks until they grew back.
 
I have found that dogs are more empathetic to one another than we would realize.  My other dogs, and during the course of Spencer's life there were four other housemates, the other dogs seemed to understand his limits and would often act like herders to keep him out of trouble ( and not that he necessarily wanted the help)  He was most confident out of doors when the others were present-he had no idea how big his protectors were, but they were there and he was thrilled.  The dog also loved agility activities-the teeter board, and the tunnels had no fear for him as animal who didn't see  We used a lead to get him to learn the layout of the course and he could soon go great guns.   He also loved to go down the slide at the playground-would climb up the ladder and slide down-had no clue how high up he was. 
 
I agree with the others about the separate feeding environments and set feeding schedules, for alot of reasons other than just eliminating conflict.  It just seems to be a better health practice to monitor how much food and nutrition each animal is actually getting.  That information may help your vet make a quicker diagnosis without as many tests (translate that into saved time and cost for you)