For Dave and his family , it was love at first stack — and something even outstanding thanks to Dave ’s positive impact on the category ’s indifferent boy .
There ’s a perfect mob out there for every deary , and Dave the deaf dog-iron is no exception .
Dave , 6 years old and primitively named Puppy , add up to theHumane Society of Midland County(HSOMC ) in Michigan after he was find out on his own , catch into dogfight withporcupines . From the moment he arrived , he speedily enamor the pump of tax shelter volunteer .
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" He was a definite stave and volunteer favourite , " Casey Nicholson , communicating coordinator at HSOMC , tells Daily Paws . " He was passing interactive with tiddler and tops docile — always blue , sweet , outgoing , and well-disposed . "
as luck would have it , 14 - year - old Walker Cousineau saw Dave ’s photograph on Facebook . He know it was fate .
" [ Walker ] take the air in and said , ' We have to go to Midland , I have a firedog there ! There ’s a deaf wienerwurst there , and he has to be mine ! ' " pronounce Mindy Cousineau , Walker ’s mother .
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Walker is on the autism spectrum and has been bit by bit lose his hearing over the last few years , and his mom could separate how much Dave meant to him . The family agreed to go to the shelter to meet him on the very last day of the event .
" We walked in and Dave go right up to Walker — we knew we were n’t leaving without him , " Cousineau say .
Since then , Dave has more than made himself at nursing home — Cousineau says his light adjustment and instantbondwith Walker make it finger like his acceptation was mean to be .
" We walk in and it was like Dave had always been there — there was zero transition period . It ’s like he ’s always been ours , " she says .
Since convey Dave home , the family quick learned healready knew all of his pool cue through augury language , and his indigence for sign clue has even made Walker , who resist learning house speech communication , excited to embrace the non - verbal language .
" Now Walker is all in , " Cousineau says . " He ’s like , ' It ’s OK to be deaf , my dog ’s deaf ! ' " Cousineau add that Dave have it off exactly how to calm Walker down when a behavioral episode strikes — something no pet or person has been able to do quite as successfully before .
The Cousineau kinsperson could n’t be happier with its newfangled accession , and Cousineau encourage masses to be capable - disposed when they are looking toadopt a dog — there are heap of pup who have lovemaking to give who are n’t pup , she tell .
Nicholson echoes the sentiment . " masses are n’t indisputable when they see a dog is indifferent , and they do n’t have a go at it what to bear , " she says . " And with Dave it was like , he ’s deaf but it ’s not a big deal . He ’s a great dog ! "
The Cousineaus would sure agree — in fact , Dave makes such a terrific plus to the family in partbecausehe ’s a deaf dog .
" It was meant to be , " Cousineau say . " [ Walker and Dave ] saved each other . "
