Basic hand signals for deaf dogs

I found a wonderful site http://www.dfordog.com/deafdogs.htm that has information and stories for and about deaf dogs.  I found these basic hand signals on their site and intend to try and teach these to Deedee.

 this is to get a deaf dogs attention, a gentle prod.

  This is the 'sit' hand gesture, your bring your arm up towards you.

  Lie down, moving the hand in a downwards motion as indicated by the arrow.

Come here, moving the arms away from the body, a nice big hand gesture so they can see it from a distance.

Stay holding the hand firmly with the palm towards the dog.


Go in the garden/go for a wee.  Walking motion with fingers.

Quiet/calm down.

There are more hand signals available, but to me these are the important ones and enough for Deedee to try and learn.  I have realised that a lot of these hand signals I already use with my hearing dogs in tandem with verbal commands.