The unexpected decision of a problem.
Some years back our Varvara have suddenly stopped to obey. You submit a command, and she does not carry it out. And only after you will retell it loudly, she submits to a command. We were very anxious with such situation. We needed some weeks to understand, in what a problem. The Varvara has not stopped to obey. She has stopped to hear. She has injured her auricle in fight with other dog. Inflammatory process has begun and has considerably lowered her hearing. Illness has got chronic form already when we have found out a problem. The medicines traditionally used for treatment of ears, did not give a positive effect. One of our friends, owners of dogs too, has advised us to try a medicine which treats mastitis. The result was very good. There has come improvement and recovery very quickly. We have learned the Varvara to a sign language at the same time. And now, when our ten years Varvara sensory acuity has sharply decreased because of age, we can communicate with it on a sign language. We have avoided many problems. And we teach other our dogs to understand gestures. Sometimes it can be very useful.