Wolfy: my female is deaf ( a silver mitt) and I knew it the moment I got her as an -mas presernt. The first time I picked her up and said to her ear "I love You" I got kisses. She is SMart and when I plaY with her, she only lightly grabs my finger. never has biten. I believe she can "hear" when I hold her close and say "I love you" aNd the way we play that she knows I knnow Her limtations. PLUS: she reads my hand signles [Posted in FML issue 4056]