--- title: This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands description: Bambi the Chihuahua is a quick learner canonical: https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-10T17:05:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:03.282Z og:title: This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands og:description: Bambi the Chihuahua is a quick learner og:url: https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands twitter:description: Bambi the Chihuahua is a quick learner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands by [Kelli Bender / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Kelli Bender / People Contributor Feb 10, 2015 5:05 PM UTC by [Kelli Bender / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Kelli Bender / People Contributor Feb 10, 2015 5:05 PM UTC Bambi is a new dog ready to learn new tricks. The 7-month-old pup was born deaf, but he doesn’t let it slow him down. Bambi’s owner is using American Sign Language, instead of verbal commands, to teach the Chihuahua how to sit, spin, stand and beg. Bambi has caught on to the signs with ease and loves receiving a congratulatory treat and thumbs-up at the end of each move. “For the most part we use ASL. He’s learning quickly and knows a few other signs that I did not show in the video,” owner Olivia Marks says. “For example, by signing ‘where’ plus a name, he knows to go look for someone/something specific.” Marks hopes that this impressive clip shows animal lovers that training a deaf dog is not as difficult as some might think. _This_ [_article_](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20900119,00.html?xid=IFT-Trending) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/"},"headline":"This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands","datePublished":"2015-02-10T17:05:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:03.282Z","description":"Bambi the Chihuahua is a quick learner","url":"https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelli Bender / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3703299/deaf-puppy-sign-language/","name":"This Deaf Puppy Learned Sign Language Commands"}}]}] ```