I have a staffy boy and a deaf female english bullterrier. and what a strange dog she is, she is now a year and a half old. All my dogs have come from rescue and this one the same, the very prominent (and in my opinion criminal) breeder wanted her destroyed when she was found to be deaf rather than spay her and keep for a pet.

'Sheep' as we call her is very sweet and friendly to humans and other dogs, she likes to stay close to us, in fact touching. Recently she ripped off a claw on the beach, she wouldnt leave the foot alone which led to several trips to the vets. She made herself very ill by repeatedly worrying the foot but happily now after several head collars, steriods and bandages the foot has healed. Her behaviour however has stayed very strange. When shes off the steriods she will not make eye contact with us, and acts demented - there is no other word for it. Does anyone know what are characteristics of deaf dogs and which are breed characteristics?

She circles manically, she paces and chases shadows, will not make eye contact, without the head collar she now goes stright for her feet and really hurts herself.

Myself and our vet is worried about the thickness of her skull in relation to her brain as a pedigree EBT, anyone any experience of this?