A 10-year-old girl is teaching her deaf puppy commands in sign language

Ten-year-old Julia and her rescue dog, Walter, were both born deaf. Now, Julia is practicing her sign language skills with her very adorable (and hairy) student. 

A new video from the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA tells 7-month-old Walter’s adoption story, which begins with Julia’s mother, Chrissy, realizing the two were meant to be together.

“When I first held Julia, since she couldn’t really hear my voice, she would smell my neck,” Chrissy says in the video. “And when I first held Walter, he did almost the same exact thing.” Read more…