Bayfield Elementary School students watch in amazement as Eric Melvin commands his dog Angelyne to jump and remove a treat from his mouth during a performance Wednesday. Angelyne is totally deaf, but she has more than 40 hand signals in her “nonverbal vocabulary,” which Melvin spotlights in the educational and inspirational performance.
Bayfield Elementary School students watch in amazement as Eric Melvin commands his dog Angelyne to jump and remove a treat from his mouth during a performance Wednesday. Angelyne is totally deaf, but she has more than 40 hand signals in her “nonverbal vocabulary,” which Melvin spotlights in the educational and inspirational performance.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald