SEE OUR 2025 SUMMEr SIGN LANGUAGE ART!

Hello and thank you for inquiring about our art, photography and family history.

 Our goal is a four fold purpose; 

Teach American Sign Language. Educate and advocate about D/deaf culture. 

Discuss hearing loss issues. 

 Be supportive to those who live life with multiple diffabilities. 

We feel that we can accomplish these things through our  various works of art. 

In the beginning, we were owners of Furbaby Haven doggie day care for the last 8 years, we started with Scavo Pet Sitting Services and a daily dog walking program in 2003. We took care of many furbabies in our neighborhood and business began to grow from there. After being closed due to the covid pandemic, and hurricane Ian, we hoped to reopen our doggie daycare by the fall season, that is when Terri got a severe foot injury. Finally on the mend now and learning to walk again, we still hope to reopen our doggie daycare someday.  

Since the 1940's, our family has always dealt with hearing loss. It began with our Great Grandmother, and Grandmother. Terri is late deafened (since November 2001) with some visual issues from Muckle Wells Syndrome. Joe, became hard of hearing at age 12 and benefits a lot from a Phonak BTE (Behind The Ear) Bluetooth hearing aid. Mom got a cochlear implant in 2015 after she noticed her BTE hearing aid was no longer helping.  We have a few relatives that are also hard of hearing and wear hearing aids.  

As the years passed, through social media,  we learned that many people have their varying beliefs about how to cope with hearing loss and deafness.  We have come to understand and respect each persons decision.  We hope to share our knowledge and information through this website and our art.

We'd like to take a moment to update our social media information. We have recently joined Bluesky as well as LinkedIn. 

We have been on Whatsapp for the past several months. Please be advised that we will not be replying to those who do not have a validated verified account. (Blue circle with a white checkmark)

If needed, you may contact us at deafpaws67@gmail.com if you have any questions about our art or photography. 

We are still on facebook, instagram, pinterest and twitter/x. Every so often we will post some blogs within the Fine Art America website. 

Our current FREE beginners level for American Sign Language classes (July to September 2025) is by invitation only on Microsoft Teams. Please contact us via email or Whatsapp for more information about these classes. 

Remember in life for happiness, you need three things; Something to do, something to love, something to hope for. We hope you find our art and photography brings you happiness and a better understanding of American Sign Language and D/deaf culture. 

What is true furbaby love?  

For cat lovers, they know that there's nothing like the purr of their content furry bestie, napping next to them. Folks who have any kind of hearing loss can simply feel the purring. That natural constant rhythmic vibration  gives a sense of calm and peace. 

For dog lovers, they look forward to  going for a walk, playing with a toy in their home or yard or going for rides to a dog designated park, beach 

Even for those not so furry, all beloved birds, hamsters, fish, gerbils, ferrets and pythons, they too, provide a special source of love and  care, a sense of belonging in this crazy world. 

Domesticated pets have a way to comfort us like no medicine can. They help us to laugh by watching their comical antics, they get us up and moving to feed and play with them. Some of them can join us in our daily tasks. All of them help us take a break from the chaos of life.  

As a way to appreciate family pets, we have created various works of art in their honor and  memories. 

There are a lot of very talented artists in our world. However, at Deafinitely Pawsitively LLC, we offer our very own works in regards to deafness, hearing loss, sign language, life with DIFFabilities, love for furbabies and nature.  

We also do our best to help keep the many aspects of art history alive. Go see our special terrazzo tile art, Greek Goddess specials, Victorian times, LGBTQAI+  Black History and our versions of black and white photography.  

We do take occasional commissioned requests, we do our best to listen to our customers of what they want in their art. We are non judgmental, who are we to judge? 

You can view some of our art in our photo gallery on this website and if you like what you see, you can purchase these items at  Fine Art America website;

https://theresa-scavo.fineartamerica.com

From home goods such as coffee mugs, bed duvet covers, toss pillows shower curtains, beach, bath and hand towels, to iphone cases, tote bags, notebooks, battery chargers or zipper pouches, there is something for everyone, even children.

You can follow us on the above listed social media sites for more current updates of our art and events.

We love to share daily pawsitive happiness.