Meet the clever corgi that has learnt how to interpret and imitate sign language. Owner Derek Cassese, 36, got Eowyn when she was just a puppy 10 years ago. He then met wife Emily Cassese, 32, six years ago, who is completely deaf and has been for the majority of her life Derek and Emily were long distance for the first two-and-a-half years of their relationship, during which Eowyn began to pick up on the fact that Emily can't hear. But it's not until the couple moved in together three and half years ago that Eowyn really began to catch on.