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Date Posted: 16:02:31 10/21/03 Tue
Author: Noofies
Author Host/IP: 216.40.177.160
Subject: It's possible
In reply to: Susan Morin 's message, "can a dog hear sometimes or some tones?" on 16:05:22 10/20/03 Mon

that he hears sounds of either a high frequency or a low frequency. It's also possible that he's just sensitive to vibrations. My dogs are completely deaf, but sometimes they appear to hear. For example, at a temperament test when someone stood behind a blind and shot off a gun, my setter's head came up immediately and she began sniffing the air. It certainly looked as though she heard the gunshot, but she didn't - she either felt the vibrations on the air or she smelled the gunpowder. (My money's on feeling the vibrations - she's very sensitive in that regard.)

If you want to have him tested to be sure, by all means do so. The other option would be to assume he's deaf and modify your training to accommodate that.

Where did you get Buddy? That might have something to do with his behavior too - if you bought him in a pet store, he came from a commercial breeding operation (a puppymill) and he wouldn't have been socialized adequately during a critical stage of his development. As a result, he may just not be terribly interested in humans and may be "selectively" deaf.

>Our 4 month old Bichon is a great new addition to our
>family. My husband and I are alone in the house and
>therefore I spend a lot of time with "Buddy" the
>puppy. Our trainer thinks that Buddy might be deaf as
>she tried to get his attentiont with a squeaky toy and
>didn't succeed. I have been keeping an eye on this for
>the last week and am still confused. I am under the
>impression that Buddy hears some things. Does this
>just mean that he is avoiding what he doesn't want to
>hear or is it a speciafic tone of voice that he is not
>hearing. Is he just too young to have the attention
>span that I thought? Do I wait before having him
>tested and see if it is just an age thing? Buddy did
>wake up one night last week to startle of people
>talking outside and barked. I just thought that we
>were blessed with a dog that doesn't bark very much
>but does this mean something else? Please give me your
>opinion.
>Thank you
>Sue

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