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Baitball Blogger

(46,749 posts) Tue May 21, 2013, 11:46 AM May 2013

Are deaf dogs afraid of thunder and lightning?

I was wondering if they could sense the turbulence through vibrations.

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Are deaf dogs afraid of thunder and lightning? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2013 OP

My dog is deaf according to the vet,... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #1

Hmm...then I wonder if we can make doggie ear plugs to alleviate Baitball Blogger May 2013 #2

I would have thought that had been tried before now. Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #4

I first thought it was about dogs for deaf people jakeXT May 2013 #3

Sekhmets Daughter

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1. My dog is deaf according to the vet,...

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 11:49 AM

May 2013

what sounds he now hears are transmitted through his skull. He was terrified of thunder until he went deaf... Now he no longer notices it, no matter how loud. Fire works are the same story.