Last night, it was almost bed time. We were finishing up everything and getting ready for bed. It was thundering and Rita was not flipping out.
Vince: I’m so surprised she isn’t flipping out.
Me: It makes me wonder about her hearing because this is the second or third time we’ve had thunder and she stayed calm.
Vince: I’d hate for her to be deaf and blind but . . it’s nice that she isn’t going nuts with the thunder.
Me: But . . if we say EAT, she reacts so she must hear.
Oh, my goodness . . wrong thing to say.
Rita was in her bed in the breakfast room. She got out of bed but didn’t start howling or barking. I motioned for Vince to be quiet . . maybe she would think we were in bed. I know she can sense that we were just beyond the breakfast room (it’s all open but she has a gate up), but she got back in her bed and didn’t demand food.
Crisis averted! 🙂
Joyce says
You’re going to have to start spelling “EAT” like you do for little kids when you don’t want them to know what you’re talking about…LOL
Vicky says
We spell the word “out” in front of our dog. I know, it’s nuts. But he goes nuts when anyone says it.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
We used to have to do that with Speck too but if I said it and he ran to the door, I’d say “No, not yet” and he’d come back and forget about it. Rita has a one track mind and once she hears something . . it’s happening!
Cindy F says
This is hilarious! We have to be careful of using the words “ride” and “car”…it’s the saddest thing to see when we say “no, you have to watch the house” to Bridger.
Shauna Trueblood says
I had a Shih Tzu that went partially deaf…or maybe she was just really stubborn. She would not come if I called her unless she was looking at me. But she could seem to hear the treat bag open. We debated if she was deaf in one ear or what. The vet said there were test they could run, but it would be about $300 and if she were deaf there wasn’t a fix. She was happy and not in any pain so we left it. Of course that meant I had to walk out into the yard to get her attention sometimes, but that was a big deal.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Old Speck went completely deaf and no amount of clapping or calling would get his attention. He scared me half to death a few times when I’d call and call and he wouldn’t come and I couldn’t find him and then an hour later, he’d come waltzing into the room, all sleepy eyed. We never let him out without a leash (none of our dogs have ever gone out with leashes – we never have fenced yards or I would let them out) so I knew he wasn’t lost outside bu I still worried when I couldn’t find him.