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    Fran is officially completely deaf.

    We had suspicions over the last week that it was more than sleeping really deeply or a lack of interest in dinner (she's enthusiastic enough once we put it in front of her). So we went from giving commands in a loud voice to utterly lack of response. Had an oncology visit today and told him our suspicions and he did some tests. Yep. Completely deaf. She's really good with the signals now though so I think we're all good. We just have to remind ourselves to keep getting her. We'll get up, go downstairs and suddenly realize that we left Fran behind, fast asleep! It's kind of funny. We'll figure it out.

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    The dogs always reminds of our mortality. .good luck. I am sure fran appreciates it too

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    We did lots of floor stomping with Jet. It seemed to frighten her if we were all of a sudden THERE, right in front of her when she hadn't heard us coming. The floor shook and helped alert her. I really feel that her deafness was more concerning to Jet than her very bad back. We could medicate and tamper down the pain but she seemed to get quite depressed at not being able to participate in conversations. Just like people.
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    Scully was pretty much deaf by the last 6 months or so ... she knew hand signals and didn’t startle easily so it wasn’t a big issue.
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    We taught Honey to go get Kiku off the deck when Keeks went deaf. It was either that or have to put up with my husband going out the basement door and hitting the deck post to vibrate her awake...man, that was horrible sounding in the house. So Honey would run up to "get Kiku" and they'd both come trotting back.

    Also, you probably know this, let Fran smell your hand to wake herself up...you don't want to startle her awake by touching her...for her own sake as well as yours.

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    Ginger's hearing is also starting to go, we have always done hand signals with verbal commands so she and the rest get an idea what we want when calling them. She mostly just ignores our hand signals just like she did our verbal commands. Putting food in front of her nose while she is sleeping helps wake her up when she is sleeping so sound when we get home or like suggested putting our hand in front of her helps too. She has such a sad look on her face when she realizes we have come into the room/house and she didn't hear us.

    I am glad you are working it out with Fran to help her with this part of her life.
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    Ah, poor Fran. After having Bandit and him being deaf, the above suggestions worked very well. Hand in front of the nose to wake up. Being a little more heavy footed when approaching from behind. We also has been using hand signals as his hearing declined and that helped. I clipped a Nite Eyez tag to his collar when he went out at night to see where he was in the yard. Also, if he was facing away from me and I wanted to get his attention, at night, outside, I used a flashlight and moved it back and forth in front of him. He was very good about responding and coming in. You two will work out a good routine.
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    She actually wakes up really slowly and not reactive at all. It's kind of like a really slow "Whaaat? What's going on?" kind of wake up so that's a huge blessing. Our biggest danger is that she has been running around like a maniac since her surgery because she feels so good but now she has no idea of where we are unless we're in her direct line of sight so my husband is on red alert so she doesn't knock him over. It's pretty funny though. She's super happy. I did let all of the vets know because I kept saying that she was such a heavy sleeper and was becoming really independent but now I realize that she can't hear anything.

 



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