Selective deafness
I think our Sandy has gone deaf.
I have noticed for the last while that if I call her she doesn’t respond. When someone walks up the lane, she stays dozing instead of going into a frenzy of barking at the gate. She no longer runs at the sound of gunfire.
I suppose it’s only to be expected as she is getting on a bit.
I find it strange though that she can still hear a Bonio box being rattled at 500 yards.
its called selective hearing, it also afflicts spouses, i’d ask mine but he can’t here me not that i’d listen 😉
At least you don’t have to carry a fecking box of Bonio with you at all times?
When I ask the missus if she wants a bonio she get s the wrong impression and becomes all coy and girly.
Smartie (chocolate Labrador), on the other hand, suffers no such
misinterpretation.
Does the Missus sit up and beg?
Mmmmmmm Bonio’s they’re yummy.
I know. I was raised on them. Bonios and tripe. Never liked tripe.
Eat too many and you get a real grrruff voice too.
Your dear dog hears what it wants to hear and what it needs to hear; therefore it hears the rattle of a packet of Bonio’s. It eliminates from its auditory consciousness distressful and inconvenient sounds; so when you step accidentally on a cowpat and scream unparliamentary invective Sandy appears not to notice. She has taste.