National Deaf Dog Awareness Week in US

Dogs, like people, can be born deaf or experience varying degrees of hearing loss during their lifetimes. Any animal born with the ability to hear can lose it as a result of traumatic injury, loud noises, infection, drug toxicity, tumors, and, of course, old age. Dogs can simply be born deaf, in one or both ears.

The last week of September is Deaf Dog Awareness week. If you’ve ever had a deaf dog or a dog with hearing loss, you know that it takes a little extra care to communicate with these special dogs, but once you do you’ll have a faithful friend for life.