I posted that, as the dog and his owner flew in to one of our events.
Actually, the dog's owner is the editor of Pilot Getaways, I believe. We do
not have the picture on our website any longer. The dog has more time in
planes than I do.

Ross

unicate wrote:

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factor wrote:
My wife and I took our 10 year old dog on a 34 hour cross-country in my
182. We did not have any hearing protection for her to use and I
believe that the noise caused her permanent hearing.

I've never found a product for protecting a dogs hearing. Does anyone
have a referral of a product that works well for them?

I *highly* recommend that you find a way to reduce the noise-levels for
your dog. I wish that I had not assumed that flying without hearing
protection for my dog would not cause her hearing damage.

I asked about this a while back as I'd been told there was an outfit
that made a headset-type ear protector for dogs. I never found anything
other than simple ear plugs, and honestly, I think the odds of losing
one of those way down a dog's ear canal would be more dangerous to the
dog's ears than the noise! But someone posted a picture of a yellow lab
wearing a headset-type apparatus made from skateboard knee-pads
purchased from Kmart. The pads had 1-inch thick foam glued to the
underside for each ear with two 1-inch straps on top and bottom that
fasten around the dog's head with Velcro. The dog looked perfectly
comfortable wearing it, although I'm sure some would object, and of
course, those would only work on large dogs. For small dogs, it would
probably be easier to insulate a small crate from the noise for this
purpose rather than try to get the dog to WEAR ear protection, and as in
a car, safer for both you AND the dog to have the dog in a crate anyway.