Flying with your Dog?

Been flying with my dogs for over 10 years. They are now 16 and 14
years old respectively and the 16 year old is almost completely deaf.
His hearing loss has only come on in the last year or so and was not
real apparent because he never listened to me anyway. The 14 year old
still has "razor sharp" hearing.

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On 26 Feb 2006 13:10:49 -0800, "Skyhawk"
wrote:

Anyone fly with their dog? What about the dog's hearing?

In article ,
(Alan) wrote:

http://www.flyingmutts.com

Alan, you have one of really neat, old C182's! Straight back with a
swept tail.

(Alan) wrote:


Been flying with my dogs for over 10 years. They are now 16 and 14
years old respectively and the 16 year old is almost completely deaf.
His hearing loss has only come on in the last year or so and was not
real apparent because he never listened to me anyway.

That sounds familiarg but your perception might not be right. I
commented to my vet about my dog's rather sudden hearing loss when she
got old, and he said it was likely much more gradual than I thought.
Their hearing started off so much better than human hearing, that we
just couldn't detect her hearing loss until the last little bit (for
her) of hearing, when it got even worse than ours.

But it was kinda like a teenager; I always wondered if she didn't hear
me, or did and was just ignoring me.
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:45:38 GMT, john smith wrote:

In article ,
(Alan) wrote:

http://www.flyingmutts.com

Alan, you have one of really neat, old C182's! Straight back with a
swept tail.

Thanks for the kind word. Yeah, I really like her. It was the last
year for the straight back and manual flaps which is what I was
searching for.

I did my mountain flying training in a mid-70s 182 and on final to
Glenwood Springs when I touched the flap switch the entire electrical
system shut down! Exciting! It really wasn't too much of a problem
slipping the plane in for a landing - 182s are very forgiving. After
that, I decided that I would look for an airplane with as many
"mechanical" systems as possible.