Why are dogs afraid of blast sounds?
By What'sUp_Cel
@rheicel (7065)
Philippines
December 31, 2017 9:21am CST
Why are dogs have to suffer every New Year? It’s a tradition here in my country to have fireworks for the celebration of New Year. I’m sad looking my dogs because they’re very afraid of the blast sounds of fireworks. They’re shivering and hiding under my table. I can’t help but console them. My dog(on the left) doesn’t want to eat. He feels so nervous.
Why are dogs afraid of blast sounds? Are there any explanations on that?
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
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14 responses
@marguicha (224946)
• Chile
31 Dec 17
Dogs hear other sound waves. Those are ear piercing for them.
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@marguicha (224946)
• Chile
31 Dec 17
@rheicel How about buying those things human beings put in their ears? Forgot the name.
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
31 Dec 17
@marguicha We've tried covering their ears but they didn't like it.
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
31 Dec 17
Yes, sir, very sensitive senses but thank God they're okay now.
@Letranknight2015 (52231)
• Philippines
31 Dec 17
Their ears are extremely sensitive to sounds. They can hear whistle from miles away.
I hope some one out there makes ear plugs specifically for dogs. I haven't really known it yet.
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
31 Dec 17
I haven't seen also ear plugs for dogs. We've tried putting something on their ears but it didn't work.
@Rationalwriter (1813)
• Lucknow, India
31 Dec 17
Because they don't know what this sudden noise is like us.... Just like any sudden noise around us surprises or scares us , the same is for them
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
17 Jan 18
Yep, I understand them now. Though I have a cat he didn't affect by fireworks at all. Brave cat poor dogs. 
@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
Dogs have sensitive hearing so what appears normal to us humans sounds like the whole world falling on top of them!
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
11 May 18
Maybe try playing music to drown out the sound of the fireworks?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
16 Apr 18
One of my dogs is afraid of loud noises but the other is not bothered too much. They do have very sensitive ears though so I suppose it sounds twice as loud to them as it does to us.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
17 Apr 18
@rheicel Oh we have bonfire night on November 5th but the awful thing is people buy the fireworks long beforehand and they let them off for weeks after. It's to celebrate a foiled attempt at burning down the Houses of Parliament centuries ago. It's a nightmare for dogs that are afraid of them. Some people let them off at New Year too.
@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
17 Apr 18
@rheicel I would never leave my dogs alone in the firework season as they would be terrified. They will never be banned here.
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@LadyDuck (472476)
• Switzerland
3 Jan 18
The explanation of @marguicha is correct. Dogs have much more sensitive hearing than humans, they have a very acute sense of hearing and they hear sounds four time farther than humans.
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