Noise Test Interpretation: What does it really mean?

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by Mithuna on 16 August 2016 - 00:08

A 3 yr old WL GSD ( he has Sagus BSchloss , Eros B Schloss , Grief, Crok, Mink , and Racker ) was tested today by having a huge steel gate dropped from waist height and about 20 ins away from him. I felt the acoustics in the concrete floor but he ( the dog ) did not even pay notice to it. The floor was wet and oil and the dog casually slid across the floor doing his usual heel, sit, down stay.
My understanding is that this apparent lack of noticing on the dog's part is a sign of thick nerve sheaths, and the dog is most probably hard as well.

Comfort on the slick floor I understand as environmental soundness.
Over to the experts for viewpoints.

by Western Rider on 16 August 2016 - 02:08

Would like to see a video of this event

by Mithuna on 16 August 2016 - 02:08

I did this at my home in my basement

by Hundmutter on 16 August 2016 - 05:08

My understanding of a dog taking ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE of such sound & air disturbance (as opposed to skittering away from it) is that said dog is "thick as sh*t"! [Or, just possibly, stone deaf].

by Mithuna on 16 August 2016 - 06:08

Hund the dog is not at all deaf. Because he carry out the obedience commands by voice. I just think he has a thick nerve sheet and I want to suspect that he may may hard as well.

by Reliya on 16 August 2016 - 06:08

My dog Bosco is this way. He's totally unaffected by loud noises. He even went to sleep on the 4th of July with loud fireworks going off which even startled me once. He only got up and barked when somebody got close to where I was parked. He also trains under gunfire without care for the noise.

The only bad thing about his "thick as sh*t" attitude is that he decided to go try to sniff the front bumper of a moving car (residential area, car was moving slowly because of children walking in the street, so it stopped quickly when Bosco walked towards it) while he was being walked off-leash.

by Reliya on 16 August 2016 - 06:08

Before anybody says anything about my last post, I know I should've slapped his leash on him while a car was going past, but I didn't notice it until it was right beside us. I'm glad he wasn't hurt, and I know it was entirely my fault for walking him off leash by a road, even if it's not a very busy street. We weren't very far from my house, so I didn't feel the need to put him on a lead.

by Mithuna on 16 August 2016 - 07:08

Reliya
I assume that " thick as sh..." means that the dog has thick nerve sheaths. So is Bosco also a hard dog?

by Reliya on 16 August 2016 - 10:08

Oh, yes. Bosco is a hard dog. Even when he was three months old, he didn't mind snapping at me for what he thought was an unfair correction, but I think it had to do with him not seeing me as his leader. That's changed now that I've had him a while and established myself as leader.

by Reliya on 16 August 2016 - 10:08

He's also very territorial. He does a deep bark whenever a stranger is on the property if he's outside, if somebody knocks on the door if he's inside, or if anyone touches my truck while we're out. I told the breeder about this recently, and Bosco has been doing this since he was very young. Also, everybody at the club comments on how good a dog I have even though I've only been able to attend only a few times due to my military schedule getting in the way. The work is very natural to him. He's going to be a very strong dog. I'm very lucky to have him.

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