are all white dogs deaf?

Question

my pit bull Sammie is all white with a red nose, green eyes and all pink pigmentation like her paws and lips well she has a light tan spot on one ear and on her belly little dot like spots, but is she deaf? people have said it in the past and its wierd but when i'm upstairs and she's in the yard i call her and kiss her aloud and she runs to the house so i think she can hear me. but my bro says that when he visits her and walks trough the back door she's sleeping and doesn't even notice hes there. if i wistle she'll come running but when the dogs bark at night(neighbor's) she sleeps like a baby..huh what so you think?

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Answer 1

No, only some white dogs are deaf.. If yours responds to a whistle, she is not deaf..She may be hard of hearing, and doesn't hear certain sound ranges, but she isn't deaf.

Answer 2

No, no longer actual. The white gene in pit bulls is the comparable one that occurs in boxers and quite a number of alternative different breeds; it extremely is named the piebald gene. it extremely is linked with deafness, no longer blindness. If a domestic dog is going to be deaf by using piebald gene it would be deaf from the time it extremely is born, so in the adventure that your domestic dog isn't deaf then you definately've no longer something to tension approximately. it is not going to pass deaf -- a minimum of, no longer by using fact it relatively is white. Liz, do a sprint examine till now you spout off such off-the-wall recommendations. that's no longer actual. To get a sprint extra complicated (yet better clarify WHY the above is actual) -- the piebald gene is what makes a canines white. It does not make each and all of the canines white however, there can nevertheless be patches of colour everywhere on the physique; there is not any telling the place the white will fall. it relatively is no longer in basic terms for the seen areas, however the interior the canines additionally which you won't have the ability to make certain (sure, inner organs are additionally tormented by the piebald gene). So, your canines's liver, abdomen, intestines, and so on. *would desire to* be white too. What determines whether the domestic dog would be deaf or no longer relies upon on whether the cochlea, the tiny hairs on the internal ear which permit listening to, finally end up being tormented by the piebald gene (lacking pigment). meaning, if the cochlea happen to be white, the canines would be deaf. If the cochlea stay unaffected via the white gene and are pigmented, the canines isn't deaf. areas lacking pigment do no longer pass or shift positions, so whether the canines is born it extremely is the way it's going to be. subsequently a listening to canines can not "pass deaf" from the piebald gene (if it relatively is going to likely be deaf, it would be deaf from the very beginning).

Answer 3

Only white dogs that carry the deafness gene will be born or go deaf. Also, certain breeds ( unfortunately the Pit Bull is one of them) have a prevalence to deafness.

To learn more visit this website:

http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/deaf.htm

There is no reason that your dog cannot still have a long and happy life. You can learn how to adapt around the disability by doing such as teaching your dog hand signals. The reason that she sometimes responds to you is that she has her attention on you and she may have learned to interpret what you are trying to communicate with her (such as come here). (She may not HEAR your whistle but she can SEE you making the whistle sound).

She probably won't be a great watchdog (LOL) but she can still be a happy loving companion.

Good luck!

Answer 4

No all white dogs are deaf. SOme are and some are not. My parents had a white dog who could hear a pin drop at the neighbors house. LOL he liked to bark at everything he heard.
If your dog Sammie responds when you make the kissing sound and call she is not deaf.
She must like you better than your brother and she may not care thatthe other dogs are barking. Some dogs will bark becasue others are and so could care less about others making noise.

Answer 5

No all white dogs are not deaf. From my understanding, the "white hair" gene is linked to the deaf mutation in some way, so as a result they are found together in a higher frequency. But there are definitely white dogs out there with normal hearing.

Answer 6

Not all white dogs are deaf. The more white on the dog the better chance of it being deaf. Generally alot of white dogs are deaf. Maybe you should take it to the vet for a check?

Answer 7

It doesn't sound like she is deaf to me if she comes to you when she can't see you. Maybe she is just comfortable with your brother. Some dogs bark hardly at all, while others can't seem to stop barking. My lab didn't bark much, but if he thought something was suspicious, he would give a low growl. I prefer that. At least you can feel protected. I know most cats that are white are deaf. Take her to the vet if you are unsure, but I think she is okay.

Answer 8

Dlamations have a HIGH rate fo deafness, so there goes that stupid ALBINO theory.
You should have the dog evaluated by the vet. It is common, so it is not out of the question. There is a test, BAER,that breeders have done on puppies before selling them to ensure they are not deaf. It is Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Response. Just see your vet and have them help!!!!!

Answer 9

I think there is nothing wrong with your dog except that she's a one-person dog. And that person is you.

Now, your dog is an albino- which means she has no pigmenting at all on her. And apparently critters with albinism are a bit more likely to be hard of hearing. But one does not necessarily mean the other.

Answer 10

you mean are all ALBINO's deaf.

The answer is no. Albino animals have a deficiency in pigmentation - so they basically have none, leaving them with white fur, pink skin and often red eyes. This has NO impact on their hearing.

just because the dog doesn't move when your brother comes to visit, the dog doens't stir, might just mean the dog isn't interested in your brother. It could also mean he does have a hearing deficiency, but this is in no way related to his fur color.

If the dog comes when you call, then it isn't deaf.