In article , David O'H . wrote:

We've noticed, and commented, that the dog has on occasion put his front
paws over his ears while music is playing. This suggests to me that the dog
doesn't like some of the sounds he hears.

Of course the dog is trained to stay right near his human, so he tends to
lie on the floor behind the drum throne, and thus behind the kick drum. I
suspect that loyalty trumps discomfort in the dog, so he stays nearby.

What can we do for hearing protection for the dog? Has anyone any ideas?
Google wasn't much help; I figure that if there's a bunch of folks around
who could answer this peculiar question, it'd be the folks here.

hmm... you see plexiglas isolation boxes that go around a drum set. Why not
one that goes around the dog? Or a little doghouse with foam inside and a
plexiglass door that the dog can open and close? With a little engineering
you could probably make something out of a big Anvil case and probably have
it double for shipping instruments around too.

I can't imagine dogs would accept earplugs, but a vet might know. I'm sure
you could get earmolds done for dogs but I'm not sure the dog would let you
use them.
--scott

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