My 18 year old cat has gone deaf over the past year and I still tell her I love her. I also tell her to fuck off when she gets on the table and tries to eat from our plates but she no can hear.
The saddest thing about one of my old dogs going deaf was that she stopped doing this characteristic playful “bark.” It wasn’t really a bark, more of a cute little howl that came out sounding like, “Roooooo.” I used to “talk” with her by making that sound and she’d “roo” back at me. But when she lost her sense of hearing, she couldn’t respond to my “roo” anymore and stopped making the sound entirely. :(
My 18 year old cat has gone deaf over the past year and I still tell her I love her. I also tell her to fuck off when she gets on the table and tries to eat from our plates but she no can hear.
The saddest thing about one of my old dogs going deaf was that she stopped doing this characteristic playful “bark.” It wasn’t really a bark, more of a cute little howl that came out sounding like, “Roooooo.” I used to “talk” with her by making that sound and she’d “roo” back at me. But when she lost her sense of hearing, she couldn’t respond to my “roo” anymore and stopped making the sound entirely. :(
She can probably still feel the vibrations if you’re close enough or loud enough. She might just ignore you when she’s stealing your food though.