BAER HEARING TESTING
ALL BELLBIRDHILL DALMATIANS ARE BAER HEARING TESTED
BECAUSE 8% OF DALMATIANS CAN BE BORN DEAF
AND 22--24% OF DALMATIANS CAN BE BORN DEAF IN ONE EAR
BEING DEAF IN ONE EAR IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR PET HOMES
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE IF A PUP IS
DEAF IN ONE EAR OR NOT WITHOUT BEING BAER TESTED
IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO BREED WITH A DOG DEAF IN ONE EAR
AS THE DOG OR BITCH MAY HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF PRODUCING DEAF
PUPPIES AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED ON THE MAIN REGISTRATION
IF YOUR PUPPY HEARS FROM BIRTH IT SHOULDN'T CHANGE EXCEPT LIKE MOST DOGS
HEARING MAY DETERIATE AT A VERY OLD AGE
WE HAVE ALL PUPPIES BAER HEARING TESTED
IT IS A PAINLESS PROCESS THAT INCLUDES TAKING YOUR PUPPIES TO A
B.A.E.R. TESTING FACILITY
THE PUPPIES CAN'T EAT ANY FOOD AFTER 8 PM THE NIGHT BEFORE
AND WATER TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AT 7 AM THE MORNING OF TESTING
THE PUPPIES ARE TAKEN TO THE FACILITY
WITH THE B.A.E.R HEARING MACHINE THAT HAS
WIRES RUNNING FROM IT AND 2 SETS OF EAR PLUGS THAT EMIT SOUND
AND 3 WIRES WITH NEEDLES ON THEM
FIRSTLY A GAS MASK IS PLACED OVER THE PUPPIES FACE AND HELD THEIR UNTIL
THE PUPPY IS UNCONSCIOUS APPROX 30 SECONDS
THE PUP IS THEN PLACED ON A TABLE WITH THEIR LEGS STRETCHED OUT BEHIND THEM,
PAWS STETCHED OUT IN FRONT
THE VET THEN INSERSTS THE NEEDLES JUST UNDER THE SKIN UNDER EACH EAR
AND ONE JUST UNDER THE SKIN AT THE OCCIPUT
THE VET CALIBRATES THE MACHINE AND TESTS THE FIRST EAR
AND THEN THE SECOND EAR
AFTER THE PROCESS IS OVER THE PUPPIES TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO WAKE UP
THEN WE ALL GO HOME AGAIN HAVING A LOVELY WELL EARNED FEED AND DRINK