We don't have facepainting and other issues

[Ironclad Alibi]

No, he wasn't deaf. He could hear a crisp packet rustle from the bottom of the 110 foot garden.

I though all dogs could do that, deaf or not. Some sort of psychic ability.

[WishfulSpirit]

We had some idiots shooting off fireworks in the parking lot. My little blind dachshund just barks at them. Since he can't see anyway he doesn't get upset by strange noises from nowhere.