Our first vet said is hearing is normal and our second vet was surprised at how great is hearing is for his age.
I think he thinks he's alpha dog. Just since yesterday when I posted this, I have made a couple of changes like making him sit and wait for me to do something, or making him sit and wait to go outside and I've noticed a change already. I allowed him to sleep with us, but I didn't accommodate him as much as I normally have for the last 9 years.
I "made him" sleep in a different spot than he normally does and he acclimated!
Today he has peed and poo'd outside and has only barked once at my husband when he was leaving for work. We both told him QUIET and to SIT and he did and stopped. We always do this, but he doesn't stop. Normally he jumps up on the couch and acts like Cujo for 10 minutes while we're leaving and won't hear anything we're saying to him. It must've been the other de-alpha changes that helped him listen.
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