The role of dog ears

1. The ears’ sensory function for dogs is second only to the dog’s nose. Dogs' hearing is 16 times that of humans. Dogs’ ears can distinguish extremely small sounds, and they are also very capable of judging the direction of the sound source.
2. Dogs maintain a high degree of vigilance even when sleeping. They can clearly distinguish various sounds within a radius of one thousand meters. The hearing of prick-eared dogs is more sensitive than that of lop-eared dogs. .
3. The dog’s ears can determine the location according to the sound. Due to the sympathetic interaction between the ears and eyes, the habit of interpreting the source of the sound is also one of the main functions of working dogs.
4. The dog’s ears can produce conditioned reflexes based on changes in pitch and syllables to commands given by humans, allowing them to understand the owner’s intentions and execute them.