Guns, Dogs and Blades QnA

He does now. It took us way, WAY too long to figure him out. Let's say his behavior did not endear him to my girlfriend, and he was a little leary of her.
Now that we understand him, their relationship has improved 1000%, and he is the most affectionate of my brood. He does play aggressively with the others, and when he accidentally hurts us (thru play excitement) we now shrug it off, because he can't hear us cry out.
Good for you guys! Most folks won’t take the time or effort to figure stuff like that out. They just give up on the animal. I am not sure why but every deaf dog I have ever encountered has just been a great dog. Magnum was lucky to find you guys. But man o man I bet you go thru some vacuum cleaner bags!