Dogs aren’t like people, they can’t eat away their sadness. 
He needs attention and exercise, man!
My Grady is a young guy with, as far as I know, perfectly good hearing. He has a habit of staring at the ceiling as of something was up there, too. And often staring in to space. My theory is he is waiting for the home planet to come get him
Haha good point. He’s definitely not an “exercise” dog . . . he’s older and just ain’t into it, but he loves attention and I’m happy to give it.
Okay I took and uploaded some videos to vimeo. If anyone could watch any/all of them, and give any advice as to what you think his “issue” is (or maybe he doesn’t have one) I’d really really appreciate it.
This one is about a minute long and demonstrates some of the odd looks and poor sound localization. I’m on the viewers left relative to Sammy.
This one is 30s long, shows him excitedly running down the hall for his walk, but before that he turns and stares behind him for several seconds. He does that many many times when we’re not in the apt.
This one is the longest, at 2:30. It just shows a lot of his odd glances again
Finally, this one is only 6s but is a longer bit of his upward stare
Also, I will say, the longer I’ve had the more affectionate he’s become and the more willing to make eye contact he is.
Maybe he’s just a Padawan.