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cats; don't like load noises
Topic Started: Jul 31 2010, 01:04 PM (115 Views)
awake
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Me and the mrs. were watching TV one quiet night. Then I almost trampled by the cats running this way at that. Slipping and sliding on the mats and froors
Now these little critters didn't know which way to run.
The lightning was like the flash bulb going off when you don't expect it and the noise that followed ;WOW!
Next day we found them huddled together under a coach.

What do your pets do when surprised ? beat_deadhorse.gif groansmileyf.gif gaah.gif
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angora
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One of my cats is terrified of thunder and will slink on his belly as fast as he can under the nearest bed. He has an effect on one of the others who looks around in bewilderment and then half-slinks around, apparently reasoning that if there is something her brother is afraid of it must menace her too. The remaining 2 cats look up at the commotion and then settle themselves to washing or dozing as they were before. :)
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Darcie
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My cat used to sit at the window and watch the storm, she was so happy to see events out there. She was not afraid of anything. On the other hand my collie slid under my desk drawers which gave her about 8 inches, so long as her head was in there she was fine. Noticed that the cat was a whole lot smarter, she was my guard cat, on the other hand the dog wanted to make friends with the burglar.
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sunniblu
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That's an easy one as my cat is afraid of almost everyone and anything. She's extremely timid and it's taken years and much coaching, to allow her to let me handle her for more than a few seconds. My daughter's cat on the other hand lives with two large dogs and believe it or not, rules the roost!
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goldengal
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Darcie
Aug 1 2010, 02:55 AM
My cat used to sit at the window and watch the storm, she was so happy to see events out there. She was not afraid of anything. On the other hand my collie slid under my desk drawers which gave her about 8 inches, so long as her head was in there she was fine. Noticed that the cat was a whole lot smarter, she was my guard cat, on the other hand the dog wanted to make friends with the burglar.
I was surprised to read Darcie that your Collie was afraid of storms and would hide. We had a Collie when the girls were growing up, and she is the only dog we ever had who was a real protector and feared nothing. She was a Lassie type Collie. Now on the other hand, Louie, the Bernese Mountain Dog, who was the biggest dog in the house, always came down to my bedroom and 'hid' on the floor on one side of the bed whenever he sensed a storm was approaching.

Likely it would be impossible to do this with cars (especially one that does not like to be handled), but they say putting a tshirt on a dog afraid of storms makes them feel secure, and some dogs actually go to the closet and look at their owners to let them know it is time to dig out their security blanket (er tshirt).

Take care,
Pat
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imjene
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When we lived on an acreage, we had a Samoyed dog. He was an outdoor dog. However, unknown to us, when there was a lightning and thunder storm, he would run 1/4 mile to the local dump and sit on the doorstep of the little house where the dump manager worked from. Evidently there was no room inside for the dog, but he seemed to gain comfort from the radio and voices from inside. -- Poor thing!
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