RE: [pyrnet] Thunder and Lightning

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I thought Osa would *never* get over what I did to her the first weekend after we adopted her -- took her out for an evening walk on Fourth of July -- when the people out in the neighborhood started shooting off smaller fireworks all 'round, she started getting more and more skittish, and by the time I figured out this was NOT going to work for her, I was about a half-mile from home...hurried as fast as I could, but the final straw was that someone started shooting off the BIG stuff just as we passed their house -- looked and sounded like they had gotten ahold of commercial fireworks like you see at city displays -- and the first one went off without any warning about 100 feet right over our heads.  BOOM!  -- I thought poor Osa was going to jump into my arms and hide her face. 

She runs and hides whenever the (3) parrots start tuning up, too....fortunately, none of them is nealy as vocal as most of their kind and only go off once or twice a day for a few minutes....

Matt

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Viney, Bethany" <Bethany.Viney@tdstelecom.com>
>Sent: May 12, 2006 6:38 AM
>To: "'pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org'" <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
>Subject: RE: [pyrnet] Thunder and Lightning
>
>Brendan;
>
>I am glad you posted this inquiry, as Czar has the same issues with storms
>as well as gun fire.  He is getting somewhat better, but heads to the shower
>stall once the air pressure changes; that is how I know a storm is coming;
>he is my weather forecaster!  I have tried not to play up his fears, just
>let him go about his stay in the shower until the storm passes. Or, I try
>and play games with him to distract him from the sound of the thunder. When
>neighbors in the distance fire handguns or it is hunting season, he heads to
>the house and into the basement; I am still not sure how to address this, as
>he seems fine once he feels he is in a protected and "sound proof" area.
>
>Funny how he is so afraid of thunder and gun shots, but I could practically
>run him over with the noisy Dyson pet vacuum cleaner and it doesn't phase
>him a bit.
>
>Beth and Czar (Pyr) and Raisa (Malamute) in Rural Wisconsin 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Brendan Murphy
>Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 6:33 AM
>To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>Subject: [pyrnet] Thunder and Lightning
>
>
>Hey All,
>
>The boy is developing intense fear of thunder. We had bad storms roll
>through last night resulting in whimpering, crying, and lots of shaking. I
>realize paying attention to him will just reinforce the behavior. In
>addition, I live behind a high school football field. When track meets are
>in play, the cap gun utilized to initiate a race frightens him as well.
>
>I am writing to see if there is anything I can do to minimize the impact.
>One thought is to play a cd with thunderstorms on it on a gradual scale
>until it's just background noise to him.  Any other thoughts?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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