Guest Anonymous Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 So last night we had by far the worst storm of the year. Constant lightning and HUGE thunder claps, the power went out and everything. wind gusting blowing tree branches down and even tiping over the big huge garbage barrels and blowing them down the block. Hail, rain, the whole nine yards. I am worried about Drey and if he would be scared so at about midnight i get up and go into the dining room as that is where his kennel is. I hear him before i see him, SNORING!!!! This dog crashed throught the entire storm, my girlfriend and I couldnt sleep for all the noise the thunder was so loud it was literally rattleing the window panes, and Drey could have cared less. What about your dogs.... how do they react to big storms? Quote
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 Oh RnP, I know what you mean! :roll: Rowie would WALK through a thunder storm if I let her! During storms, I check up on Rowie, and she is either looking outside, or sleeping! :roll: Which is weird since I heard dogs are scared of storms, especially lightning! Rowie is one of the bravest dogs I have ever met! Once in obedience, this trainer was testing the dogs on something, I'm not sure what it is called, but it is used in agility. Anyway, all the dogs where REALLY scared, and I mean it! NONE of the dogs crossed it, so when it was Rowie's turn, I was really scared, but she just crossed it as if it was nothing! That's my baby girl! Ahhh, Rowie! :roll: Quote
sheltielover Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 My girls usually sleep through storms.....if there is a loud clap of thunder, they may lift there heads to see what is going on, but usually just put it right back down and go right back to sleep. :roll: Quote
Sanvean Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 Macy doesn't seem to mind storms. She did bark at a particularly loud thunderclap during the last one, though. Quote
Rosebud Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 :D :lol: :lol: Sally & Rocket will get up, wake me (checking on me) and then go right back to sleep. They are such good babies. :angel: Quote
behle Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 Sorry about your big storm RnP! Drey knew he was safe, didn't he? :D My saint couldn't care less about storms. His attitude is "no big deal". But my rottie is frightened of storms (thunder, lightning, strong winds, etc.). He didn't start out frightened, but got scared when he and his "brother" were home alone during a particularly violent storm in the fall about two years ago. We had the power ripped off our house, lost about 10 trees in our yard and edge of the woods. One fell on the house, another's top (about 30 feet of fir tree) snapped off and drove itself into our lawn. We unfortunately had not listened to the forcast, but had gone into town to have a steak. Our trip home that normally would take 25 minutes took about 3 hours! We literally had to wait for guys with chain saws and front end loaders to clear the pavement along our stretch of road. Our whole area had no power at all so we were using our headlights to light up the trees so the guys could see what they were doing! And then when we got home a mess was waiting for us here! Plus one very frantic dog! Now when it thunders Max gets this "Oh my God" look on his face and worry lines appear on his forehead. Then he finds me and becomes velcro dog until the storm is over! Wakes me up in the night for comfort too! Gets on the bed and huddles between my husband and myself - not comfy!! I wish he wasn't frightened.... :-? Quote
Sanvean Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 Oh, Behle, the poor baby! I can just imagine his little worried face! Quote
PamelaJ Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 we just had a thunderstorm here... Saxo and Frodo slept/played right thru it...but Princess Sorsha made me hold her!!! :roll: :roll: :roll: Quote
behle Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 :lol: Well, what else would you expect from PRINCESS Sorsha? :lol: She's got an image to uphold! Quote
courtnek Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 My lab usually ignores them, unless the tornado siren goes off. Then she gets nervous and whines...I dont know if it's the siren or that she senses something bad is happening. My Golden was scared to death of storms. (unlike Rowie!!) My mom would not allow him upstairs, but there was a bathroom upstairs with a sunken tub, and when the storms got bad he would sneak (literally!) past my moms door and into the bathroom, and lay down in the tub...when it was over he would sneak back downstairs. I could hear his tags jangling, but mom usually slept through it. He seemed to feel safe in the sunken tub for some reason.... :D Quote
Malamum Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Since we've had Indy we actually haven't had a really bad storm so not sure how he would react. :niewiem: Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 your dog didn't care about the storm RNP quite happy to sleep through it. my dogs do not mind either they will sleep though it too :) Quote
Angelboddy Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Nostalgia don't mind the thunder to much. When there is a big crash of thunder, she will lift her head up then find another spot to sleep. I guess she thinks if she finds another spot to sleep she will not hear the thunder as bad next time. :lol: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Some of mine could care less about storms...Fang sleeps in the rain if I just leave him alone. Lightning, thunder, he could care less. Sandy won't sleep in front of the window during a lightning storm, but I have to haul India out of the way. Sandy goes into the closet if it gets terrible sounding. Buddy barks every time the thunder rolls and always sleeps above my head during a t-storm. It makes him feel safe for some weird reason. Gypsy sticks close to me but shows no other signs of nervousness. And calliope finds her squeaky ice cream sandwich, and takes it to bed with her. She doesn't chew it or anything, she just keeps it near. About the only time she keeps track of that thing is when there's a storm going on. Quote
bk_blue Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 :roll: BK is manic in thunderstorms. He doesn't mind lightning but if there is thinder he will stay out in the yard barking ALL NIGHT. He won't go to bed until the thunder has gone. Then he thinks he's scared it away and looks so satisfied with himself. :lol: :roll: :lol: Rinny was fine with thunder, he ignored it. Nobby our Basset was scared of thunderstorms and would hide unde the bed and whinge, the wuss. :D Quote
Angelboddy Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 bk_blue napisał(a)::roll: BK is manic in thunderstorms. He doesn't mind lightning but if there is thinder he will stay out in the yard barking ALL NIGHT. He won't go to bed until the thunder has gone. Then he thinks he's scared it away and looks so satisfied with himself. :lol: :roll: :lol: That is to funny! :lol: I can just picture him smiling as he walks around so proud of himself for scaring the thunder away. :lol: Quote
gooeydog Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Goo- Isn't bothered by them. She actually gets excited, because it's not uncommon for me to take her down to the patio where we sit and watch the storms come up through the bay (it's covered, so we don't usually get wet at all). She will come and bother me if the tv's on, and the little "thunderstorm warning" beep goes off though, and there have been a few where she'll come and bother me, like "Hey, do you hear all that stuff!?" :lol: Annie- There are a thousand and one things that are more important to Annie than being afraid of thunderstorms, she doesn't care about them one tiny bit. Casey- Afraid of them. If someone's around, she'll pace around them or try to climb on them, if not, she'll just go off by herself and hide. Joey- Of course he's afraid of them, he's afraid of everything :roll: He'll just hide in his crate until they're gone. Haley- Doesn't care about them, though I think she does wonder sometimes what the noise is. Quote
pei obssessed Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 We haven't had any big (monstrous) storms since we've had Hippo, but with a regular storm, she just goes to the window to look outside--all strange noises must be investigated :D We (just me and Hippo) were however caught up in a snow storm this past winter, and the wind was so strong that I could barely advance (and no place for shelter, 'cause we were taking a walk in a residential area), and lil Hippo was obviously very confused as to why she couldn't walk ahead anymore :o ... So I picked her up and tried to advance like that--slowly, but the wind was blowing against us and making a whirling sound, so she started howling-whining-barking in my arms... We had to advance with me walking backwards :roll: Thta was quite a walk... luckily, we weren't very far from home. Quote
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