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Thank you! How's Sisko with fireworks?Good luck!!!!!
Thank you! How's Sisko with fireworks?Good luck!!!!!
She was doing great, sleeping through the random pops. But then she must have woken up and sleepily saw the TV reflected in the dark living room window (her nemesis) along with a series of distant bangs, and she briefly lost it. Just really intense barking.Hey! Checking on y'all. How are you guys and Peggy with the fireworks going off?
Awesome! That's her nemesis 😨?She was doing great, sleeping through the random pops. But then she must have woken up and sleepily saw the TV reflected in the dark living room window (her nemesis) along with a series of distant bangs, and she briefly lost it. Just really intense barking.
But I grabbed some treats and she was immediately like, "Oh okay. Let's do that instead." And it's been silent outside ever since, thankfully! She's sleeping in her crate now.
Thanks for checking in.
Thank you, Peggy! I feel so much better about my own spoo, lol.She was doing great, sleeping through the random pops. But then she must have woken up and sleepily saw the TV reflected in the dark living room window (her nemesis) along with a series of distant bangs, and she briefly lost it. Just really intense barking.
But I grabbed some treats and she was immediately like, "Oh okay. Let's do that instead." And it's been silent outside ever since, thankfully! She's sleeping in her crate now.
Thanks for checking in.
Yep! Dark windows with reflections in them—especially moving reflections. Freaks her right out. She gets so weird after, almost like she's in a trance, and starts spooking at everything. It's usually when she's overtired.Awesome! That's her nemesis 😨?
😎 I'm so happy to hear this 😁
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How are y'all today?
Good. Annie is definitely not alone in this.Thank you, Peggy! I feel so much better about my own spoo, lol.
Annie's nemesis is (when bored) her reflection in the TV, in the dishwasher, or, horror of horror, reflected lights on the side porch windows from passing cars. She goes nuts about them every once in a while.We have to keep curtains over all dog-visible windows because of her. I can't even have a floor length mirror; I have to keep it turned towards the wall, as she will stand in front of it and bark.
So glad to hear she (mostly) tolerated the stupid fireworks.
She's having a hard time accepting he went inside.YAY!!!! SO HAPPY TO HEAR😁🎉 That's so cute 😢💗
I fostered an absolutely genius young GSD mix and she freaked out when she first saw herself in a full-length mirror. But all I did was tap it once, she paused....and then never acknowledged it again. It might as well have been a blank wall.You know it's weird... they use the mirror test when studying animal cognition to see if animals realize they're seeing themselves in a mirror. But it only works with animals that have brains that work in a specific way. If animals totally don't get mirrors, I would think they should react as if they're seeing another of their kind. When they don't, doesn't it mean they grasp some of what the mirror means? I had a monitor lizard that would flip his sh** if he saw another lizard of his kind. But when presented with a mirror he would look at it oddly for a little and then go back to what he was doing. Misha also looks at the mirror briefly but mostly ignores it. He's never acted as if it's another dog. I suspect some animals act somewhere in between, where they can tell it's not a really another dog but also are disturbed by the uncanny aspect of it.
She did really well! Was hoping I'd luck out and she'd ignore them entirely like Gracie did, but that might have been asking too much. Aside from the occasional bark, she was content to chew and snooze as long as we kept her in a room with covered windows. The flashes of light were much more concerning to her.Peggy's living the life! I hope she was undisturbed by the celebrations last night.
So! Cute!Annie is funny like that too.... she first saw her mirror when I took her home as a puppy - she was from a litter of all black poodles and she was CONVINCED that a littermate. I turned the mirror around, because she was getting upset by the puppy in the mirror. I figured she would figure it out later.
Now- she still plays with the puppy in the mirror if she is bored. She barks, play growls, bows, paws herself, etc. I cant tell if she knows it is her or not. I can't tell if she passes the mirror test or not. I do think she is by far the most visual dog I have ever had. Other dogs would sniff, no sniff =not real. Annie is fascinated.
I've not changed her food up yet. That's her usual Honest Kitchen/Farmina/Weruva combo.What is she having for lunch ? Is that mashed potatoes with kibble and what’s the black stuff ? How is it working for her ?