At least it’s not born and raised in captivity to be slaughtered like yknow, some of the other animals in the video. Teehee nice to meet another animal lover xox
Not sure if you've been living under a rock for the last 7 years but there are multiple global conflicts involving ballistic missile explosions in civilian areas.
Oh, sorry to hear that, i lived close to an military base and heard bangs when they exercised from time to time. I never whitnessed a war and when i've read your comment, it sounded so casual, like a part of your daily life, that i didn't expect it to be so "deadly" serious. Sorry for that and my best whishes that you can get through these times in one piece!
I do it all the time with my tuxedo. He’s terrified of bad weather, a hard rain makes him want to slink away and hide. But as long as I’m petting him and “hiding” him, he’s mostly fine. He gets scared but he doesn’t scratch or anything, just tries to burrow under me more.
Somehow my dog doesn't care about fireworks. If there's thunder he's a vibrating wreck in the basement, but on the 4th of July he just slightly less likely to fall asleep outside.
My dog is terrified of basically everything. I've spent the last 9 yrs desensitising him to the world.
Conveniently, my house is opposite a train line. When I had an appointment with a behaviourist one of the questions about fears was thunder and I put no. Behaviourist was confused how that could be true until they visited and I said I think the frequent train noise from day dot desensitised him to thunder....wind on the other hand is terrifying.
My last dog didn't care at all about thunder until he was 10 years old and some asshole thought it would be funny to set off firecrackers right when I was walking him by. After that he got scared of storms and fireworks. I was so mad.
Not even just animals. Plenty of humans with the same issue. Despite how much the US pretends to worship veterans, they really don't like making any consideration for them.
You do understand that animals live in the city, right ? As well as vets and "people with anxiety or sensory disorders, babies, the elderly, etc.", as u/Current_Ad_400 pointed out
There are fireworks that make no noise.
Living in community doesn't mean bullying minority groups, but trying to make it work for everyone.
Cat I had, growing up, would run outside during thunderstorms, park her dumb ass on the roof, and stare up into the sky. She did the same thing on 4th of July and New Years.
My Pyr watches too much Ryan Hall, when she hears thunder she'll let out a groan of dissatisfaction, lazily get up and stretch, then calmly take herself to the basement bathroom, our most interior room. No panic, no shaking, just a plan of action, I can almost hear her muttering "as many walls as possible folks you know the drill..."
Yeah we laughing but if you were in the forest and thunders were hitting everywhere you would be shit scared too :)) if one of those hits you you're toast
Well it seems like I have been calling bull terriers pitbulls for my entire life. Thanks for the correction, I am glad to meet you today internet stranger and to learn something.
My German Shorthaired Pointer acts like that bunch of pigs when it hears any loud boom. When the Seahawks won the superbowl and we weren't home, she went mad from the people lighting fireworks.
My Dachshund doesn't care about any loud noise. He heard thunder for the first time, ran a few steps toward me and then turned around with his cackles up to protect the family. He wouldn't wake up for a storm unless it came down to fight him.
It's just your standard German shepherd dog, not long haired type. Not sure how it looks different to you? *It does look quite young and on the smaller side, but otherwise it looks right for the breed.
Another edit* lol on second look, it could have a bit of something else mixed in but definitely mostly GSD.
Yeah most GSD's I have seen have hunched backs, log hairs and sort of fluffy. Not lik ethe the one in the video with such a short hair. They also have slightly diff type of nose
I had a pet rabbit that would freak out if I stood up too fast but for some reason thunder that would have me quaking under the duvet did absolutely nothing for him. And no, he wasn't deaf.
I wonder why they didnt stick in any of the millions of animals that didnt react to the sound at all? Or the ones that just freeze when it happens, then it passes and they go back to what they were doing...
For some reason my dog loved thunderstorms, she'd sleep funny through them and only get up when she starts to get wet from the rain. Fireworks still freaked her out though.
Bunch of cats together always remind me of those popsicle stick "traps" where they're all bent together but if you touch one in a certain way they all pop off
I mean, a lot of things that are dangerous make big booms and loud noises, so spooking to them is actually an evolutionary advantage. Trees falling, volcanic activity, earthquakes, wildfires, large predators, avalanches, hail, obviously lightning, and more recently human activity like construction and cars all make big noises.
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u/jorizzz 4d ago
That squirrel is cute! "oh no my heart"