[nagdu] Social butterflies and shuttle launch

[Audrey Farnum]

Hi all,

This is my first time on the list so I'll introduce myself real quick.
 I'm Audrey from Oklahoma City.  I have a soon to be 4 year old yellow
lab named Cinnabar.  She is from the San Rafael campus of GDB.
Now on to my message....

Cinnabar has never reacted to noise before, but during the shuttle
launch recording, she sat up and buried her head in my lap.  I was
really surprised by her reaction because she generally has nerves of
steel.  I covered her ears and comforted her through it.  As soon as
the recording was over, she curled up in a ball and went back to
sleep.  It was the only time she moved during general session.  I
don't think it traumatized her too much but I felt horrible at the
time.

As for being a social butterfly, my girl did some get to know you
sniffing as well, but I wasn't oblivious and she got back to focusing
on her work fairly well.  I was really pleased with her work during
convention.  Since this was my first convention, I was concerned about
how Cinnabar would handle the chaos, but she was great.  Nothing
phased her. Well, except for that shuttle recording, but that was
pretty minor.

Audrey and Cinnabar

On 7/16/09, Joy Relton <jrelton at verizon.net> wrote:
> Belle sort of lifted her head. She seemed more interested in the presenting
> of the colors. She was really watching them with interest. She's not verbal,
> so no woofs.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of AnnaLisa Anderson
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:29 PM
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> Subject: [nagdu] Social butterflies and shuttle launch
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>
> Hi Joy,
>
> I'm afraid my Sunny was one of the social butterflies.  Hopefully she wasn't
> one of the dogs who came at you and Belle, and believe me, I was not
> oblivious.  I'm glad though that my sweet social girl wasn't the only one
> doing that.  It seemed a lot of the dogs were.  Sunny did get back on task
> quickly though, thank goodness.
>
> I'm curious, how did people's dogs react when they played the recording of
> the shuttle launch?  It was so loud for so long, I kept watching Sunny for
> signs of distress. But she could have cared less.  She didn't even lift up
> her head.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
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