[nagdu] (NAGDU) Could it be the weather?

[Lisa belville]

Juanita,

It is very possible.  Some dogs are more sensitive than others.

My first dog was a huge golden Lab cross, but he was a marshmallow before 
and during thunderstorms.  I called him my furry doplar radar because he'd 
start panting and getting clingy and hour or so before a storm.  He'd work 
fine if we had the misfortune to get caught outside, but he did a low level 
shivering the whole time.  It was hard to not baby him because the poor guy 
was obviously terrified.  He also didn't like fireworks and would exhibit 
some of the same behavior even though we were safe inside.

Katy couldn't care less.  We've had a few minor earthquakes here and she 
literally slept through the strongest one while the whole apartment building 
shivered and shook.

We had a huge storm blow through here in May, 2009.  Tornado sirens were 
blaring, the power was flickering on and off and Katy was zooming around the 
apartment wanting to play ring toss while I was grabbing my cell phone and 
weather radio.

I've had her outside on the fourth of July while our city was setting off 
their fireworks a few blocks over and it didn't stop her from doing her busy 
busy thing.

The only time she acted odd was in a friend's apartment where I was giving a 
computer lesson.  For some reason Katy would start panting and shivering as 
soon as we walked into the friend's apartment.  She was fine on the walk to 
the building, fine in the elevator and fine once we exited the apartment. 
It was something about that apartment, because she loved the person I was 
teaching and didn't have any other reactions anyplace else.  I never did 
figure out what was causing her to act so scared.

Lisa

When life gives you lemons, throw them at something.  Always makes me feel 
better.
Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Juanita Herrera" <juanitaherrera1991 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:55 PM
Subject: [nagdu] (NAGDU) Could it be the weather?


> Hello List,
> I know I mentioned that Anise seemed a bit down lately. Well, I have
> been reading the weather reports and following the news closely and it
> turns out that there have been several small earthquakes in my area.
> These earthquakes have been happening since Monday, and since then she
> kind of began to change her attitude. Also, the weather has been very
> unstable. Monday it was nice and sunny, yesterday it was cloudy and
> cold, today it was sunny in the morning time, then at noon it was
> cloudy but very humid, and now it is very windy. I know people say
> dogs can sense more than us. Does anyone find this to be true? Can the
> weather or earthquakes be affecting her attitude?
> Best,
> Juanita
>
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