It really should be Friday today Instead, it's Thursday and raining here in Michigan today. Not thunderstorms yet, but a steady downpour-type rain. When I took Mr. Blue out this morning, I realized yet again how far he's come. It used to be that he was almost afraid to go out in the rain. I always imagined this was because he remembered being stuck outside in it during his time as a stray. He doesn't like water, but he goes outside willingly to do his business now. In fact, this morning he wanted to do a normal block-length walk in the rain, with plenty of stops to sniff. I can't help but feel that, with time, he's realized that he doesn't have to be afraid of getting stuck out in the rain anymore; that he always gets to come inside and gets praised a ton by me for being such a big brave boy. I'm very pleased about this; I really felt mean taking him out for his business when he was so nervous about it.
I wish my old girl would improve a bit faster on this score... This time of year here in the sub tropics (more "tropic" than "sub" we often say LOL) T storms and/or squalls off Lake Pontchartrain occur almost every afternoon... one would think a dog could get acclimated (so to speak) but what seems to happen with Win is we have a dry winter and spring, and she sings the old song "It ain't gonna rain no more."
She is a lot better about thunder than she used be but still LOATHES rain... Odd thing in my household, however: recently Q Kitty has become freaky about thunder storms, too. He is 9 years of age now, healthy in all respects... what do you think would cause this? Does your cat seem to pick up behavior patterns from the dog? I suspect this may be happening with my pets...
....like that from each other! B oth Mr. Blue and our cat Carmel really don't like thunderstorms at all. In their cases, though, I think they each picked it up on their own from their stray days.
Cool stuff, Mary - Roxy never liked to take the first step into the rain but she did, she could and would stay in it as long as possible - even jumped rain gutters while in her cart.
Instead, it's Thursday and raining here in Michigan today. Not thunderstorms yet, but a steady downpour-type rain. When I took Mr. Blue out this morning, I realized yet again how far he's come. It used to be that he was almost afraid to go out in the rain. I always imagined this was because he remembered being stuck outside in it during his time as a stray. He doesn't like water, but he goes outside willingly to do his business now. In fact, this morning he wanted to do a normal block-length walk in the rain, with plenty of stops to sniff. I can't help but feel that, with time, he's realized that he doesn't have to be afraid of getting stuck out in the rain anymore; that he always gets to come inside and gets praised a ton by me for being such a big brave boy. I'm very pleased about this; I really felt mean taking him out for his business when he was so nervous about it.
