Laika siis alkoi pelätä ukkosta yhtäkkiä vasta pari vuotta sitten. Sinä kesänä oli yhdessä vaiheessa lyhyessä ajassa useita kovia ukkosia, ja yhden moisen aikana aivan tässä meidän päällä olleesta kuului valtava #jyrähdys, ja se oli sitten siinä.

#ThunderShirt on auttanut ainakin silein, ettei se enää esim. tunkea itseään sängyn alle peloissaan - sängyn päällä oleminen riittää ja läähättely.

#ÄänislinnanLaika #ukkonen #koira #koirat #paukkuarkuus #sää #DogsOfMastodon

Katsoin sääennustetta. Hurja #ukkonen tulossa! Äkkiä #Laika ulos, ennen kuin.

Hosun hampaat pesten, jotkut rytkyt päälle, Laikalle sadetakki.

Ennen kuin olemme lähdössä, yksi jyrähdys. #ÄänislinnanLaika lähtee vähän epävarmana, mutta lähtee. Tekee pian pissat. Pian toinen #jyrähdys. Laika kääntyy kotia kohti. Kakkaa ei ehditty.

Kotona vaihdan sadetakin #ThunderShirt iin. Eikä yhtään jyrähdystä ole tullut. Sen pian pissan jälkeen kuullun...

#koira #koirat #paukkuarkuus #sää #DogsOfMastodon

Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Thunder
Thunder
Thunder

#Laika #ÄänislinnanLaika #koira #koirat #dog #dogs #dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #ukkonen #thunder #ThunderShirt

When Momma is having snacks without your permission 😽😼😽

#cat #cats #lazysunday #gingercat #thundershirt #orangecat #rodekater #tilburg #🐱 #🐾 #🐈 #paws #feline #meow #sintrathecat #catoftheday #CatsOfMastodon

When you need to be fashionably comfortable 😽😻😽

Update: dear Mastodon furriends, thanks for your supportive comments. I’m now feeling calmer and a lot less jumpy 😽

#cat #cats #thundershirt #catwellness #happycat #gingercat #orangecat #rodekater #tilburg #🐱 #🐾 #🐈 #paws #feline #meow #sintrathecat #catoftheday #CatsOfMastodon

it’s storm season! #echoOfBrookside has been a challenge in this department, but i think i’ve figured out what works:

1. sileo (medicated gel for noise anxiety)
2. thundershirt (compression and anti-static)
3. doggiehush ear muffs
4. couch/lap time
5. treats with every clap of thunder

#borderCollie #rescueDog #thunderShirt #sileo #anxiety #dogTraining

"A Dog's Prayer" (Part 2)
by Anne Ahlert

In Heaven,
I will spend
Every cool Summer evening
Lazy on the porch with my Mom,
We will go for long walks
And meet all my friends along the way

I will not waste another night
Shaking & trembling in her arms,
Praying to God to make it stop,
And terrified of the monsters outside;

My Mom says that someday
I will cross a Rainbow Bridge,
And she will come meet me in Heaven;

Her Preacher says that in Heaven
There is no terror or fear;

So I know
That in Heaven
There are no fireworks.

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #Fireworks #Thundershirt #PleaseNoFireworks #Dogs #Poetry #Poem #IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly

"A Dog's Prayer" (Part 1)
by Anne Ahlert

In Heaven,
There are no Thundershirts
And no Evil Sounds;

There are lots of treats
And none of them makes me feel tired,
Or foggy, or unable to run & play:

In Heaven,
There will be lots of fun car rides
To places where my humans
Get yummy food they share with me:
And to doggie toy stores
Where I pick out new toys & chews;
And to dog parks,
Where I will run off leash all day,
And make lots of friends like me;

None of the car rides will be
Long hours spent trying to find
Peaceful silence and sanctuary
From the bangs, the pops, and whistling fizzles,
But especially from the huge
House-shaking BOOMS
That even the Thundershirts
And strange treats cannot save me...

[Continued in next toot]

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #Fireworks #Thundershirt #PleaseNoFireworks #Dogs #Poetry #Poem #IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly

Once again this year, my neighborhood will sound like a war zone. So once again this year, I will be celebrating the #4thOfJuly driving around farms roads from before dark until probably around 1:00am, searching for a quiet peaceful spot for a terrified dog. 😢💔🐾

(Fireworks are illegal in my home state of #Illinois, but you wouldn't know it from the number of private citizens shooting off M-80s and having private sky shows.)

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #Fireworks #Thundershirt #PleaseNoFireworks #Dogs #Poetry #Poem #IndependenceDay #Happy4th #ShetlandSheepdogs #Shelties #SheltiesOfMastodon