Something that I have found interesting to say the least, is some of the habits and fears that have surfaced since we adopted Jeddah. Some are funny, some have been a test to our patience, at times.....but some are down right sad. As I've mentioned previously on the forum, we've now had Jeddah just over twelve months.
On Christmas Eve, we were preparing to have a few people over, and out come the bags of party ice to fill the eskies for the drinks (not too sure what you guys call them!) You know how the party ice can tend to form one large chunk, so you have to give the bag a bit of a bash to break it up...... Well, Jeddah reacted with total fear. Head dropped low, cringing and trying to run away! At first I thought it was just the noise of breaking up the ice. But, as we pulled out the next bag of ice, same reaction by just seeing the bag. At this stage, we then popped Jeddah away from the esky preparation.
Comes round to New Year's Eve, daughter's boyfriend brings up two bags of ice to the back deck, not knowing of Jeddah's little problem - proceeds to empty ice into esky. My daughter is calling out to him, "nooooo, not the ice in front of Jeddah!!" Once again, same reaction from Jeddah. Luckily, this lovely young man is a dog lover, so he doesn't think we're too wierd.
So, it makes me wonder, how does a dog end up being frightened by party ice??? What on earth has happened to her to bring on this strange reaction??
Has anybody else experienced some odd behaviour from a previous life?? (I'm talking about your dogs here, not partners).
On Christmas Eve, we were preparing to have a few people over, and out come the bags of party ice to fill the eskies for the drinks (not too sure what you guys call them!) You know how the party ice can tend to form one large chunk, so you have to give the bag a bit of a bash to break it up...... Well, Jeddah reacted with total fear. Head dropped low, cringing and trying to run away! At first I thought it was just the noise of breaking up the ice. But, as we pulled out the next bag of ice, same reaction by just seeing the bag. At this stage, we then popped Jeddah away from the esky preparation.
Comes round to New Year's Eve, daughter's boyfriend brings up two bags of ice to the back deck, not knowing of Jeddah's little problem - proceeds to empty ice into esky. My daughter is calling out to him, "nooooo, not the ice in front of Jeddah!!" Once again, same reaction from Jeddah. Luckily, this lovely young man is a dog lover, so he doesn't think we're too wierd.
So, it makes me wonder, how does a dog end up being frightened by party ice??? What on earth has happened to her to bring on this strange reaction??
Has anybody else experienced some odd behaviour from a previous life?? (I'm talking about your dogs here, not partners).