Why My Dog is a Big WUSS
I am laying in bed around 5am this morning dreaming of supermodels, when suddenly I am jolted awake. You might think it was the storm-of-the-century brewing outside that woke me up. However, this was not the case. I woke up to my dog, Mr. Marley, trying to climb over my face shivering like he had just seen the ghost of doggy past.
You see, Mr. Marley is a rescue dog. At some point in his past, I suspect that he lived outside where he was subject to all of Mother Nature’s bitchy moods. In the case of a thunder/lightning storm….he freaks the f*ck out!
Anyway, on with my story. I am jolted awake thinking that I’m being strangled by one of the supermodels….until I realize my WUSS dog is having a spazz-attack. He literally sat there and shivered for almost 2 hours as the storm came and went this morning. With each sound of thunder or strike of lighting, he shook just a little more. I actually thought he may have a frickin’ heart attack.
He didn’t.
Anyway, this woke me up for the storm. I have to say that the storm was pretty massive. The biggest I have seen in a while. There was one point where my wife and I both woke up. We heard a pretty big crash in the back yard, the wind sounded like it was going to take the roof off, and for a minute we actually discussed going into the basement…..laziness prevailed and we stayed in bed.
As the storm passed and my dog calmed down, I got up to go look outside (it was light at this point). I first looked in the back and saw that my neighbor’s backyard had two very large trees that had fallen. The trees fell into his yard, not mine. However, I consider myself really lucky this morning. If the trees fell the other way, they most certainly would have hit my house.
Other minor damage…..My South Carolina Flag outside is broken. Don’t know if that is a pre-cursor for the upcoming season. Lets hope not.
Anyway, Mr. Marley is now asleep. His tortured night has turned into a blissful rest during the day. I dont’ think it’s fair that he gets to go back to sleep since I have to sit up and work all day. I think I’m gonna go mess with him and set the alarm or something….
February 26th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Our cat Boss has some of the same behavior (he to was a rescue pet), but it’s not limited to thunder. Anytime it rains (or there’s any inclement weather) he slinks very low to the grounds and crawls to the bathroom and sits in the corner.
My cat is such a pussy!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Yeah it was a rough one this morning. I took a shower in the lightening and all i could hear was my mom screaming at me from the past that you can’t take a shower in the lightening because you will get shocked.
kind of like the old christmas story that you can’t have a BB gun because you will shoot your eye out, but the lightening thing is true.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
The way the story was going I thought he was going to shit all over your face.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
UPDATE: I just drove around to the front of my neighbor’s front yard to get a better look at the trees that fell. I was wrong about the two trees. Actually 4 huge trees fell. I don’t know what this guy did, but he pissed someone off.
Three of the trees fell completely over…root systems and all sticking out of the ground. One of the trees broke half way up and fell down. The guy is old too. I wonder if he’ll just leave everything there, or if he will pick it up. To be continued…..
February 26th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Oh, and Chadinator….if my dog shit on me…..I would never tell anybody.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Getting 4 trees cleaned up will be pretty expensive. My guess is that he will do what every old dude does…chop it up himself so that he has firewood for the next couple of winters.