anybody else's dog hate fire?
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Whenever we light the open fire in our living room our spoodle hightails it. Not just out of the room but upstairs ideally.
Anyone else had this with their pooch? And if so, did you ever pin down the reason for it?
Pretty sure it's not excessive heat in our case, the fire is not massively efficient, it's more like she doesn't like the noise, but it's hard to say.
PS some great shots on this thread
Anyone else had this with their pooch? And if so, did you ever pin down the reason for it?
Pretty sure it's not excessive heat in our case, the fire is not massively efficient, it's more like she doesn't like the noise, but it's hard to say.
PS some great shots on this thread
Edited by Blackpuddin on Sunday 27th March 19:31
Jasandjules said:
Ours will curl up in front of it.. Then get their fur so hot it is hard to touch.... But they don't seem to care... Pretty sure they are cats in the wrong body.
Daisy is like this; a few years ago when at my dads, my Stepbrother came to find me and said that Daisy was asleep in front of the fire and he was concerned because she was so hot, he had tried to move her but she growled at him, I went and moved her; she was on the hearth, inches from the flames her back was scorching. bexVN said:
Probably the noise,crackles etc. My dig doesn’t bother by most things but he hates the sound of frying steak of all things!!
Ours also panics and hides under the table whenever the frying pan is on... which is a real dilemma for him because he's also EXTREMELY food motivated!mike74 said:
bexVN said:
Probably the noise,crackles etc. My dig doesn’t bother by most things but he hates the sound of frying steak of all things!!
Ours also panics and hides under the table whenever the frying pan is on... which is a real dilemma for him because he's also EXTREMELY food motivated!
My GSD's a strange beast when it comes to fire. She was once confronted by an intruder carrying a lighted blowtorch (!!! yes I know !!!), didn't bat an eyelid in taking him down.
Light a match / cigarette lighter, no problem, she won't look twice.
Light the log burner, covered by protective glass - she goes upstairs out of the way?
Light a match / cigarette lighter, no problem, she won't look twice.
Light the log burner, covered by protective glass - she goes upstairs out of the way?
The Moose said:
My bloody cat will get so close he gets singed and we push him out the way.
He then looks at you as if to say "wtf human?"
I'm sure you know the look!
He then looks at you as if to say "wtf human?"
I'm sure you know the look!
Our old girl Bonnie used to sit very close to the old-fashioned gas fire (the ones with those white louvre things) and we had to keep moving her. Once we smelt burning only to look and see a blue flame was licking up her tail as she had dangled her tail into the fire. 'Put the cat out' took on a whole new meaning!
Tess the Springer used to lie on the hearth with her feet in the ashes and pass out with the heat, I'd have to move her across the room, she'd wake up and stagger back to the fire. Lucy the German Shepherd singed her nose by sticking it against the grate bars the first time she saw an open fire, she wasn't scared of it but never went that close again. Bob the terrier liked the heat, but used to growl at the fire if it sparked. The current pack of spaniels haven't seen an open fire yet. Two have seen a woodburner and just sit in front watching the flames. (They also like to watch the washing machine working). My sister's old dog did catch fire slightly once, she had her tail in the fire and just sat there yelping, being too stupid to move away.
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