Pippi - runs into my arms if scared, she does a flying leap, which has nearly knocks me over. If she can't get to me, she then goes to any other family member. Thankfully she isn't scared of too much. Usually noises she doesn't recognize when we are outside, but once we say 'it's ok' she and Caleb calm down. She's not fazed by people, thunder or huge dogs.
Caleb- our hero and protector, runs to me, then turns and grows, stands proud and edges forward, sometimes running back with a short whimper, then growl again.
Once startled,I jumped and made a noise when something in another room fell and he went charging towards the sound growling furiously. He doesn't mind thunder either.
He's not keen on dogs of any size coming near me or Pippi, though he'll say hi to them, 'til they step towards us...then he does a low growl. Pippi's a complete tart and he eventually shrugs and gives up protecting her honour and just guards mine.
Ishmael(border collie)- hates thunder and once ran out of the house in a terrible storm. It was pitch black outside (back door came open) He was seen in the local farmers fields (farmer called round to tell us) My husband and daughter looked for hours for him. My daughter was crying in the road, soaked to the skin, cold, when she stopped by her car and prayed, as she did so she could hear whimpers coming from the other side of the hedge, she had to go into a field of cows that were surrounding the area near poor Ishmael. He was thankfully uninjured,but beyond terrified. Poor thing has to be with us, kept on his bed, wrapped up, with a shirt on, during storms. Nothing else seems to frighten him...if it did, he'd run blindly.
Sorry for the ramble..
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