Posted on 09/02/2014 3:17:05 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
Several people in my area have noted that their pets are acting weird. The behavior usually amounts to staring out windows and doors whining and shivering and hiding under tables and other furniture etc. .
Or if they are outside they badly want inside even though they never do much any other time.
They also keep tails tucked and sort of slink around like they are in distress.
This is not one or two people but my count has over 20 different households within a ten mile radius that have pets acting in the same way for about 3 days now.
My dog can not seem to settle down and wants to be as close as he can get to me and the Missus. Some thought it is the festival in town but it just set up Yesterday and the behavior has been going on longer than that. And we had no such behavior last year reported.
We are all at a loss and the local vet has no idea but he tells us dogs and cats can sense stuff humans can't.
Do you live near here?
I would also guess coyotes.
I saw a short bit on TV a few weeks ago about coyotes causing problems in downtown LA. I am talking about the four footed kind not the illegal alien smugglers.
James Berkland was on Art’s show predicting earthquakes. One of his tracking tools was the lost dogs/cats section of the paper -— the more animals missing, the greater likelihood of an earthquake (linked to celestial movements and other causes.
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Southern Ohio does have quakes every once in awhile but they are very mild and very rare.
Acepromazine is to dogs what thorazine is to humans. Don’t give it to Boxers though.
What’s the dosage for dogs on the Melatonin? I take it myself. 3mg. The 5mg gives me really WeIrD dreams!
Leaks in high pressure water lines can create high frequency sound that only animals can hear.
Where are you located? Near any earthquake faults?
My std poodle is scared to death of the dishwasher sounds and thunder. He shakes like a leaf with those two things.
4th of July is really tough on him.
“Well, I don’t think it’s an Earthquake. They don’t have many in Ohio.”
Tell that to Cincinnati. Back in the first half of the 19th century there was a massive earthquake (I believe it was the New Madrid Fault near the Mississippi River) that reversed the flow of the Ohio River. Cincinnati sustained a lot of damage, though at the time it was just a settlement and hub for river traders.
Word of advice: Take something more powerful than an air rifle.
Some people think such behaviors presage an earthquake.
Sonic waves created by pre-quake stresses are supposedly picked up on by animals but not humans.
I don’t think it’s proven, but I don’t discount it as loony tunes.
No that is over 220 miles away...
Southern Ohio and yes we occasionally have quakes but very mild and very rarely...
The other possibility that comes to me is a smell. Like a meth lab other chemical concoctions. Does your dog act normal outside the area where you live?
My border collie does not like the sound of wind. She wants in like now! Otherwise she wants to be outside.
In that case, I would say that the possibility of an influx of coyotes, or some other wild predator is very possible.
Same with many other animals in the area...
My MIL’s cats went crazy just before the 2004 Banda Aceh tsunami. In South Carolina.
I once overheard my old cat tell our kitten “let’s freak out the old lady...you arch your back and hiss at the closet and I will wail then run out of the room.”
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