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(00:00):
One of the things that always comesup is pets that are traumatized by the
noise, dogs particularly, and soI'm pleased to have Heidi Harriett join us
for a few minutes this morning.She's an animal behavioral expert. Heidi,
good morning, good morning, Thanksfor having me on you bet this eight
week? Yeah? Sure? Ishow common is this? Do you do
(00:22):
you find with dogs, particularly becausemost people have dogs, how common is
it for them to be freaked outby fireworks? Well, interestingly, we're
hearing about it just in such agreat deal, you know, and pets
aren't new, fireworks are new.But what's really different, I think is
the way we deal with our pets. We've become very emotional and pets are
(00:45):
looking for leadership and you know,their energy, they're pretty pure, so
we're kind of confusing them. SoI'll talk about that in a minute.
But this year we're up against it, so training our way out of it
isn't going to help us right now. So one of the things is to
you know, get very matter offact with your pet, your dog,
(01:06):
and so instead of it's okay withthe high voice, say hey you're fine,
we're gonna we got this. Justas though you were dealing with a
small child. How you know,what would you do? So put them
on a leash, don't let themlike scamper all over the house. And
you do, you might still havean opportunity to do a little role playing.
Put some YouTube on with fireworks andallow the dog to listen to it.
(01:30):
Up the volume a little bit.But while you're doing that, be
matter of fact with your dog.Talk to your regular voice, have good
energy, don't be nervous for them. Do some commands with them, sit,
stay down, some fun stuff,some fetching, so they can't multitasks.
So if you've got their brain connectedwith you, they can't be thinking
about what else is going on.And then when the fireworks actually come,
(01:55):
if you're home, keep them withyou, put the leash on, put
on a movie or something you liketo keep yourself. Just in a good
mood. And if you do goaway and they like their kennel, put
them in their kennel. Just makesure they're in a good space. Then
they're not going to ruin the houseor you know, tear their claws up
trying to get out of Are youAre you a fan of the Thundershirt or
thunderjackets, you know, the thundervest. The drugs. Now there's a headband.
(02:21):
They look like a wrapper. It'sfunny, you know what. They're
symptoms of the bigger problem, whichis a training issue. So again,
if you need to use them thisyear, but generally, as a family,
third generation trainer, we I can'tremember animals that we had to treat
in that way. Maybe the veryoccasional one. Because it's all about the
(02:45):
training program. It's it's really aftertoday, I would say, embark on
a training program with a very solidfoundation. Think service dog. So think
about this dog who looks up totheir owner to see what they're supposed to
do next, or to see howto react if they see something they're nervous
about, and the owner gives themsolid confidence in leadership. And you know,
(03:07):
we're not we may not get servicedogs in our training right the average
person. But if we shoot forthe moon, we're gonna landing on the
guards and we're going to have awell behaved animal who really will take everything
in stride. If that's what we'retelling it, you know, I hope
that makes it. Yeah, itdoes. It's interesting to me, Heidi,
(03:29):
I've got a dog, who's tenyears old now. And the first
few years he got he just gotso agitated and anxious and he would tremble.
In the last few years, hedoesn't. It's like, Okay,
I guess, I guess I knowwhat this is now. I mean,
he doesn't go out, he doesn'tlike to be outside when they're going off,
you know, with the life ofall of that. But he doesn't
(03:51):
get freaked out like he used to. And I don't know what to what
to attribute that because I'm no trainer, But right, I'm glad for him.
Maybe you got more or calm ascamber and that helped him, right,
I always say, maybe the humanstake the drugs calm down and sets
will do better. But on amore serious note, fifty increase in lost
(04:13):
pets this week, the busiest weekof the year for that, So be
very careful. Don't let them outat night, you know, during the
fireworks. If you run them atthat time, pick another time. Get
their energy out during the day,Let them go for a big walk,
get in their brain mental stimulation,play with them, fetch whatever so that
they don't have excess energy, becausethat turns into anxiety as well, I
(04:36):
think. And then I think Ithink what you said, and Nashley makes
a lot of sense. They dotake their they do take their cues from
their master. And you know,and if you're just kind of okay,
here we go, come on overhere, yep in a normal voice.
It seems to calm them down alot of them, but some of them
(04:57):
just I feel bad. I getunder a bed and they'll tremble. Yeah,
Rosie, how about your dog?How does your dog? Dud James?
Not? Well? She struggles withthe She can handle the little light
pops, but the big ones,the sonic booms, she struggles with those.
And you know, it's it's getsher cycle off, you know.
She you know, whenever we lether out at night to go to the
(05:18):
bathroom, she didn't like going outat night. Then we got net with
the fireworks going on, but that'sit's it's hard on animals. And I
you know, for you guys outthere that are going to drop three four
five ten thousand dollars on fireworks,why don't you swing by the pet store
and uh, you know, spendabout three four five thousand on pet food
(05:39):
and take it to the shelter becausea lot of dogs run away and they
get yeah, I mean that's yourthrilled to you know, spend a whole
bunch of money on some of thatgoes boom, you know, and then
has gone, And why don't youspend some of that money on pet food
of the shelter? So Hei doyou have? Do you have help for
people? On your website is HidiHarriott? Are you Harriet? Do come?
(06:00):
I have a podcast episode devoted tothis and I talk about the training
and people struggle with storms as wellwith any pet that's got a fear of
you know, the loud noises andthat. So honestly, it's not about
the noise. It's about how totrain your way forward and if your pet's
looking at you, you're on theright track. Very good, Happy Independence
(06:21):
Day. I'd great to have you. Thank you, I appreciate the time.
Hid to Harry out here on Fab'sMorning News
One of the things that always comesup is pets that are traumatized by the
noise, dogs particularly, and soI'm pleased to have Heidi Harriett join us
for a few minutes this morning.She's an animal behavioral expert. Heidi,
good morning, good morning, Thanksfor having me on you bet this eight
week? Yeah? Sure? Ishow common is this? Do you do
(00:22):
you find with dogs, particularly becausemost people have dogs, how common is
it for them to be freaked outby fireworks? Well, interestingly, we're
hearing about it just in such agreat deal, you know, and pets
aren't new, fireworks are new.But what's really different, I think is
the way we deal with our pets. We've become very emotional and pets are
(00:45):
looking for leadership and you know,their energy, they're pretty pure, so
we're kind of confusing them. SoI'll talk about that in a minute.
But this year we're up against it, so training our way out of it
isn't going to help us right now. So one of the things is to
you know, get very matter offact with your pet, your dog,
(01:06):
and so instead of it's okay withthe high voice, say hey you're fine,
we're gonna we got this. Justas though you were dealing with a
small child. How you know,what would you do? So put them
on a leash, don't let themlike scamper all over the house. And
you do, you might still havean opportunity to do a little role playing.
Put some YouTube on with fireworks andallow the dog to listen to it.
(01:30):
Up the volume a little bit.But while you're doing that, be
matter of fact with your dog.Talk to your regular voice, have good
energy, don't be nervous for them. Do some commands with them, sit,
stay down, some fun stuff,some fetching, so they can't multitasks.
So if you've got their brain connectedwith you, they can't be thinking
about what else is going on.And then when the fireworks actually come,
(01:55):
if you're home, keep them withyou, put the leash on, put
on a movie or something you liketo keep yourself. Just in a good
mood. And if you do goaway and they like their kennel, put
them in their kennel. Just makesure they're in a good space. Then
they're not going to ruin the houseor you know, tear their claws up
trying to get out of Are youAre you a fan of the Thundershirt or
thunderjackets, you know, the thundervest. The drugs. Now there's a headband.
(02:21):
They look like a wrapper. It'sfunny, you know what. They're
symptoms of the bigger problem, whichis a training issue. So again,
if you need to use them thisyear, but generally, as a family,
third generation trainer, we I can'tremember animals that we had to treat
in that way. Maybe the veryoccasional one. Because it's all about the
(02:45):
training program. It's it's really aftertoday, I would say, embark on
a training program with a very solidfoundation. Think service dog. So think
about this dog who looks up totheir owner to see what they're supposed to
do next, or to see howto react if they see something they're nervous
about, and the owner gives themsolid confidence in leadership. And you know,
(03:07):
we're not we may not get servicedogs in our training right the average
person. But if we shoot forthe moon, we're gonna landing on the
guards and we're going to have awell behaved animal who really will take everything
in stride. If that's what we'retelling it, you know, I hope
that makes it. Yeah, itdoes. It's interesting to me, Heidi,
(03:29):
I've got a dog, who's tenyears old now. And the first
few years he got he just gotso agitated and anxious and he would tremble.
In the last few years, hedoesn't. It's like, Okay,
I guess, I guess I knowwhat this is now. I mean,
he doesn't go out, he doesn'tlike to be outside when they're going off,
you know, with the life ofall of that. But he doesn't
(03:51):
get freaked out like he used to. And I don't know what to what
to attribute that because I'm no trainer, But right, I'm glad for him.
Maybe you got more or calm ascamber and that helped him, right,
I always say, maybe the humanstake the drugs calm down and sets
will do better. But on amore serious note, fifty increase in lost
(04:13):
pets this week, the busiest weekof the year for that, So be
very careful. Don't let them outat night, you know, during the
fireworks. If you run them atthat time, pick another time. Get
their energy out during the day,Let them go for a big walk,
get in their brain mental stimulation,play with them, fetch whatever so that
they don't have excess energy, becausethat turns into anxiety as well, I
(04:36):
think. And then I think Ithink what you said, and Nashley makes
a lot of sense. They dotake their they do take their cues from
their master. And you know,and if you're just kind of okay,
here we go, come on overhere, yep in a normal voice.
It seems to calm them down alot of them, but some of them
(04:57):
just I feel bad. I getunder a bed and they'll tremble. Yeah,
Rosie, how about your dog?How does your dog? Dud James?
Not? Well? She struggles withthe She can handle the little light
pops, but the big ones,the sonic booms, she struggles with those.
And you know, it's it's getsher cycle off, you know.
She you know, whenever we lether out at night to go to the
(05:18):
bathroom, she didn't like going outat night. Then we got net with
the fireworks going on, but that'sit's it's hard on animals. And I
you know, for you guys outthere that are going to drop three four
five ten thousand dollars on fireworks,why don't you swing by the pet store
and uh, you know, spendabout three four five thousand on pet food
(05:39):
and take it to the shelter becausea lot of dogs run away and they
get yeah, I mean that's yourthrilled to you know, spend a whole
bunch of money on some of thatgoes boom, you know, and then
has gone, And why don't youspend some of that money on pet food
of the shelter? So Hei doyou have? Do you have help for
people? On your website is HidiHarriott? Are you Harriet? Do come?
(06:00):
I have a podcast episode devoted tothis and I talk about the training
and people struggle with storms as wellwith any pet that's got a fear of
you know, the loud noises andthat. So honestly, it's not about
the noise. It's about how totrain your way forward and if your pet's
looking at you, you're on theright track. Very good, Happy Independence
(06:21):
Day. I'd great to have you. Thank you, I appreciate the time.
Hid to Harry out here on Fab'sMorning News
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