{"id":16711,"date":"2019-11-04T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=16711"},"modified":"2019-11-04T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T06:00:23","slug":"advice-for-nervous-dogs-monday-4th-november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2019\/11\/04\/advice-for-nervous-dogs-monday-4th-november-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for Nervous Dogs – Monday 4th November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Advice for Nervous Dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\"Wilma
Wilma giving advice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Today I\u2019ve got some advice for nervous dogs. In the UK tomorrow it\u2019s bonfire night, which is traditionally the time humans insist on having a lot of fireworks. I\u2019ve put together this handy step by step guide for you to go through with your humans to help them understand the best approach to take for your sake. Obviously, it doesn\u2019t just apply to bonfire night and can be used to help your humans to understand your needs at any time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step by step guide for humans to help their nervous dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, and most importantly, take your humans on one side\nand ask them very nicely not to buy any fireworks to use in your garden at home\nand absolutely not to take you to any firework displays. Help them understand that\nif you get really frightened you might not think straight and may end up bolting\nand then not know where you are. If you explain really carefully, they will see\nthat it\u2019s a bad idea for all of you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, if you aren\u2019t like Aristotle and begging to be\nallowed to sit by the window where you can see the pretty lights best, then ask\nif there is somewhere away from the windows where you can sit so you are\nprotected from either seeing or hearing what is going on. Ideally get your human\nto take you for a good long walk earlier in the day and then only on a secure\nlead close to the house to pee if you need to go out until it\u2019s all over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thirdly, ask them to play some music for you at a loud enough\nvolume to cover the bangs going on outside. Classic FM are running a special\nprogramme of music with just this in mind, but not all dogs like classical music\nanymore than all humans. If you prepare something a bit more rocky, that\u2019s ok\ntoo, just make sure you give your human your playlist so you don\u2019t have to suffer\ntheir choices. I had to listen to Bay City Rollers through a thunderstorm in\nthe summer and I\u2019m still in therapy to recover from the experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourthly, as your human to sit in your homemade shelter with\nyou. There is nothing which will sooth you more than having your human there\nfor moral support. Unless, your human is of a nervous disposition of course,\nthen you might be better if they were to find you a nice calm human to be your\nsitter. If your human jumps every time there\u2019s a bang, then you won\u2019t be far\nbehind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A note for dog breeders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your human breeds dogs, then make sure when they have\npuppies they play lots of different sounds to the puppies so that they get used\nto noises at an early stage. Mum used to play a track of sounds during puppy\nmeal time so they were doing something that made them happy at the same time.\nThis may well be why Aristotle likes watching the fireworks! You can get tracks\nwith everything from children shouting, to crowds of people, to aeroplanes and\nother loud noises. You get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sausages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m told humans like to have sausages in buns and things like\nthat when they go to bonfires. Ask them to get you some dog sausages as well,\nit won\u2019t stop the bangs upsetting you, but it will cheer you up afterwards.\nMake sure they get dog sausages and remind them that the ones they eat are bad\nfor you as they contain onion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay safe and happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today Wilma has some practical advice for nervous dogs – this can be a difficult time in the UK, Wilma is here to help.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[138,93],"class_list":["post-16711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-to-day-life","category-wisdom-and-experience","tag-advice","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}