Hello friends of @hivePets a pleasure to greet you again to all who make life in this beautiful community, today I want to compete something that for some time makes me noise or rather shock, and for that reason I want to talk about the subject to clarify something that unfortunately is transmitted from generation to generation and those who are harmed are our lovely pets.
As many of you know, and have read me here in my family we share our home with our two pets, Lobo and Kira, and for us is very important their welfare, and on Tuesday morning it rained in our area and there was a strong thunderstorm, where the thunder was deafening being the reason that they were too scared, So much so, that although they sleep inside the house, the poor things could not find a place to hide and there was so much commotion that I immediately had to get up, and when I saw them and removed the fence that separates their sleeping area, they went straight to our room, it was impressive the fear they felt because of that storm.
That night when we saw them like that, we didn't have the heart to make them go back to the place where they sleep, so that night Lobo and Kira woke up in the room. They were really scared, Kira started to scream and it is understandable, because she is only a 4 months old puppy and Lobo in spite of being an adult did not stop looking for a place to hide, and I want to clarify again that they sleep inside the house free from the cold of the water. Something we did immediately was to try to calm them down by hugging them and rubbing them to make them feel safe and to lower the stress they felt because of the thunder and lightning that frightened them, something that should never be done is to try to scold them since this would complicate things, because their reaction is involuntary, moved by fear and no matter how well trained they are, they will not listen to us.
Something that I would like to say to all of us who today have the joy of living with a pet is that we must educate ourselves and become aware in this aspect, and I say this because many people have been transmitted a belief that for me is wrong, many grandparents and even our parents take the dogs to the backyards when this happens, because they believe that lightning chases our dogs and if they have it inside the house lightning could strike inside the house, and I could hear this issue the next day when I heard older people talking about it, that according to them it was not good to have the dogs inside the house, because of what was said before. And many believe this to be true since they hear it from people they respect, like their parents, but unfortunately a lie has been transmitted where the most harmed are our dogs where they get wet, not to mention the fear that grips them at that moment.
If you have heard it in your family, it is a beautiful gesture to help those people understand that this is not true, and thus protect our animals from this fear that terrifies them, on the contrary if this situation happens to us what we must do is to show them our affection by hugging them to calm them down and rubbing them, in this way this hard moment for them will be less traumatic and they will trust us much more. If you have heard of this you can let me know in the comments, the important thing will always be the welfare of our pets and prevent them from suffering due to ignorance on this subject.
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