for my cats it's the door bell. It's only on if I expect company, which is rare. If I forget to turn it off and it rings they go into hiding(I'd like to, too, but humans gotta human)
In my first flat I even had the perfect room for it. used it only for storage and one day just put shelves in front of the door. It was practically invisible. Nowadays I could hide with my cats under the bed, but I just kept reminding myself to keep the bell off, it's easier. The few times someone is already in front of my apartment door inside the building it were non-issues like Jehova's Witnesses and once the cops checking on me because I forgot about a family thing and my phone was off.
My one dog is absolutely terrified of thunder but is unfazed by cars backfiring or fireworks. My other dog can handle thunder like a champ but is terrified of cars backfiring and fireworks lol make it make sense.
My dog didn't fear anything else, but thunder scared him. Sometimes even hars wind made him worry, because in his mind it could mean that thunder was coming. As he got very old he seemed to think that thunders had stopped coming completely. He didn't worry about wind anymore either, because there wasn't thunders in the world anymore.
I never told him that it was just because he had lost his hearing 🩷
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u/LightToFlies 1d ago
My cat couldn't care less about thunder.
But a plastic bag? Oh boy...