Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 13, 2020

Sound-dampening system.

That table lamp is sooo cool!

:-)

I just got a great idea for a new cereal.

Wow, Rover is brave. A lot of dogs would be hiding under the bed!

I wish my pup could be cool, calm and collected during stormy weather, just like Rover!

Aww, this is so sweet.

My Murphy has a bed next to mine where he happily snores the night away unless it storms out. Then he’s up on the bed in the same position Rover is. But I don’t know that he’s smiling.

I was working on a farm one summer. They had a dog that was unfriendly, to put it mildly. One day we were forced indoors because of a thunderstorm and the dog took refuge under my chair. I reached down and scratched his ears to calm him and we were friends for the rest of the time I was there.

Dreaming in the rain!!

So peaceful even in a storm as long as they have each other!

Doesn’t get any better than Red and Rover – snuggle on dear friends

Sleeping so sound and feeling so safe!

Shelter from the storm

Best friends are never fearful when they are together.

rover is feeling reds hug and thus is not afraid of the thunder. it has been said that the person that calms the dogs fears is not forgotten ever .

Question, anyone notice a difference between dog genders? My male Bassett hated thunder and fireworks, the female ignored thunder and didn’t mind fireworks (mostly). My kid has had 2 large males over the decades, both hated fireworks and thunder.(We love both)

My last 2 Labs, I’ve taken them out on the front porch and sat down with them during a thunderstorm. Neither were/are bothered by it. Now if I could only figure out a way to make them comfortable around vacuum cleaners…

In my childhood, one of our dogs was terrified of thunderstorms, and she passed that fear to each new dog who passed it along to the next. The trained-fear chain wasn’t broken until we went dogless for a while.

My golden retriever was just a few weeks old when Hurricane Hugo hit our area and left it looking like a nuclear bomb went off. Until the day she died, she was terrified of high winds, but only high winds that could be heard within the house. She’d happily walk in a gale, otherwise.

Had a bird hunting Lab who never had issues with loud noises, except for thunder. He always sought refuge on my head in the bed. Otherwise he was a great dog

My pup does this on July 4 and New Years Eve…

Even with thunder storms, our little darlings are safe and happy with each other! Love them so.

I wish a dog can sleep through thunder! Mine old dog would huddle in my arms and shiver like no tomorrow!

Is there any better picture of one of the best things about childhood? Thank you, Brian, for the memory.

As long as they have each other there’s nothing to be afraid of!

Red and Rover are both safe in each other’s arms.