my dad and Boris

[debbiej]

my parents are visiting and although he likes dogs, my dad is really allergic to them. he has bad eczema and can't let them touch him, he breaks out in nasty oozy patches. his feet are bad right now, and parts of his legs. So the dogs are spending a lot of time in crates. tonight I had boris on a lead, he was sitting in the kitchen, my mom was petting him, my dad was talking to him, maybe even teasing him just a little, as I wouldn't let him near, and my dad was talking to him and kind of looking him in the eye.. Anyway, as we walked past my dad, boris took a sniff and bolted past and away like something really scared him. I am so puzzled. nothing has ever startled or scared him before, but he acted really spooked. He kept looking at my dad, like he was afraid of him. my dad didn't make a move toward him, his hands were in his pockets. I'm wondering if it was some scent of my dad's skin, or something about us not letting him near, something about his actions that reminded him of someone? He finally came and sat near my dad but seemed still very unsure about him.

[myzeus]

Originally Posted by debbiej

my parents are visiting and although he likes dogs, my dad is really allergic to them. he has bad eczema and can't let them touch him, he breaks out in nasty oozy patches. his feet are bad right now, and parts of his legs. So the dogs are spending a lot of time in crates. tonight I had boris on a lead, he was sitting in the kitchen, my mom was petting him, my dad was talking to him, maybe even teasing him just a little, as I wouldn't let him near, and my dad was talking to him and kind of looking him in the eye.. Anyway, as we walked past my dad, boris took a sniff and bolted past and away like something really scared him. I am so puzzled. nothing has ever startled or scared him before, but he acted really spooked. He kept looking at my dad, like he was afraid of him. my dad didn't make a move toward him, his hands were in his pockets. I'm wondering if it was some scent of my dad's skin, or something about us not letting him near, something about his actions that reminded him of someone? He finally came and sat near my dad but seemed still very unsure about him.

animals are very intuitive, many can see and sense spiritual entities around a person, they can even feel the persons emotions. even human babies can see into the spiritual realm. all of my life animals have been attracted to me like a magnet and human babies when they see me, they just stare, they probably see my guardian angels and spirit guides around me. i am a very spiritual person, being somewhat psychic myself and i had studied metaphysics. well, it could be that. JMO.

[JeanT]

I'm wondering if it was some scent of my dad's skin, or something about us not letting him near

I would guess that. Can your Dad get allergy desensitization shots?

[scooterjohansen]

I agree about certain dogs and animals being able to sense things are a little bit off. My partner was sick with a really bad chest infection and all she could do was lay in bed. Instead of the boy being his usual run a muck self he was very reserved and lay next to the bed for almost the whole time my partner was sick. It was amazing because when she got better he was straight back to his old self. It was like he was feeling her pain. He was ok when I took him out. Like he had forgotten about it. But the moment went back inside he would lie down next to her again. Just my little bit of input. Illness exists on a certain vibrational frequency and there is no reason I can see why an intuitive dog would not pick up on it. Hope your dad gets better.

[AZBRAT]

I absolutely agree that animals can sense things like that. I was on hormone medication for a while and the only way I can describe how I felt was it was like I was jumping out of my own skin. I took Sam to class one day and was puzzled by the way she was acting: barely sitting for a second, darting her head around, looking up at me and not doing anything I asked of her. At the break I told my husband "I don't know what is wrong with her today". He looked at me and said "It is not HER it's YOU. You are acting so jumpy and spazzy that she has NO idea what you want from her." He took over for the rest of the class and she was fine. I felt so bad because obviously the hormones and/or the way I was acting was making her a bit nuts!

[Judi W]

It is not mystical. People get a different temperature, their breathing is different, they hold their bodies differently, muscles are tensed, eyes are different. Even something as small as tensed fingers are noticed. Dogs being the experts in body language that we will never be able to come close to, spot all of these things and pay careful attention. That you were restraining Boris from being able to freely move towards you dad gave him the message that dad was someone to avoid. You've worked and worked with him in order to make him more sensitive to what you want. He is. I think it rather unfair to do all that chit chat to the dog and not want the dog to approach. You're right, it is rather teasing.

[gomer9855]

Frau only ever had a bad reaction to one person. My grandmother in law(??) I guess you'd call her that. She was 92 and dying of cancer. We didn't know about the cancer at the time, they discovered it not long after and she died a few months later. We were at my inlaws when her mother and father showed up. Frau ran over to see then, then just about flipped over backwards trying to get away. She let out a big "baraaaaaaaa!!!" at the top of her lungs and ran under the kitchen table. Frau NEVER makes a noise, she's very very very quiet. I told her to knock it off, but she was still freaked so I crated her for an hour or so. When I let her out she was better, but still wouldn't go near her.
That's the only person she's ever been like that with. Maybe it was the cancer? Or becuase she looked so sick?

On a funny note, after Frau freaked out, my brother in law ran up to the grandparents and was like "What did you do to her?!"