Jo's Old Site

A few days after a cyclone was expected to hit North Queensland (didn’t discover what they called this one) we recieved a storm that included hail, thunder, and, lightning.

Anyway, I had Ilse my mini schnauzer in my flat when lightning hit our roof somewhere, and Ilse ran to the other side of the room; but when I called her she came back to me.

Now as I got a book by Caesar Milan called Caesar’s Way, he advises in the book that if anything negative happens react like nothing had; so I wasn’t concerned that she went to the other side of the room.

Then she started playing with her toys on her own accord, and I decided to play with her as I remember that someone was telling mum either at training or the trials that if there is a storm going on she heard that someone played games with their dog.

Mum even came in to check if Ilse was alright but saw that Ilse was showing no concern and after the first fright she didn’t run off anymore while it was all going on.

In fact after she had played for a while Ilse went over and stood at the door looking out.

We also recieved some damage to a couple of wattle trees, as one is now permanently tilted and another had a branch broken off.