stormy night

Apparently my son activated alerts on my phone because at 04:17 this morning I was alerted to a tornado warning. Well that got everybody up, except Missy.  Missy was asleep on the couch and could not see the lightening nor can she hear the thunder.  So I move all of us, including the cats, to an inside bathroom.  Duncan was terrified.  He hates thunderstorms.  Honey was busy being a pest.  Jock was in my lap.  Missy went right back to sleep.  We waited out the storm in the bathroom.  Around 05:30, I rousted everyone and checked to see if it was raining.  It had stopped or at least we had a lull.  I put Missy, Jock and Duncan outside.  They went, took care of business, and shot back inside.  Then it was Honey's turn.  I could not get her outside.  She looked out the door and ran back to her crate and I could not get her out.  I would have had to take the crate apart to get her out.  So, needless to say, I have had a lot of cleaning up to do.

She finally went out about 15 minutes ago.  Ran out and did her business, and almost ran over me getting back inside.  So my hunting dog is afraid of the dark and hates rain.  Yep.  She will do great on the hunt.  But she is only 5 months old, so we will see.

But my Duncan is terrified of bad weather.  I have to sit and hold him when it is storming and he shakes so bad.  I can only guess at what he had to endure in the first part of his life.  He is a very damaged little dog.  But he has a cushy home now.  And always will.