Dannyalcatraz Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 My mom's new border collie pup is...wierd. While she will come when you call her or whistle for her, there is one tune that really gets her hyped. When I whistle the opening, rising notes of Gustav Holst's "Mars, bringer of War", she comes flying! And she gets very bouncy when she arrives. It's as if the tune is a promise of ponies and presents for her. And no, I didn't train her to do this. I was out in the yard with her, and I whistled for her. She came over, then chased the toy i kicked. We did this for a while before I whistled "Mars". And instantly, that is how she reacted! Hmmmmm... "Mars, bringer of collies?" Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 That's interesting. The only reaction I've seen to music from one of my dogs is when she became unnerved at the beginning of "Tomorrow Never Knows". I've trained one of them to "hang back". When housetraining this one dog, whenever she did her business outside, I'd give her a dog treat when she came back in. I keep them in a large container by the back door. She would come in and go straight to them and put her nose right on top of the lid. What I did was to gently lift her away from it while saying "hang back". After a while, I'd just say it and she'd back off. NOW, I simply put my hand in the container and hold it there, and she'll back off knowing the treat's not coming out until she does. I suppose if I had whistled some tune while pulling her back, that tune would have done the trick later on. If you get my drift.Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 As someone who has raised and trained several border collies I can tell you that they will often do things that seem "weird" vis-a-vis other dogs because they're so bright - almost more like little furry toddlers than dogs in some ways. Safest thing to say is that she just likes "mars, Bringer Of War." Thirty-five years ago when I was first learning to play fiddle, I had a cat named Rudy who got to the point where he would flee from the room, ears flattened, whenever I even picked up the fiddle case! THAT behavior was very understandable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Chad, love that pic of Shari Lewis. Speaks to my childhood. In which my brother, for a thankfully short spell, took clarinet lessons. To her dying day my Mother couldn't understand how the windows never cracked. Just wasn't his thing. Our dog at the time, of undiscernable heritage, didn't care much either. Would run and hide somewhere. One day, my Mom heard this dog scratching frantically at the side door to go out. She never heard him be so eager for the outdoors. When she got to the door to let him out, she noticed he had the handle of my brother's clarinet case in his mouth, looking woefully up at her as if to say, "PLEASE let me bury this thing somewhere!" Sucks that this all happened way before the days of camcorders. I miss all three of them.Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Whitefang, that was truly a good dog, trying to save the family like that. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Chad, love that pic of Shari Lewis. Speaks to my childhood. In which my brother, for a thankfully short spell, took clarinet lessons. To her dying day my Mother couldn't understand how the windows never cracked. Just wasn't his thing. Our dog at the time, of undiscernable heritage, didn't care much either. Would run and hide somewhere. One day, my Mom heard this dog scratching frantically at the side door to go out. She never heard him be so eager for the outdoors. When she got to the door to let him out, she noticed he had the handle of my brother's clarinet case in his mouth, looking woefully up at her as if to say, "PLEASE let me bury this thing somewhere!" Sucks that this all happened way before the days of camcorders. I miss all three of them. Whitefang Loved reading that! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Thanks, Caev. Loved sharing it.Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 My dog howls like a wolf when my daughter plays her harmonica. It's hilarious. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 My dog will stay in the room when I play acoustic but as soon as I start to plug in an electric she gets up and walks out on me...I'm hoping it's not my playing and that it's only because the electric is just a tad louder and it hurts her old ears... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 My dog howls like a wolf when my daughter plays her harmonica. It's hilarious. Way back, when I was in high school, our school had a real pipe organ, set up in the auditorium. One of the teachers had a mutt dog who would come in, sit down, and howl along whenever anyone tried to play the thing. There is no question that he was attempting to accompany the organ - he would sit, back straight, ears erect, facing the array of pipes, as if giving a formal recital. Makes me wonder if Bach had dogs. "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I also have had cats that liked speakers and amplifiers. One cat would always go sit/loaf in front of the stereo speakers and my guitar amps. Later on I had a cat who LOVED speaker cabs. I have a half-open 4x12 (the top half is open so there's kind of a shelf inside) and she would sleep inside while I was playing. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 My dog howls like a wolf when my daughter plays her harmonica. It's hilarious. I think it's a frequency thing. He also does it if whenever an emergency vehicle passes by with a siren. We can also get him to howl if we all start howling. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I've often wondered the same thing about CATS and Stravinsky.Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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