Rocky’s reaction to thunder was practically anticlimactic. We finally got some real thunder and lightening yesterday. Rocky was upstairs with me when it started, so I opened the window a little so he could hear and smell better. He stood on the windowsill with his front legs and showed a real interest in the rain. When we’d get a roll of thunder, it appeared as though he was listening to it but because he couldn’t tell exactly what it was or where it came from, he wasn’t interested. I said, “what’s that?” in my puppy voice but he didn’t even cock his head, he just watched the rain and the leaves in the wind.

Later we were downstairs when the second wave of the storm went by and I sat with him at the patio door and we watched the lightening and listened to the thunder. He acted as if it might be television - flashing lights and funny noises coming from some place he didn’t understand. Who cares, said he. In fact, he was far more interested in watching the rain drops roll down the window and “disappear” once they hit the bottom, than he was in thunder or lightening.