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> Practice, Affects On Pets.
sweffling
post Feb 10 2010, 05:24 PM
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When I practice my flute, one of my pets, a parrot goes mad. He begs to come out of his cage, flies straight to my shoulder and sits there the whole time.

Fast passages, staccato and trills make him jump up and down on my shoulder, occasionally nibbling the end of the flute: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/woot.gif) he gets very excited and his eyes dilate and contract like mad!!

The highest register also get him going! The other parrot is unmoved by my practice and couldn't care less.

Thinking back to my teens, a long time ago! there was no action from our cats or dog when I played the violin, but when I practiced my clarinet, the dog howled until I stopped. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blues.gif)

I was wondering whether any of you have similar tales about pets reacting to music, either in apparent pleasure or pain!
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post Feb 10 2010, 05:32 PM
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Our dog doens't react to the music but she does try to stick her nose up the bell of the Oboe. We once caught her running round with a Recoder in her mouth, luckily it was in it's case.

She really jumps out of her skin if the CD player is used as accompaniment. She doesn't like the guy who counts in on the Jazz cd's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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sweffling   Practice, Affects On Pets.   Feb 10 2010, 05:24 PM
notmusimum   Our dog doens't react to the music but she doe...   Feb 10 2010, 05:32 PM
sweffling   Our dog doens't react to the music but she do...   Feb 10 2010, 05:53 PM
astrakhan   My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do ...   Feb 10 2010, 05:44 PM
sweffling   My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do...   Feb 10 2010, 06:00 PM
pushpull   My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do...   Feb 10 2010, 06:00 PM
pushpull   I was wondering whether any of you have similar t...   Feb 10 2010, 05:57 PM
sweffling   [quote name='sweffling' post='921863' date='Feb 1...   Feb 10 2010, 11:07 PM
Juniper   [quote name='sweffling' post='921863' date='Feb ...   Feb 10 2010, 11:11 PM
Vitula   I have to use a mute when I practice my violin as ...   Feb 10 2010, 06:25 PM
sbhoa   No pets but my granddaughter generally says 'p...   Feb 10 2010, 06:30 PM
pushpull   No pets but my granddaughter generally says ...   Feb 10 2010, 06:32 PM
Juniper   I am a foster mum to my friend's parrot for ei...   Feb 10 2010, 07:42 PM
The Old Lady   My ginger tom used to meow and rub around my legs....   Feb 10 2010, 07:59 PM
AshyAsh   When my violin comes out my dog tends to smell my ...   Feb 10 2010, 08:17 PM
Fran*Piano   No pets here, but my oboe playing seems to charm ...   Feb 10 2010, 08:37 PM
Viola_Babe   My cat used to run out of the room every time I st...   Feb 10 2010, 08:43 PM
Crotchetymum   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he pl...   Feb 10 2010, 08:59 PM
sweffling   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he p...   Feb 10 2010, 10:37 PM
Clari-Netty   i have six pet rats, all adorable little angels...   Feb 10 2010, 11:10 PM
sweffling   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he p...   Feb 10 2010, 11:26 PM
Juniper   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he ...   Feb 10 2010, 11:32 PM
sweffling   [quote name='sweffling' post='921997' date='Feb 1...   Feb 10 2010, 11:48 PM
Clari-Netty   [quote name='Clari-Netty' post='921965' dat...   Feb 12 2010, 06:09 PM
Flossie   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he p...   Feb 10 2010, 11:52 PM
Clari-Netty   i have six pet rats, all adorable little angels. a...   Feb 10 2010, 10:20 PM
Clari Nicki1   My dog rolls around on the floor if anyone practic...   Feb 11 2010, 07:59 AM
oboe d'amore   I was reading with interest abount parrot! We...   Feb 11 2010, 08:29 AM
Maizie   Rats are downstairs, whereas I play upstairs, so I...   Feb 11 2010, 08:45 AM
Aquarelle   When I was at school I lived for a while with my g...   Feb 11 2010, 11:19 AM
Banjogirl   Not a pet, but my baby son used to howl inconsolab...   Feb 11 2010, 12:10 PM
schraeubchen   One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he p...   Feb 11 2010, 12:11 PM
saxophile   Our cat appears to like piano and will usually hap...   Feb 11 2010, 02:01 PM
sweffling   What lovely anecdotes from everyone! I reckon...   Feb 11 2010, 06:10 PM
jazzycat   My cat [on my profile pic] likes the piano and alw...   Feb 12 2010, 10:56 AM
schraeubchen   'I'm trying not to take it personally :) ...   Feb 12 2010, 01:26 PM
viola-mad   'I'm trying not to take it personally :) ...   Feb 12 2010, 04:05 PM
sweffling   My cat likes the piano and always sits with me w...   Feb 12 2010, 09:35 PM
Clari-Netty   Thanks so much Clari-Netty: I've just arrive...   Feb 12 2010, 10:07 PM
sweffling   Thanks so much Clari-Netty: I've just arriv...   Feb 17 2010, 07:27 PM
Clari-Netty   [quote name='Clari-Netty' post='922662' date...   Feb 18 2010, 09:12 PM
jazzycat   [quote name='jazzycat' post='922408' date='Feb 12...   Feb 13 2010, 08:14 PM
sweffling   [quote name='jazzycat' post='922408' date='Feb 1...   Feb 13 2010, 10:30 PM
Susie   Well we haven't moved the hamster out when dau...   Feb 12 2010, 08:07 PM
violinma   The spaniel of a friend of mine used to walk round...   Feb 18 2010, 03:21 PM
sweffling   The spaniel of a friend of mine used to walk roun...   Feb 23 2010, 09:00 AM
Maizie   Just came across this... http://www.howtopractice...   Feb 19 2010, 02:35 PM
dolce@piano   When our choir gets together, our big, old fluffy ...   Feb 19 2010, 06:32 PM
notmusimum   My Gran had a dog who howled along to the Coronati...   Feb 23 2010, 10:18 AM
chocolatedog   Yellow dog used to lie under the piano as a pup, w...   Feb 23 2010, 08:24 PM
sweffling   Yellow dog used to lie under the piano as a pup, ...   Feb 23 2010, 10:18 PM
Lemontree   That parrot sounds hillarious! My friends dog...   Feb 25 2010, 08:43 PM
Juniper   That parrot sounds hillarious! My friends do...   Feb 25 2010, 08:55 PM
The Old Lady   My Aunt Margaret used to sing "With her head ...   Feb 26 2010, 01:26 PM
sbhoa   Best one I've witnessed was the dog who joined...   Feb 26 2010, 04:05 PM
The Old Lady   Completely cured my emotional response to Abide w...   Feb 26 2010, 04:40 PM
scotliz   My old dog used to start barking when I played the...   Feb 26 2010, 05:50 PM

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