Practice, Affects On Pets. Options

[sweffling]

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!

[notmusimum]

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)

[astrakhan]

My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do the hamsters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I remember my last dog going crazy when a friend of my sister's started playing the bagpipes, understandable really, given the nature of the sound it makes.

Bagpipes + dog = not a good combination I fear... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Are there any bagpipe players on the forum?

[sweffling]

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)

I think that sticking her nose up the bell of the Oboe is getting dangerously kinky (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) and its very interesting that she has a view on the guy on the Jazz CDs, I knew that dogs went very much on smell but did not realise that human voices were important too.

[Arundodonuts]

I was wondering whether any of you have similar tales about pets reacting to music, either in apparent pleasure or pain!

No pets here, but my oboe playing seems to charm the birds from the trees. Actually I think they are just coming down to help the poor, unfortunate creature that is in such obvious distress.

[sweffling]

My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do the hamsters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I remember my last dog going crazy when a friend of my sister's started playing the bagpipes, understandable really, given the nature of the sound it makes.

Bagpipes + dog = not a good combination I fear... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Are there any bagpipe players on the forum?

One of our dogs moans and then howls when he hears a baby or a lamb. Perhaps the bagpipes sound rather too much like someone in pain? Or a more tactful wording would be, perhaps bagpipes badly played sound rather like someone in pain to a dog. Clearly I don't know what I am talking about here, but there is surely a strong element of wind involved in playing the bagpipes and I wonder whether some acoustic sounds from the baby crying or the lamb bleating involve the same use of wind.

[Arundodonuts]

My current dog seems unmoved by my efforts, as do the hamsters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I remember my last dog going crazy when a friend of my sister's started playing the bagpipes, understandable really, given the nature of the sound it makes.

Bagpipes + dog = not a good combination I fear... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Are there any bagpipe players on the forum?

Well it depends what you mean by play. I have had a go on the Northumbrian Smallpipes (so much sweeter than those brash, "look at me" Highland jobs) and Mrs. P. does have a rather splendid set it the house. But play? Hmm.

[Vitula]

I have to use a mute when I practice my violin as the neighbours dog starts howling if I dont. Apparantly it is 'right on his pitch'!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[sbhoa]

No pets but my granddaughter generally says 'put it away' whenever I get the clarinet out.
A couple of weeks ago she even ran crying to her granddad when I started to play.
Luckily my teacher hasn't done that.... yet....
Piano is tricky too as she wants to join in.

[Arundodonuts]

No pets but my granddaughter generally says 'put it away' whenever I get the clarinet out.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Clearly going to grow up to be an oboist.

[Juniper]

I am a foster mum to my friend's parrot for eight weeks of the year. If I sing in my normal range (C below middle C to the C above) he couldn't care less. If I sing higher he also goes mad, eyes going and nodding his head, not sure if he thinks it's a mating call (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
I practice the trumpet well away from him, that beak is sharp!!

My dogs don't care about either but if one thinks I've been practising too long he'll continually push his nose under my arm, he doesn't like that getting more attention than him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[The Old Lady]

My ginger tom used to meow and rub around my legs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Unsure if it was pain or pleasure.
I know LIzzy Violin's dog howls. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[AshyAsh]

When my violin comes out my dog tends to smell my case as i put it down before running as far as possible in the house away from it. He doesn't seem to like the violin much

[Fran*Piano]

No pets here, but my oboe playing seems to charm the birds from the trees. Actually I think they are just coming down to help the poor, unfortunate creature that is in such obvious distress.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I'm sure it's the former reason pushpull (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

My friend's cat is hilarious, we both are beginner violinists and she thinks it's okay to jump up and attack the scroll's of our violins whenever we play above the E string (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Viola_Babe]

My cat used to run out of the room every time I started to play the viola, but stopped when I got to about Grade 4/5. Now he only runs if I go into the higher positions. I'm beginning to wonder whether he can sense out-of-tune notes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)