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Login/Join to ParticipatePooh-Bah
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Yesterday I got my first acrylic CJ ball (clear). For whatever reason, I showed it to my dog and shes petrified of it. I showed it to a friend's dog and he was scared of it also. Has anyone else noticed this and/or know why that might be? Im only guessing that it has something to do with their color blindness and it may look strange to them but I really have no idea why they would be scared of such a thing.
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i think it's cause the don't don't know that it works like a lens and distorts what you see though it? i could be wrong... my dog didn't care about my acrylic ball
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I've had a cat freak out alittle each time you isolate it, thats about as close as i can get though. But it is a weird cat anyway
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Mot Stop isolating your cat! That's just mean and nasty!!
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My dog has a phobia of david bowie, thats why
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Awe thats really sweet...I use poi and have 3 jack russells, but unfortunately for me one of my dogs (Trevor) loves them and tries to eat them everytime I practice!! I've found myself having to drive to local sports fields or other wide open spaces so I can just get a bit of practice in!! never mind....his cuddles make up for it, lol
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My dog has a phobia of david bowie, thats why
Is it David Bowie in general, or just the codpiece he wears in Labyrinth?
Most people can stand David Bowie, but that codpiece has been known to clear entire villages within minutes when it gets too close
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I've been in love with David Bowie since I was 5 years old and I wanted to be Hoggle in Labyrinth just so I could fall to my knees and grab his leg
I know he is getting on a bit now, but who could resist the skinny sexy lil bod of Ziggy? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....*le sigh*
Oops sorry! I'll stop making you all feel a bit queasy and shut up now.
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Location: Cornwall/Birmingham, United Kingdom
Skully - I totally agree with you. There's something just irresitably sexy about the man, especially before he had his teeth straightened (I think he's actually had them de-straightened again now - clearly mine was a popular view). Mmmmmmm. David Bowie. Mmmmmm.
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
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Here you go then you pervs
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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
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Location: Cornwall/Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hmmmm. I'm torn between fear and lust.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Ugh. I cant believe this Bowie trash is polluting what would otherwise be a very informative thread... Sigh.
And to think, I dont even need to be practicing this juggling crap. All I gotta do is make a movie and fake it and people will remember me forever!
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Location: Wales
Sorry Icon I think your dog probably is scared of it because it gives her a distorted reflection of herself. That's enough to freak with any dogs head, a ball with a dog inside.
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queen of all the hipsters
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Location: Cornwall/Birmingham, United Kingdom
Interestingly, my dog doesn’t pay any attention to his reflection at all, even when it’s seen in a glass door at night so it could look like there’s another dog out there. I wondered if it was because a reflection doesn’t have a doggy smell, but that doesn’t explain why he’s not interested when he sees himself in a glass door like that, as he wouldn’t be able to smell the other dog anyway. He’s VERY interested if he sees a real dog (or squirrel, badger, interesting leaf, imaginary enemy etc) through the door, so I have no idea why he doesn’t respond to reflections. He’s not normally the brightest, so I’d be surprised if he’d figured out that the reflection isn’t real. Maybe he’s a vampire dog and can’t see his own reflection. I don’t know how he’d respond to an acrylic ball, but I rather imagine he’d be similarly unenthused, unless he decided it was a toy.
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He’s VERY interested if he sees a real dog (or squirrel, badger, interesting leaf, imaginary enemy etc) through the door, so I have no idea why he doesn’t respond to reflections.
Prehaps he isn't vain...
I know guys that find CJ balls fairly weird "Whoah... its upside down and back to front... mental" (he was sober and everything
So maybe dogs freak out because of the crazy reflection, like Skully said.
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Location: USA
my dogs so used to me doing all forms of juggling she doesnt ussualy notice an acyrlic to the head let alone get scared when she see's it. :P
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David Bowie was part of the reason i took up contact juggling (even if it isnt him doing it)
I aint gay. but for bowie.... hhmmm...
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Location: Falmouth, United Kingdom
I was gutted when i found out it was someone elses arms doing Bowies contact juggling in Labryinth. Yep, i was so distrught that i burnt all the pairs of worryingly revealling leggings that i have collected as homage to the man, the legend, the Bowie!
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
ahh labyrinth
my dog was very afraid of the poi...he didn't mind the sock but the tailed ones he used to run and hide from...now he peeks at me from around the corner while i practice...the other night he just went to bed and ignored me while i spinned...
as for reflections, i never hung up my full length mirrors because he likes to have his reflections keep him company during the day when he isn't burrowing in my bed while i am at work
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