Re: Are any of you pet owners? And do you find it hard to ...

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I have a golden retriever and 4 cats. The dog drives me nuts when she drinks, but I think she does most of her drinking when I'm either asleep or not home, and I can usually tolerate her drinking unless she decides to drink the whole bowl at once. One of the cats has long hair and sometimes makes loud sucking noises when he washes himself that bug me, but in general the animals don't bother me like people do. I've often wondered in my mind if it has anything to do with my knowledge that an animal can't be expected to eat "politely" while a human should know better. A baby sucking doesn't bother me either, but an adult would drive me crazy. The other thing that drives me nuts is my dog's claws on the vinyl floor. Sometimes I have to put her in a different room if she insists on pacing endlessly. I'm looking into the soft paws (covers for claws that are available for cats and dogs) but the ones I ordered are too small, so I haven't put them on her yet. I'm hoping those will decrease the noise of claws on the floor.

Missy

Just curious. Since a lot of people with misophonia tend to withdraw from people (understandably so) I wondered if the rest of you find companionship in pets? Do you have a hard time dealing with pet noises as well?

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I have a golden retriever and 4 cats. The dog drives me nuts when she drinks, but I think she does most of her drinking when I'm either asleep or not home, and I can usually tolerate her drinking unless she decides to drink the whole bowl at once. One of the cats has long hair and sometimes makes loud sucking noises when he washes himself that bug me, but in general the animals don't bother me like people do. I've often wondered in my mind if it has anything to do with my knowledge that an animal can't be expected to eat "politely" while a human should know better. A baby sucking doesn't bother me either, but an adult would drive me crazy. The other thing that drives me nuts is my dog's claws on the vinyl floor. Sometimes I have to put her in a different room if she insists on pacing endlessly. I'm looking into the soft paws (covers for claws that are available for cats and dogs) but the ones I ordered are too small, so I haven't put them on her yet. I'm hoping those will decrease the noise of claws on the floor.

Missy

Just curious. Since a lot of people with misophonia tend to withdraw from people (understandably so) I wondered if the rest of you find companionship in pets? Do you have a hard time dealing with pet noises as well?

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I'm the same way with babies too! I'm raising a 12, 14 & 2 year old (switching

back and forth with their biological parents) and I have noticed that when each

one of them were babies, I didn't mind the smacking one bit. The 2 year old

still doesn't bother me when she does it, but once they hit the age where they

KNOW better, I can't tolerate it. Maybe that's true, we know that pets/babies

don't know better and people do. Makes sense to me. The 12 year old AND 14 year

old often smack (horrificly) on purpose just to upset my sister and I. They

think it's HILARIOUS. Until she wacks them in the head. They'll laugh and laugh

about it. It literally makes me sick to my stomach. I have to get away just to

remain calm. Sometimes when she does break and give them a whack, I feel so

relieved! Not the baby of course, just the older kids. It's insane.

So I guess it isn't so crazy to feel the rage when it's people who know better.

I think that's a little comforting knowing others are the same way.

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> I have a golden retriever and 4 cats. The dog drives me nuts when she

> drinks, but I think she does most of her drinking when I'm either asleep or

not

> home, and I can usually tolerate her drinking unless she decides to drink

> the whole bowl at once. One of the cats has long hair and sometimes makes

> loud sucking noises when he washes himself that bug me, but in general the

> animals don't bother me like people do. I've often wondered in my mind if

> it has anything to do with my knowledge that an animal can't be expected to

> eat " politely " while a human should know better. A baby sucking doesn't

> bother me either, but an adult would drive me crazy. The other thing that

> drives me nuts is my dog's claws on the vinyl floor. Sometimes I have to

> put her in a different room if she insists on pacing endlessly. I'm looking

> into the soft paws (covers for claws that are available for cats and dogs)

> but the ones I ordered are too small, so I haven't put them on her yet.

> I'm hoping those will decrease the noise of claws on the floor.

>

> Missy

>

>

> In a message dated 8/4/2012 1:11:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

> kendra30752@... writes:

>

> Just curious. Since a lot of people with misophonia tend to withdraw from

> people (understandably so) I wondered if the rest of you find companionship

> in pets? Do you have a hard time dealing with pet noises as well?

>