Heckling pets?

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Does anyone else have a pet that starts flipping out when you play?

I've got a couple of parrots that go nuts when I start playing. They do it when I play rock band too. Sometimes it's funny, other times it's annoying. The funny one was when one of them starting counting along with the metrenome!

[stickinthemud]

No, my pets ignore me when I play. Kinda hurts my feelings.

A video of that action would be hilarious!

[KevH]

I have 2 cats, they completely ignore my playing!

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Knowing my luck, they'd stop yelling if I tried to video tape it. The dogs ignore it when I play too.

[eric_B]

Funny thread. I posted this on another forum some time ago: when I played my CVP-303 digital piano, my dog used to go sit right behind me and just stare. Very annoying.

No problem when I'm playing my drums on the 2nd floor; she can't walk the stairs...

[Dannyw]

I have 2 cats and they aren't impressed! They tend to leave for the back garden. I must really suck haha

[Alan VEX]

My cats ignore me... the dog goes bonkers... but then again, he's a dumbass.

[Hercules]

I try to fit in an hour of playing after work from 5 -6pm (when work lets me...) - my dog knows when it's time to knock off and have tea (dinner) - she comes downstairs at 5:55 and gives me the message (barks).....I try to think that that she just loves me and is telling me it's time to give her a pat.....but sometimes it's a pain when trying to concentrate on a particular part.

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Actually, the time I sat down on the drums and one of the birds goes "G-- damn it!!" really loud was the funniest one.

[Sicko]

My dog likes to lay under my legs when I play

[Picksorsticks]

Our dog follows me around, she sleeps on a folded up old comforter right next to the drum kit. THAT show some devotion....

[Colquhoun]

When I was a teenager, I had a set of Ludwig Vistalites with power toms. These drums were LOUD.
The family cat would jump and run out of the room when I started playing... the kind of tearing around corners where the cat's feet can't get a grip and go sliding all over the place.
It was really funny then.
I guess I grew up....because it's only a LITTLE funny now.

[Michael Render]

Colquhoun, I complete understand. My cat does the same thing! Funny to watch!

[Some Day Grey]

I've posted a few times before about my cats (now, just one cat) and my drums.

Here is a post about Gizmo, the Himalayan I still have, playing the drums - plus where he enjoys sleeping and hanging out.

http://vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=304935&highlight=gizmo#post304935

There was also a thread about VDrums and cats; I posted there about my former ragdoll cat sleeping in front of the speaker of my Altec system:

http://vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16598

[Relayer]

My dog likes to lay under my legs when I play

Same thing here - very strange. The cats ignore my drumming, but tend to watch if I'm playing keyboards.

Steve