Guardian: Come on in~
Hello~
Even at a glance, this house seems to be full of love, but what’s the problem?
Guardian: We have a dog named Soondae
and we contacted you because we just can’t understand him.
Guardian: Kiddos, come out~
Wow, not just one but three dogs! Multi-dog fambam!
Production crew: Which fella’s the one that has issues?
Guardian: Oh, it’s this doggo right here, Soondae
Today’s star of the day ‘Soondae’
Right paw, right paw, right paw, righto~
Hi-five!
He seems to be on good terms with the guardian, smart and bright
but what do they mean they can’t understand him
And right at that moment,
the mommy guardian’s about to do house chores
and opens the window for ventilation
(Dashes)
He rushes into the room
and searches around the surroundings anxiously
But soon after, mommy comes into the room
and opens the window
Huh?! Soondae runs away again!
Soondae… are you scared of house chores?
I don’t think it’s the house chores but I think he ran away because I opened the window
The window?
Yes, whenever I open the windows he runs away like that
Would it really be because of the windows? Opening the window next to Soondae again
and he runs away like a lightning bolt
Wondered where he’s gone to and he’s in
the restroom… in the corner of the shower stall!
His mommy soothes him, carrying him outside in her arms
but the window’s still open!
And Soondae just looks away…!
and more, he even trembles his body in fear TWT
I don’t know if he’s scared of the window opening or…
scared of the noises coming from outside from the cars and stuff…
Eventually, on this hot summer day
they had no choice but to keep all the doors closed
If I close it, he’ll read the room for a bit
and come out when he deems it’s alright
Soondae, I closed all the windows~
And a moment later, he checks the surroundings stealthily
Only when he checks the windows are closed
he burrows into daddy’s arms
Yummy meal time!
Can’t resist food! Soondae eats up well
Thought he was alright now but,
he disappears all of a sudden!
Soondae, where are you?
Soondae hid again
The guardian didn’t open the window this time… but what’s wrong?!
Whenever I drink water out of this plastic bottle, he runs away like that
Hearing that, when the mommy opened the fridge
Soondae ran away!
But, they say he’s only scared of plastic bottles…
Is that really true? Guardian shows him a tumbler, but he has no reaction!
This time, she shows him a pack of milk but
again, no reaction!
Then, this time… a plastic bottle…
She didn’t even take it out yet, but he looks away!
Soondae doesn’t know what to do, anxious…
Does he have a bad memory of the plastic bottle?
You know how it snaps when you take it out from the fridge
I think it’s the sound of the bottle expanding
He got scared of that sound once so perhaps it’s because of that…?
This sound
That’s reasonable… he’s even scared of opening the window so it makes sense he gets scared of this sound
but, is it something to turn pale for…? It’s just flustering
Thinking about it, we guessed the reason he ran away
to the window opening would be because of the noise
and regarding the plastic bottle,
since he started to get scared of it once he was taken aback once
When we lived in Seoul, a puffed snack cart came often in front of our house
We walked Soondae at 4 or 5 months old a lot and
once during the walk, the mister said “Puffing” and it puffed
Then, he (Soondae) was scared to death, almost passed out…
But the puffed snack cart was pretty close to our place
So I think it might have been because he can hear the sound of the cart…
When Soondae was a pup while taking a stroll,
with the sound “Puffing~!” from the puffed snack cart
he was scared to death of the sound of the puffing machine
Perhaps fear from then developed into a trauma…
Moreover, at the house, they lived in previously
the puffed snack cart was so close they could spot it from their place
Soondae must’ve been so frustrated having to hear the sound that became a trauma to him TwT
After then…even though they moved, whenever they open the window
he ran away, scared to death
But, the problem is this isn’t it…!
I think the biggest problem is that things he’s scared of keep increasing.
He started to get scared of plastic bottle
and so now, even when we walk near the fridge
or even when we prepare food he gets scared.
It’d get worse and we’re worried he’d end up being scared of everything…
Soondae’s scared of more things by the day
Now he even runs and hides even to little noises coming from everyday life
He even runs away
whenever his daddy heads to the kitchen…
Everyday life has become a fear to Soondae TwT. Is there a way to help him?
For the fella, expert Jady made a visit!
As expected, he runs away as the daddy walks toward the window
He’s scared just by walking in this direction?
When he heard the puffed snack machine, that period
overlapped with the first phase of fear
I think it’s possible that
it developed into a situation where he recognizes even the little noises as a sign of danger
Dogs who experienced extreme stress or fear
correlate everyday moments to the specific incident…!
That means, Soondae’s fearful of
any noise that resembles the puffed snack machine
making him hide…
And as that’s expanding to all sorts of sounds… he needs to overcome his fear!
First, he’s very sensitive to noises being made abruptly
He can have the confidence in thinking he can control the environment
in the process of making him know he can create such sounds
and earn something whenever such sounds are made
We’ll have him confront the situation
where he needs to tumble it down
to earn the prize.
Soondae approaches the paper cup tower
As he tries to eat the snacks, the paper cups make a sound and falls
He… doesn’t mind!
He needs to learn himself that even though a big sound is made, it’s not a threat by the prize he earns from it
This time, using plastic cups
letting him try to overcome the sound of plastic bottles that Soondae was so scared of!
Although he’s cautious he doesn’t dodge and touches it
But at that moment!
The cups fall down with a big rumbling sound
But he’s… busy looking for the snacks to eat rather than being scared hahaha
Then this time!
Need to let him realize newly that the memory he has from then is nothing
and let him think happy things can happen when windows open and sounds from outside come in
It’ll be good to let him realize things freshly
It’s time to correct Soondae’s behavior of getting scared every time the window opens!
Daddy gives Soondae a snack after opening the window
This is to plant good memories for Soondae
by giving him snacks repeatedly every time the window opens!
Alright~ this time, an actual test!
Will Soondae be able to overcome his trauma?!
Daddy opens the window carefully
Soondae doesn’t run away!!!
Aw what a good boy, good boy
He eats the snacks well in front of the open window♥
Soondae won’t budge, opening the window again!
This time, mommy heads to the kitchen and brings out a plastic bottle
again, no reaction!
So proud of our precious Soondae!
If we repeat what we learned today a few more times
I think he’ll get even better. I’m so happy
Through this opportunity
I think Soondae will be able to be more at rest now
Soondae, we can push through, right?
Don’t be afraid of the window and plastic bottles! Soondae, cheer up!
Soondae had to fight fear every moment
but forget the memories from the past
and let’s enjoy a bright and fun doggo life~