Carpet sparks and scaring hounds?????
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and wondering about carpet sparks friends. OMG! This phenomena has become a real problem for us. I was just wondering howl you deal with it?
Every day and night I walk throughout my home and touch my hounds. It always seems at this time of the year I create sparks.
I will reach down and touch a hound and it generates a spark. Emma never flinches but Chaps acts like I am hurting him. He jumps and flinches. He looks at me like, “Why are you doing that Mommy?” Sometimes I can see the spark. I feel it as well!
Do any of our residents deal with this? Chaps never holds a grudge. But I know he is a bit upset by it. I totally understand that he does not understand.
More just wondering what you think later….Cat, Chaps and Emma
Comments(7)
Ya know, that happens to me in wal-mart every time I pick up a metal can. I try not to buy many goods in cans. Ha! I think shuffling your feet along the floor causes that sometimes. And I think wearing slippers may make it worse. Try touching something else before you touch him and see if that works. I’m sure someone else has a better idea cuz I’m just guessing.
Spraying some Static Guard around the house will help and also a humidifier.
Have to use a humidifier. Just tell Chaps our Miss Riley says he is “Hot Stuff”
Good one Wanda!
We have the same problem here. We have decided to install a whole house humidifier. It will reduce shocks to dogs and kid, and will reduce our heating bills and improve general well-being. Anyway, they are not very expensive and I have a handy-dandy husband who can install it. It has been way too shocking around here!
Great ideas everyone. Also, on a very serious note. I heard that you should never, never, never leave a gas pump unattended by getting back in your car. You can potentially create a static charge by sliding back out of your seat, igniting the gasoline fumes.
Be careful friends!
Cat, it must be your “electric” personality;)! BWHAHAHAHA! Static electricity does hurt–I have also had this happen to me once or twice with the boys. Thanks for the tip about the gas pump–never thought about that!
Mary, Harley, Biggs and Leo