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Pet Stories

Thought I'd share a pet story with you.Just recently I puchased some new speakers of which I am very proud of (B&W Nautilus 802's/803's/HTM-1/Velodyne HGS-15 sub). Anyway, after placing them around the living room, much to my dismay I started noticing some stain marks on the lower parts of the grilles. Suspecting the culprit was our six year old miniature pinscher, sure enough I caught him in the act of lifting his leg and relieving himself on one of my beautiful new speakers. After a sound flogging of his posterior I purchased some repellent and sprayed it on them ( it turned out to be an attractant ). Well,after threatening to either have him castrated or hang a clothes pin on him, my wife, who was beside herself defending her poor little darling, found a denim diaper with velcro tabs at the local pet store which she fitted him with and it works great ! It's kinda funny though to see him running around the house in a jock strap (guests get a real kick out of it). Anybody else got any pet stories they want to share ?
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dbw1
173 posts
 
My dog marks in a different way. He is a big great dane with enormous jowls. If I ever sell my speakers I'm sure I'll have a heck of a job removing the drool from the grilles (is that the right word? anyway, the removable thing that protects the front). anyway, he loves to sit right in front of the speakers for certain types of music, and sometimes actually has his mouth ON the speaker, hence the drool. he also shakes drool off his mouth the way most dogs shake off water, so there is drool everywhere in the room (on the ceiling even). hopefully it comes off...

i hope your b&w's aren't permanently damaged. bad smell can really affect one's experience of good listening
bmpnyc
713 posts
 
I found a 10 month old Doberman when I was 16 (named Patton,long story) and brought him home. He could find his way to anything and chew through it. So... my shoes, jackets, pillows, papers, anything, were all fair game. I had my guitar on a stand, and in my mind thought..."you can chew what you want, for now, as I would certainly begin training immediately, but if you so much as sniff that guitar, your out of here". Guess what, he must have had a go at almost everything I owned except...my guitar. They must be psychic. Funny, I could be in another room, and if I so much as thought about giving him a bath, he would try and sneak his way to the farthest reaches of my house. He also liked to "sing", I guess music runs in the family!
gregdavis
9 posts
 
Great stories. I adopted two cats < 1 yr old from a friend moving out of town. Found an herbal spray product called "No-Scratch" (there's also a dog formula) and sprayed furniture, speaker grills, etc. Cats sometimes begin scratching new found, uncoated and recently coated things (I also provide the requisite yelling) , but after they revisit they don't go back. I re-apply only occasionally now.
rcreations
158 posts
 
metal wire crates for the dogs........or the speakers
this works with little tikes (hell on dust caps and cones)as well
cats, procedure known as claws be gone....trip to the vet
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Shortly after having my Vand. 3As upreaded to sigs., we got a part siamese kitten. I've had chickenwire around the 3As since (almost a year)-- that's right, chickenwire. It looks like hell, but does the job-- mids and highs ARE a little "wirey" though. And We've got tinfoil around 2Ces in the family room. But what to do? We like the cat. Cheers? Craig
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