[Genie]

Miss Shiloh was never afraid of thunder until she and I were caught in cannon fire a few years ago!! Our town's Memorial Day Parade Committee came up with the idea that it would be very patriotic to fire off a very loud cannon (I suppose that's the only kind!) many times during the parade. The first couple of times Shiloh was okay, but became more scared with each BOOM till finally we had to go home.

Now she's scared of loud noises--thunder, fireworks, even a train whistle!! But now that she's become so hard of hearing it's less of a problem for her.