Does anyone know why dogs are scared of random things? my ***** shepherd cross doberman is petrified when i polish the furniture and cant stand it when i move the table across our tiled floor. shes 4 half.It sends her into panic and she shakes from head to tail.
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2006-10-08 03:22:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
How can i get her to overcome her fears? I cant avoid polishing untill she goes out all the time!
2006-10-08 03:27:26 · update #1
It cant be the smell of the polish as i sometimes put her on the balcony but she sits outside the door shaking and staring at me.
2006-10-08 03:28:40 · update #2
She may have had a bad experience in the past which was similar to what you are doing or there might be a noise that we can't hear when you do these things. We can't always understand these things. I have a dog that could care less when I vacuum and the other dog runs and hides as far away as she can from it. Maybe put your dog outside when you do these activities so she won't freak out because she sounds like shes really timid to begin with. Hope this helps.
2006-10-08 03:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by slickshiftin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pritratnik is right. Suppppperrr sensitive to noise and smell and espically shepherd/doberman.
Put felt pads on table legs. This will stop the noise when you move it. As for the furniture, try just dry dusting to see what happens. If that doesnt work maybe its the rag that your using. God only know.....
2006-10-08 10:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by richy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dog's ears and noses are super sensitive. Sounds and smells that are normal to you are extremely uncomfortable for your dog.
Moving furniture makes noise. Polishing it with an oil or spray creates a strong smell.
2006-10-08 10:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My father accidentally shot his Smith & Wesson 45 inside our house once. The bullet went into the floor right by where our dog was sitting. For the rest of her life, all my dad had to go was go to his gun cabinet and she would start growling and raising hell with him, it didn't matter what part of the house she was in, somehow she always knew he was getting near his guns. Dogs are sensitive to certain things, even things that are much less intrusive than a gunshot, and they don't forget certain experiences, like almost getting shot.
2006-10-08 10:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Kelley S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she was brought from another family then maybe they abused her with the sound of all this furniture is moving and remember dogs hearing is 10 times better than ours that is y people buy those whistles specially for dogs cause although we cant hear anything they can hear a normal whistle so it is very surprising to u but this is their natural way of hearing
2006-10-08 10:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by lisakitten13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Smell,It really is borthering your dogs senses that it hurts him!Put him outside{and not were he can sit and shake by smell,Next to door!}Let him have fresh air,When you mUST do your floors.Please give the poor dog abrake!Mummer!Hollywood
2006-10-08 10:34:58 · answer #6 · answered by hollywood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Shepherd's like that when we hoover the floor but he will quite happily stand there if I put the nozzle near him and even let me hoover his loose hairs off his coat.
2006-10-08 14:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you put her outside or in another room with at tv or stereo to drown out the noise while you clean?
2006-10-08 10:30:41 · answer #8 · answered by grrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try holding her and sitting on the furniture for a while before polishing it.
2006-10-08 10:32:36 · answer #9 · answered by maynze2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know...my parent's owned 3 white german shepherds, and the older male was such a whimp!! He was scared of everything. We just babied him his whole life.
2006-10-08 10:29:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋