The dog is from a rescue centre, is 12 months old and sometimes becomes very agitated at night, looking up at lights and trying to get away from them.
2006-12-11 10:24:58 · 10 answers · asked by CHICK 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
tie one of his toys to a lit flashlight and let him play with it
2006-12-11 10:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to do a Google search on conterconditioning. You could probably use the same methods that others use for thunderstorms - working on gradually building a positive association with the lights. (Are these moving lights?) Can you also give him a visual break by covering the crate he's in? If you have some control over what's scaring him, you can manipulate his environment so that you can desensitize him. Good luck and thanks for rescuing a dog!!!
2006-12-11 10:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by Misa M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awww, god bles him, try leaving lights on during the day too, that way he doenst see them lighting up at once. He was probably terribly abuse and lights just remind him that. Be with him a lot and confort him when you ligth up make him feel secure with you and the lights. have you ask the people you got him from is theres any other thing you can do/Good luck
2006-12-11 10:29:30 · answer #3 · answered by Alex P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something would have worried him early on contained in the hot place, something you under no circumstances knew approximately. i might attempt crating him and see if it reduces his stress, or a minimum of do no longer enable him to p.c.. etc. provide him a mattress of his very own and he has to stay there after bedtime, and ignore approximately all noise he makes. do no longer convenience him or puppy him collectively as he's in this state, purely whilst he calms down. i might additionally provide him a super type of workout contained in the evenings, so he's in simple terms too drained to worry at lighting fixtures out. i'm wondering whether he's getting demanding at noises you do no longer additionally be conscious. I used to have a canines who replaced into petrified of thunder, and each so often she might get scared on sparkling evenings with out threat of thunder. It replaced right into a collectively as previously i found out she replaced into stricken by using the occasional noise of trains shunting a mile away, a noise I under no circumstances gave a concept to.
2016-10-05 04:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he most likely thinks it is another dog or animals trying to get him
put him in a light room and gradually turn off the lights and comfort him
2006-12-11 10:29:14 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the Dog Whisperer.
2006-12-11 10:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Usually the problem is the other way around. You might want to contact your vet to see if they know of an animal psychologist.
2006-12-11 10:28:40 · answer #7 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you should sorta "train" the dog not to
put him by the light, kinda force him by the light, but still far away
then when he is ok with it have him be a little closer and a little bit closer till he isnt afraid of it anymore
^_^
2006-12-11 10:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by patdog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try putting nightlights down at his level it might be that he just needs a little time to adjust to new surroundings speak calmly and lovingly to him he will grow out of it
2006-12-11 10:29:43 · answer #9 · answered by nelle5217 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell the dog to stay calm
2006-12-11 10:26:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋