Our dog is terrified by the smell of cooking lamb. She is fine with other cooking odors like beef, chicken, fish, etc. but if she smells lamb cooking, she tucks in her tail, slinks under the furniture and sits there shaking. The last time she got so scared at first whiff that she immediately peed and pooped on the floor. I know that this sounds crazy and if I had not seen it I would not believe it. Has anyone else ever heard of this type of behaviour triggered by a particular odor?
2007-01-31 05:20:48 · 10 answers · asked by fg 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
No, this is weird behaviour. I'd tackle the problem by putting some cooked lamb in her bowl and letting her small it on her own, and then maybe taste it. That may help her get over the fear if she knows that it's yummy.
2007-01-31 05:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, This makes absolute sense. Just as the smell of a certain flower or a perfume or the odor of a campfire can elicit memories in you, so can it do the same for your dog. Unfortunately dogs often get phobias over the weirdest things. And the sense of smell is so strong with them that it could easily bring back a painful memory for your dog. It could be something that you would never think of. Perhaps you were cooking lamb one day and a bee stung your dog. The smell of lamb would bring back that memory and that fear of pain.
I would talk to an animal behviorist about how to systematically desensitize your dog to this phobia of lamb. You can get her past this is handled correctly. You need to be careful not to make it worse though. So talk to a behaviorist. Either that or cook something else from now on.
2007-01-31 05:34:52 · answer #2 · answered by Robin D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog's sense of smell is much much stronger than ours, and she probably reacts to the cooking smell adversely. It's the same reason a lot of dogs freak out (both in good ways and bad) at vets offices. They can smell the other dogs, as well as the medicines and cleaners used in surgeries and such.
It probably won't go away, but you might be able to get her used to it by offering her very small pieces of lamb (cook it in the microwave) and see how she reacts to it. Keep her away from the cooking site if she still freaks out, and see if she'll get any better if you give her some lamb every time you cook it. If she starts to associate the smell with something pleasant and happy, it shouldn't bother her as much. But keep it routine in the beginning, or she won't learn as quickly.
2007-01-31 05:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by chocolateandnuts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dog behaviour can be as wide-ranging as human's. And if humans are scared of weird stuff, why shouldn't a dog be? Dogs also have very sensitive noses. Perhaps she can smell something in the lamb that you can't?
2007-01-31 09:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by phangedphluff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 04:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not because of anything that happened in your dog's past. Two of my dogs don't like it either. Actually, that's an understatement - they're terrified of it. They behave totally irrationally - not like anything I've ever seen with any dog! I've tried researching it and there's some dogs who are very scared of it (seems more prevalent in certain breeds). And there's nothing you can do to de-sensitize them to it. Don't try to feed your dog anything with lamb either - I tried that once and my dog wouldn't even go past his bowl while it was there.
2007-01-31 05:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cooked lamb smells like a good meal to dogs. So the try to act poor and scared, but actually there faking it.They try to act "Cute" and "Lonely" so you will try and give them a bite. to get that to stop happening put her in a room on the opposite side of the house and make sure she has a bone or treats to get her mind off of it!!! Good luck!!!
2007-01-31 05:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it could have been scared by sheep when she was a puppy. when you are going to cook lamb just put her in another area of the house as far away from the kitchen.
2007-01-31 05:29:30 · answer #8 · answered by Skyhoss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cooking smell is weird, but smells in general can be frightening. our dog has been sprayed by a skunk before, and if we even barely smell one, he is in the house or scratching at the door, or out in the open, running the other way.
2007-01-31 06:48:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you adopted her, then it could be a part of her past. Maybe she was treated cruelly, and just connects that smell with her past.
2007-01-31 05:27:55 · answer #10 · answered by Kristin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋