The townhouse we live in has a piece of crap oven and it is very easy to burn food when you cook in it. I started noticing recently that our dog "Mitch" shakes horribly and cowards in the corner whenever something burns and he smells the smallest amount of smoke. I'm not talking about a cloud of smoke, just the smell of something burning and its any kind of smoke. Even the smoke that comes off a blown out candle.And it is not something that passes quickly, he is obvious distress for a significant amount of time. I don't want him to be scared and I really want to know what is causing this. We bought him from a very respectable breeder when he was 10 weeks old and he has never been mistreated in anyway and everything is up to date as far as vet procedures go. I just really don't understand.
2007-03-10 08:33:47 · 6 answers · asked by michael m 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Dog's noses are so much more senstive than human.
And, all animals have an instinctive fear of fire.
Add those together and your little doggie thinks there is a forest fire in the kitchen. He's thinking we have to flee for your lives, but everyone around him is calm. He doesn't know what to do with himself.
The breeder you got him from may not have burned anything during his younger days and he doesn't know that the smell isn't harmful.
Open a window and let the smell out when something burns.
He will eventually get used to it
Good luck.
2007-03-10 08:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a smoke detector in your home? he may have learned to associate the smell of smoke with the noise of the smoke detector going off. The sound of a smoke detector really can scare the heck out of some dogs.
2007-03-10 16:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by OntarioGreys 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All dogs have an instinctive fear of fire, and he is too young to understand that he is in no danger from the stove. Hopefully, he will grow out of it as he gets older.
2007-03-10 16:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some dogs even the tiny ones sence when something is dangerious. He telling you that the smoke is danger!
2007-03-10 16:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Golden gal♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is sensing danger...or he has had a bad experience in his background at some point.
2007-03-10 16:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by basport_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were covered in fur, wouldn't you be deathly afraid of fire?!? It's natural to be worried about fire.
2007-03-10 16:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋