Is Your Dog Afraid Of Thunderstorms...?

Question

Mine is hiding under the bed right now....


"Hey! Chickendog... come out come out... !"

.... oh brother....

Answer 1

OMG....she is such a chickenshit. She will paw at the throw rug until it gets all bunched up...and then try to hide underneith it. She shakes like a wh0re in church.

Answer 2

No. I have three and none of them are afraid of storms.

There are some de-sensitizing tricks you can use. The first is to try to engage the dog in some activity he likes. Chasing a ball. Playing with a toy. Do this anytime there's a storm. It trains the dog to associate the storm with something he likes.

If you can't get him to engage, you can try getting a thunderstorm CD, and playing it low on your stereo, while playing with the dog. Gradually increase the sound while remaining calm and playing with the dog. If he likes being brushed, you can try that too.

Anyway, the key is not to "reward" the dog for being afraid. If you pet him or try to reassure him, you'll only convince him there's a reason he's afraid. If you turn it into play time, then you can break the cycle.

Good luck..it will take awhile and patience

Answer 3

i think your discomfort...my dogs stronger an analogous project over the final 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. I nevertheless can't for the life of me decide the way all of it started, thinking we had her in the time of two summers in North Carolina the place it thunderstorms just about on a daily basis (such as Florida)...besides I did a ton of learn regarding the concern and regrettably i could no longer discover an uncomplicated answer. that's available to break your dogs of traumatic behavior for some issues like the vacuum, working example, or different noises, yet with storms, it oftentimes has to do with the replace of environment. curiously dogs are very mushy to differences in stress and that they could experience whilst a hurricane is coming and react to it in the past you, as a human, even comprehend that's coming! that's actual which you should no longer puppy or attempt to guard your dogs from the hurricane, via fact which could make the concern worse, via fact the dogs thinks the phobia is rational. (i comprehend that's amazingly stressful to ignore regarding the dogs, however!) the only factor i will propose to you is take your dogs to the vet and attempt to get a prescription for some "puppy prozac" (sorry i won't be able to remember the suitable call of the medicine)...the only undesirable factor is (nicely whether you would be able to desire to drug your dogs..) which you would be able to desire to offer it to the dogs a million-2 hours in the past the hurricane starts. how in the international are you meant to comprehend whilst a thunderstorm is coming 2 hours ahead? The pills do no longer remedy the concern, whether it makes it a sprint extra managable. you are able to unquestionably attempt desensitization concepts (consult from a coach or do a sprint diagnosis)...that would paintings surprisingly whilst it includes the digital camera flash (my dogs began hiding from that, too). sturdy success...and in case you detect a answer, enable me comprehend!

Answer 4

Aauuuuuuuuuuuggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We just had one. We have a 120 pound golden retriever, who is the biggest whimp ever. He doesn't hide under the bed, oh heavens no. It'd be a MIRACLE if he did.

He whines and cries, and he will NOT leave you alone. And he isn't just content to lay at your feet, he has to be clawing at you with his like 5 inch long sharp claws and jumping on you, etc etc.

I am covered in scars. All over.

Wanna switch dogs? ... Please?

Answer 5

Yes, he gets so antsy and starts digging everwhere. We had the vet prescribe him doggy xanex but that wasn't enough, because he wouldn't eat once he got worked up. Now we use over the counter Bach rescue spray, just a spritz in you hand and run you hand over the dogs face and nose and it calms him down.

Answer 6

1st thunderstorm we had after getting the dog was late at night. When there was a loud thunderclap I could hear my dog fall off the couch downstairs. She wasn't supposed to be on the couch.

Answer 7

I have a dog Bo.. who about half an hour before a thunder storm.. starts running around the house like a crazzed animal....

Answer 8

My ex-gf is deathly afraid of getting hit by lightening. A thunderstorm hit and we ran to the car. She was opening the door and shoved me out of the way(practically knocking me down) as thunder cracked. I did not mind and I thought it was funny. I was like, "Gee honey, thanks for putting so much value on my life."

DRAGON 2008
"I BELIEVE IN U.S."

Answer 9

Yes, my dog is afraid too, when the storms come the first sound of thunder she is up my @ss , she will follow me very where and panting her @ss of. But I love my Australian dog, she is one of a kind.

Answer 10

Nope