My Beagle pants, paces and shakes during Thunderstorms but has started doing it more often at night. Any ideas

Question

She gets herself all worked up with loud noises, storms but lately I cannot figure out what is triggering the episodes. The Vet has given me sedatives but I really don't want to dope her up every night. Any suggestions on how to calm her down or and one know natural suppliments that may help?

Answer 1

putting on calm music might help, and taking her to a large room with no windows might help too - the music will give her something else to listen to besides the storm, and the large room will help her not feel so trapped, plus with no windows she can't see the lightning and rain outside.

Answer 2

It is NOT 'normal' for dogs to be fearful of thunderstorms -- it is often a result of sound sensitivity and sometimes that can get progressively worse - which is sort of what it sounds like. I had a dog once that was this way and she would only feel safe if she was in something -- she got in a 50 gallon empty aquarium once -- or under something -- it actually seemed to hurt her ears.

You can try Rescue Remedy -- it is a homeopathic remedy that seems to help with stressful stuff in some dogs - the tranquilizers aren't a horrible idea as it would be better if she would be calm and learn that the thunderstorms aren't actually going to hurt her (unless it does really hurt her ears like my dog). I would try the tranquilizer at the lowest possible dose that would help her to calm down a bit... It is likely sound sensitivity and is just something genetic that happens and, of course, shouldn't be bred. Also, I had found a thing called 'Calmz' or something like that from Nature's Farmacy -- it was sort of a natural suppliment that was calming - that might help without drugging her too much.

Answer 3

There is a remedy from Bach's Flower remedies called "rescue remedy". Try that. Also try to give him some good mineral supplements. I think that you are right to avoid the sedatives, especially on daily basis. Make sure that he has exercise everyday to burn off anxiety and get tired in a healthy way. I have a dog who is terrified of thunder and fireworks. I just try to be home for him during storms and around the Fourth of July.

It can be hard to help a dog to totally get beyond these fears. Sometimes using TV or radio noise to cover it up helps, but usually not. Acupuncture or acupressure may help, if you can afford it.

Answer 4

I would say if your dog is staying home and having this much anxiety I would ask the vet.. We were given a sedative for our dogs for forth of July and for riding on an air plane.

Be very cautious if you do take your dog on a trip. I gave her the seditave and she was quite tired when we were on our way home....Well later much later I realized the air port also gave her a seditive.. all four legs just spread out on the floor when we tried to allow her to walk..... When we arrived home and collected our baggage and then went to get our dog. We were informed that they were not sure of where the dog was but we had been seperated due to not enough storage on the alternate palne that we had taken home. Then the air port crew asked if I would like the dog delivered to my home in a cab? I said no she did not come in a cab so you call me when she arrives... This was 1:00 am. The called us at 7:30 am. We went straight out to get her and they were feeding her a hamburger when we arrived..Then she could not stand up or walk..She weighed 60 pounds a golden retriever.

Answer 5

My beagle use to do the same when I was younger. We would let her climb in bed with us, let her go outside in the garage with us, or make the thunderstorm a game and run outside in the rain (do not recommend that though I was 13). Most things she was afraid of I could pet her and talk calmly to her and she would calm down..... Is your dog still a puppy?

Answer 6

Create a "safe" place for her, somewhere to hide, like under the bed or inside the closet.

After a while the dog will stop getting scared. This happens only when they are young. They can also pick up your fears, so try and show a relaxed attitude.

Only one of my pets ever showed fear of thunderstorms. It helped that the others did not show fear so she copied them. They are pack animals and will do as others do.

If she is the only one in your house, she will look up to you, her humans for leadership.

Show no fear yourself.

Answer 7

I also have a chihuahua that freaks out for the period of thunderstorms additionally. He have been given so undesirable that he might hyperventilate and his replaced into no longer respiratory right. I have been given diazepam on the vets place of work and now I supply him that earlier a thunderstorm. i will continuously tell whilst one is coming because of the fact approximately 30 to twenty minutes earlier he starts off pacing and freaking out. in the experience that your canine is going into the closet and looks to be comfortable then that's a cushty, risk-free place for him and that's a solid situation. My canine can no longer detect a niche for him to experience risk-free in and merely freaks out consequently I supply him the medicine. i might enable your canine into the closet if that's the place he feels risk-free in the process the thunderstorm. If he starts off to act like that's no longer working regardless of the undeniable fact that that's advisable to think approximately getting drugs because of the fact greater beneficial canine fairly have been regularly occurring to bounce for the period of residing house windows, sliding glass doorways and such for the period of those situations.

Answer 8

My dog is like that with thunderstorms, firecrackers, and any other loud noises. I just hold him and turn the tv up loud so he won't hear them. He hides under the blankets that makes him feel better.

Answer 9

LOL!! i had a beagle for about 16 years and i sorry to tell you but thats what they do! my beagle did the same thing till the storm was over or till he passed out from exhaustion. it's all because there scared.

Answer 10

Its normal for animals to be scared during storms. I would just let him hide and leave it alone until the storm is over. Or you can stay with it and pet it to calm it down. Good luck!