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03-24-2009, 08:34 PM | #1 |
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| Dog afraid of wind One of my dogs are afraid of the wind. He's new to my home and is 14 weeks old. This is windy season and even the slightest breeze when I open the door to take him out scares the daylights out of him. I think its the feeling of his fur blowing that scares him & on top of the sound of the trees. He acts like a cat fixin to get a bath! He wraps his little paws around my arms and doesnt want to be put down to go potty. When I can finally peel his paws from around my arms and hands and put him down, he darts for the door to go back inside. I am having a hard time getting him to stay out long enough to go potty. I've tried to get him to follow me outside, but he refuses to come. We have about another month of windy season, but seems like he's gonna be really hard to potty train due to his fear of the wind and sound of it. Its not even strong wind, just a breeze. All I can try to do is soothe him when he's scared, but I dont want him milking it for all its worth and dragging this out longer than necessary haha. He's also afraid of shadows of trees coming through the windows in the afternoons and barks all afternoon at the windows. Any ideas on how to break this poor guys' fear of wind? or tree shadows?? I love him to death and I know he's still adjusting, but Im curious if anyone else has had this problem and if so, what did they do to help their little one along. |
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03-24-2009, 09:03 PM | #2 |
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| Hot Rod has gotten better but he never like the wind around him. When we first got him at 15 weeks he didn't like any bit of wind, he would hide. He's still not thrilled about it but he is better about it. He's 18 mos now.
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03-24-2009, 09:40 PM | #3 |
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| [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]My Yorkie is not afraid of the wind but of loud sounds. I feel like I can relate to your situation. When he heard a loud sound, he would run to the top of the stairs and would not come down the stair when called. My family use to console him when he went up the stairs, but then he started running up the stairs for every sound he heard. My family had to ignore him when he ran up the stairs when he heard a loud sound. He liked the attention he got from running up the stairs. We pretended we were having so much fun playing with my other dog that made him want to come downstairs. He does not like another dog getting all of the attention. Now he does not run upstairs anymore when he hears a loud sound. When my dog hears a loud sound that scares him outside, I distract him by saying phrases that get him excited. He likes it when I cheer for him. If my dog were afraid of the wind, then I would take him outside to go potty by using a leash. Then I could stop him from running to the door when he hears a loud sound. Last edited by JoshieBoy; 03-24-2009 at 09:45 PM. |
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