One of the problems is that the very thing we do that feels natural, is to comfort them, we think this helps, but it actually makes a dog feel more anxious, because they then feel there is a reason to be afraid. Behaviorists say that the best way is to act like nothing is going on; no baby talk! Distracting them is fine, but try to act as normal as possible. We don' really get many thunderstorms in AZ, and I'm glad, because I think I would make Joey too afraid of them, they still scare me. |