[chandracz]

Thank you, I will try this.

Originally Posted by Dame

I have had a lot of luck with desensitization. All you need is a cd or mp3 of what have you of thunderstorms and something to play it on.

What you do, is you put the track on very very low (barely noticeable) for a short period of time at first. It should barely be in the background. Slowly work up the time you're playing it until you're playing it for several hours. (If you dog acts nervous, lower the volume more.) After about a week (or less) you're dog should be getting a bit more used to the sounds, and you can turn up the volume a bit louder. Do the same thing again, slowly increase the time you play it for until you're playing it for several hours at a time.

Increase it again and do the same thing. Eventually you'll be at the point where its a normal volume and he shouldn't be upset about it. The whole idea of doing it this way is that you're teaching your dog that the sound isn't something to fear. This works with any other sounds as well, like vacuums or fireworks.

Sometimes it takes a while, but I've never had a dog I couldn't desensitize yet.