Pippa had always been scared of thunder for reasons unknown to me. She shakes so bad! We used to oooh and awwww and "it's ok" and pet her and try to comfort her, then I started watching the dog whisperer who says you actually reinforce the anxious behavior by doing that. So now I just ignore her and act like everything is normal. Sometimes I turn up the tv or radio and that seems to help. She's not as bad about it now. |