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Originally Posted by Angelia88  My 1 year old sweet girl, Fluffi, was in the living room and my son was playing with a flash light. He was playing and shined it up at the ceiling and then at Fluffi. She has been traumatized since  I am so worried. She is now terrified to be in the living room and if there is any flashing on the tv or anything she is shaking and panting. Please help me know how to help her? |
Oh my goodness. That is so odd. Did it blind her for a second? I mean, was the light put directly towards her eyes? (like when we get a flash of light, you know how we see spots?) I could imagine that could scare an animal into thinking that flashing lights will take their sight away. Poor Fluffi!!
I don't have any advice except to just keep comforting her. Try to undo what was done. If she is associating the living room and the tv flashing to sudden eye sight loss, then help her associate it with good stuff instead. This will take consistency and time. Think of you being afraid of something and how long it would take you to face that fear.
Give her a treat and praise every time she enters the living room. Start with just a step in and step out. Do that several times a day for a few days and then gradually expand the length of time you stay in there with her.
I'm not sure what to do about the tv thing, though.
We have a lady named, Jeanie here (her screen name is yorkietalkjilly). Hopefully she will see this and post. She is very very good with understanding animal behavior and helping the owner work with the pup on those behaviors.