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06-02-2010, 10:01 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Delray Beach, FL
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| Oh The Thunder! Cooper is an emotional dog and has a couple of fears that revolve round loud noises. The thunder terrifies him He finds a corner in any room of the house and just sits up against a wall or door and shakes. He doesn't really want to be held by me. I try to occupy him with a bone, treat or his ball but he really wants nothing to do with anything. He doesn't have a crate or kennel that he likes to go to. Once the thunder is done, he's back to normal. Does anyone have any advice on how I can comfort him or what I should do? It just started raining.
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06-02-2010, 10:29 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | hiya , poppy is not afraid of the thunder but last week we was looking after my mum in laws lhasa apso and she is terrified of the thunder , we just cuddled her and comforted her until it passed over hope this helps , love jill n poppy xx |
06-02-2010, 10:37 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | How about some special treats that only come out when there is thunder? (kong with peanut butter, bully stick...) Music always worked with my grandmother's dog during storms. If all else fails, there's lots of holistic treatments to give the dog preventatively when you know there is a storm coming. |
06-02-2010, 10:54 AM | #4 |
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| Callie is really only afraid of bad thunder little thunder doesnt really bother her. Just holding her dosent work tho what I have found works is to wrap her tight in a towel and hold her to me and she calms. I have seen this anxiety wrap in a few dog catalogs and magazines maybe it would help The Anxiety Wrap™ - End Thunderstorm Fear - A calming product that helps Dogs & Cats overcome their fears and anxieties
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06-02-2010, 11:19 AM | #5 |
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| My Teddy is fearless, except when it comes to thunderstorms. We had a big one recently and now he is afraid of the dark. He is such a sweetheart and it makes me so sad to see him shake or to see him nervous at night. I'm going to try the towel wrap suggested above during our next storm. The pup tent and covered crate have helped ease Teddy's anxiety at night, although he would prefer that I leave on all the lights. |
06-02-2010, 11:27 AM | #6 | |
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06-02-2010, 11:49 AM | #7 | |
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06-02-2010, 12:24 PM | #8 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | Morgan is the exact same way as Cooper. Terrified of thunder and loud noises (bangs, high pitch sounds, and odd random noises). This all started shortly after she turned 2. she's 4 now and nothing i've tried has worked yet. I just bought a Thunder wrap and have been putting it on her the past few times she's been scared of something. I think it is helping a little because she calms down faster. I haven't been able to test it on a really loud thunderstorm yet but i'll let you know how that goes.
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06-02-2010, 01:13 PM | #10 |
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| Wow thanks for all the great ideas. If i knew how to multi quote, i would comment on everyone's comments. oh and yes, that story is sad yet so funny! Cooper is also afraid of the lawnmower. Believe it or not he's also afraid when my partner and I have an argument. Fights are rare and hardly ever get louder than a regular voice but somehow Cooper knows when we have a serious talk! He under a table or sits in a corner shaking. Then i always hear "look what you did to the dog!" LOL. It usually ends the fight with us trying to tell Cooper everything is ok
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06-02-2010, 01:40 PM | #11 | |
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06-02-2010, 01:51 PM | #12 |
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| Aww poor baby, Phoebe freak out with fire works, so I just put the tv or music and usually help her, I try to cover her ears and holder close to me, sorry I couldn't be more help
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06-02-2010, 01:57 PM | #13 |
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| The poor little guy! Not so much that he's afraid of thunder but because you can't comfort him We had our first storm the other night, and it was really bad. Charlie was pretty anxious. I brought him in bed with me (as well as the 11 and 12 year olds who were also scared.) Once he was on the bed cuddled up with one of us he was fine. (And the storm lasted a long time.) Swaddling him in a towel sounds like a good idea. I had a really colicky baby (not regular colic, EXTREME colic,) and swaddling used to help.. |
06-02-2010, 02:08 PM | #14 |
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| Well, today's rain didn't bring thunder but there are storms scheduled all this week. I'll have to do the blanket/shirt thing as I'll be unable to purchase any calming solution immediately. Hopefully that will work. So basically I'm going to dress him, hold him, put soft music on and hold his ears....
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06-02-2010, 02:12 PM | #15 | |
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