The scariest thing in the world is... A hair dryer? Okay so this pup of mine goes face to face with my horse whenever she gets a chance, she rolls with the biggest dogs on occasion. And isn't afraid of any person. But she is afraid of the hair dryer. I mean terrified of it. She shook for five minutes in my arms after I tried to show it to her after her bath...and it was set on low. You would think I tried to water board her...has anyone else ever tired to blow dry their dog? My old dogs loved the blow dryer. |
LOL Yeah big scary monster:laugh: Mine both don't like it much, but when it's chilly and they're wet, they seem to not mind as much. Mine is pretty quiet as far as blowdryers go, so maybe that's why they're not so scared. NOW the blender, that's a different story:D |
The only other thing she seems afraid of is the vacuum, but even that isn't as scary as a blow dryer. |
Have you ever taken her to a groomer? Sometimes they stick the dogs in a cage and hang a dryer on it to blow them dry. That would be enough to scare any puppy for a life time. If she has never had a bad experience with a dryer then it's going to be slow going. Maybe just leave it on the floor where she will have to walk over it or be near it from time to time. When she gets accustomed to it while it is off then occasionally turn it on when she is not too close. Letting her watch when your other dogs get blown dry might help, too. Puppies that are just experiencing new things can get freaked out easily especially if it is something they were not expecting, like a vacuum. I had a kitten that was playing in the bath tub once when I decided to run the vacuum in there. I didn't see him behind the curtain and the sound was really loud because we have stone floors in there. He freaked out and was kind of trapped in there for a few seconds. He is still very scared when he hears loud noises. |
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I know mine absolutely despise the dryer, but do better with the groomer's mini blower. I'm going to invest in one, it takes foecer to towel dry, cold air on low with dryer and the towel again. |
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Mocha's the same, she's not afraid of big dogs at all, but when it comes to vacuum cleaners, hair dryers or anything that makes a noise similar to that, she will go running. Over the years, she's grown accustomed to the hair dryer and has accepted that it's something that needs to be dealt with; she still flinches when we bring it out, but she no longer runs from it because she knows resistance is futile. ;) The funny thing is, she's afraid of the dryer, and only the dryer, not the person actually using it. If you're holding the dryer, she will inch closer and curl up right against you, like "protect me from the dryer, mommy". |
Buster loves to stick his head out the car window and have the wind blowing on his face but he also afraid of the dryer. I put a diffuser on my blowdryer and he is calmer about it, not thrilled, but much better than without it. |
You might try desensitizing her to the blow dryer by bringing it around at a time you're not using it on her. If she's afraid at the sight of it, keep it off. See how she reacts. If there's fear, put it a little farther away. As soon as you get to a level she tolerates, treat and say good girl. The idea is to slowly build up how much she'll tolerate. Bring it closer. Treat, treat, treat if she doesn't freak out. Once she improves, put her in the bathroom and turn the blow dryer on low on the other side of the room. Treat when she relaxes enough to take the treat. Try to distract her by doing tricks or playing with a toy while the blow dryer is on. Keep building up how much you want her to tolerate. If she has a setback, go back to the last stage. When you do use it on her after a bath, bring out the best treats you can find. If she'll take the treats while you're using the blow dryer on there, you've got it beat. She may never like it, but she should be able to tolerate it. |
How funny. It is definitely interesting to figure out the things that scare them... Luckily my two enjoy being blow dried. |
Gracie never minded the dryer but when I bought some electric clippers to trim her ears and feet with she freaked out! She had been to the groomer and was fine there so I don't know why she was so crazy about the ones I purchased. Maybe they were louder than the ones she is used to?:confused: It took a lot of time to get her to the point where she would let me near her with them. Much like Alaskayorkie describes. I moved very slow. I would let her sniff them while turned off and then turn it on occasionally. I even pretended to trim one of her favorite toys with it. I had never seen her be really afraid of anything before those clippers showed up!:confused: |
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Poor little thing. Callie lays down and loves it but used to not be a big fan of me doing her head even though I would do it from behind so it wouldn't blow in her face and she would turn around and give me an awful glare lol. My moms dog takes off if he hears it. Maybe give her treats while your doing it. |
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