|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
06-28-2013, 11:27 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! | Fourth of July Hi I have a 5 month old Yorkie and I'm just worried about fourth of july this year. Anyone have any tips on how to calm your yorkie from the firesworks? |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-29-2013, 12:18 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 214
| Draco is 5 months too : ). And best bet is to try to desensitize them to loud sounds. Try to distract them toys, treats, and playing. Kind have to get them used to like you have to do with vacuum, sirens, motorcycles, etc. You can find videos with the same sounds to start them off raising the volume and giving them treats or whatever. I live 2 blocks from a fire station, and 3 from a police station so luckily I don't have to worry about Draco too much and loud noises.
__________________ Lana , Draco Instagram: @PetiteDraco |
06-29-2013, 12:20 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 214
| Also here's a helpful link! Dog Fear of Loud Noises | Dog and Puppy Training
__________________ Lana , Draco Instagram: @PetiteDraco |
06-29-2013, 01:38 AM | #4 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| Ive heard thunder shirts can help i havent tried it even though my jewels gets nervous because she has gotten a little better in time
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
06-29-2013, 04:30 AM | #5 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| Thunder shirt is the only thing that works for my Yorkie. Although it would be best to try and get her not afraid of them sense she is a pup but I don't know all the ways of going about that.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
06-29-2013, 05:53 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,008
| my birthday is 4th of july. I mostly just stay home for my dogs.. they get so scared I could not enjoy myself knowing how scared they would be. One year I went out of town but left them with a friend who lived way out in farm land so that was good.
__________________ Shinja mom to Remy lil Sis to Bailey and Sammy |
06-29-2013, 07:43 AM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,310
| Maybe you will get lucky and your baby won't react. In my town, people are already shooting them off in the evenings. I was worried that Barney, 6 months, would react. He just stops playing for a few seconds, looks up, and then goes back to his business. Anna, 6 years, will look up and bark, but she doesn't get nervous. Max, 14, used to go crazy at loud noises. I read that the best way to handle it is to not react at all. Do not reassure them or they will think that there is a legitimate reason to be afraid. Don't allow them to jump at you or claw at you. We did this with Max and it seems to have helped. Either that or his hearing is too bad for him to hear loud noises. |
06-29-2013, 07:47 AM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: North Ridgeville, Oh. US
Posts: 1,396
| I, too, am a little nervous about fireworks. Bella hates loud noises.
__________________ Kathy & Bella |
06-29-2013, 11:15 AM | #9 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 14,732
| My two go with us on the Fourth of July to the river to watch the fireworks. I have done it since they were puppies, and they usually sleep during the show. I would try to expose her to them and make it a positive experience, so she doesn't fear them. We just had a huuuuge lightning/thunder storm last night and my two couldn't have cared less.
__________________ |
06-29-2013, 01:14 PM | #10 | |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
Posts: 22,140
| Quote:
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis | |
06-29-2013, 09:39 PM | #11 | |
YorkieTalk Newbie! | Quote:
| |
06-29-2013, 09:44 PM | #12 | |
YorkieTalk Newbie! | Quote:
Yeah I will never leave my little Mylah home alone on 4th of July due to the fact that she might freak out even more if no one is home with her. But I definitely don't know if I want to expose her to noise that she will be terrified of...I might just try it and if she gets too scared I will probably end up going back home with her. Thanks for sharing Hope u have a wonderful bday! Happy Early bday | |
06-30-2013, 02:30 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA
Posts: 947
| Tia is HIGHLY afraid of noises, like fireworks and thunder. The thunder shirt does work wonders for her, but she is still afraid. She will not take a treat of any sort and playing the tv loud or having loud music doesn't help. She is scared to death. We had a bad storm today and I had to use the thunder shirt. She was still shaking, but she wasn't freaking (running around like crazy) as much. I purchased mine at Bed Bath N Beyond. |
06-30-2013, 02:49 PM | #14 |
YT 2000 Club Member | We have always taken our babies with us to the fireworks, put them on our laps, sit back, relaxed, had some treats and enjoyed. I guess they thought that was what they were suppose to do to, so they sit back, have a few treat and watch them along with us. They aren't scared of storms either.
__________________ Jasmine's, Prissy's and Maggie Mae's Mommy |
06-30-2013, 04:18 PM | #15 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 822
| I take Heidi to them so she can have a wide variety of experiences & not be fearful. She's usually too excited wanting people to pet & talk to her, that when the big booms go off, she could care less. Sometimes she will look at me like, "Should I be worried about that?" and I'm not worried about it, so she's fine too. ... As long as some one will give HER all the attention that is! LoL
__________________ Karen Love my Heidi. |
Bookmarks |
Tags |
calm, fireworks, loud, tips, yorkie advice |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart