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Storms How do your babies do in storms? Last night was awful teddy kept changin locations as soon as he heard the thunder! Thank goodness he's not terrified! Oh and off topic today my school program was in English so she decided to read our about me pages using random facts and for me she's like ok this person has a yorkie and everyone screamed my name one said yea I knew from Instagram. Oops I seem to be very in love with my baby I talk about him too much! Lol |
Max & Sasha are fine with the storms. Katrina (cat) is petrified. Tries to crawl under the furniture every time it storms. Max and Sasha do not like power tools. We have been doing a lot updating on the house lately and they both go crawl in a corner together when I use a power saw in the garage. |
Storms My boy loathes storms, fireworks or any noise like that. He goes crazy and runs around barking as if he were being assaulted! Nothing I can do to help him. Tried the Thunder Shirt, calming liquids etc, but to no avail. For fireworks that are more predictable, I keep him in a small room with the TV on HIGh MUSIC and sometimes it works. It is so sad as he really is scared. He must have had some bad experience with noise before I adopted him? |
I see you're located in Ohio, "Hello neighbor!" ;) Wasn't that thunderstorm something? Ha! Yazmin usually does very well during storms but there was that one huge, loud "CRACK" of thunder that caused her to arch her back like a cat and her fur was standing on end! Oh my! :eek: |
We are in southern Michigan so we saw the same storm. There was some major bolts by our house |
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I am very lucky that none of my current fur babies are afraid of thunder. Teek came to me being the kind of dog that just doesn't hardly notice thunder at all. Gatlin will let out a low growl when it is really loud to let it know that he didn't like it. Raksha will curl up with you but is not afraid. Rowan on the other hand will bark at the thunder and let it know that he is not afraid! When Raksha and Rowan were little I would go outside and let them see the dump truck while they were getting our dumpster and have them outside when motorcycles went by. My previous dog, Abby was terrified of storms and would be curled up against me if there was any thunder. She is the reason I now have 3 Yorkies. If she hadn't had cancer and passed I wouldn't have my 3 babies I have now. I still miss her, but with these guys around it is hard to be sad over her loss. She was a very special dog and will always hold a place in my heart, but then what dog doesn't? That is funny about your english class and everyone getting it on one fact! LOL. My daughter is 17 and she posts a ton of pics of her puppy on instagram. I don't have instagram (I use facebook) so she will usually also put them on facebook just so I can see them. |
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Cody goes into Cujo mode when he hears thunder,he wants to kill it, same with power tools. Last summer I had to have my roof worked on, they were using a nail gun, one guy came off the roof, laid the gun on the deck and Cody attacked it lol. He's not afraid and shows Mr Thunder with his growling lol. |
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Watching this one with interest and hoping to get some ideas. We realized in July that the rescue we adopted in November is terrified of thunder and lightning. Since our summer monsoon rains hit in July he has been a mess. His whole body trembles, he shakes and pants and paces and can't sit still. It lasts from the first lighting bolt or rumble of thunder until an hour or two after the last one. Sometimes he gets himself so worked up that he will vomit, and he usually also won't eat the next morning after a storm. Rain doesn't bother him at all - its only the thunder and lightning. Things we've tried: Everything but a behaviorist, and that is likely going to be our next step. We've tried the calming stuff like rescue remedy, thunder shirt, keeping him crated in an interior room and playing music or TV loudly, and have now resorted to tranquilizers from our vet. The tranquilizers do work if we can get them in him in time, but they take about an hour to kick in, so by the time we realize a storm is coming, it's too late. And honestly I don't like tranquilizing him anyway. The rain season is nearly over now, but we have to figure something out before the next rain season. Any ideas? Diana |
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Storms I feel for you Diana, your dog sounds like mine in storms and similar noisy situations. Nothing works for him, he runs around the house like it is being invaded and runs to every door trying to get the demons. I have not tried meds, but don't like that idea. Also it is hard to know when the noise will come in a storm etc. I know Cesar had such a dog and he had a van with equipment that could play all kinds of sounds and slowly increased the sound level over several days until the dog accepted the loud noises. But I can't see my doing this procedure! I too would be grateful for any techniques other than meds that might help. It is so distressing to watch my dog when he is so distraught and I cannot help him. As you say, the distress goes on long after the noise has passed. Poor babies. |
Thanks. We feel so bad for him. He did not come from a good place and did not have proper care. We assume he was an "outside dog" where he was before, as he was covered in ticks, was not house trained, not neutered, had never even had his teeth brushed or a grooming, had no inside manners, and was terribly timid and fearful. We've worked long and hard with him, and he's been neutered, checked several times for tick diseases, had a dental, is now house trained and is sweet and lovable. We live in the desert and don't get much rain, so we didn't really have a good storm until July and were shocked when we discovered he had this issue. The last couple of weeks has been awful for him as it has stormed nearly every day. We're desperate to find some way to acclimate him so that he can get through this without pills to knock him out. Diana |
I know what you mean about the meds. It has been a last resort for us. We didn't resort to it until he started getting so worked up that he would throw up and refuse to eat for at least a day. Then, we thought he was ill, so went through a long ordeal with three vet visits trying to figure out what was wrong with his tummy. It finally came down to stress. The tranquilizers do work pretty well. We traveled up to the mountains this weekend, and I gave him one for the car ride before we left because we expected to run into weather along the way. He did great on the drive and through an hour long raging storm without even panting, so that was awesome. I guess we have no choice really, at this point. We got a number for a behaviorist from our vet yesterday but he is closed till Tuesday, so I guess we'll call then and at least see if he has anything to offer. Diana |
Thunder Thank you for saving this poor neglected guy and making him better. Sounds like you have worked long and hard to over come all his issues. You must feel so helpless with the noise problem as all you have tried is not helping. I adopted my dog when he was a year old, and although he was not in that bad a physical shape, he obviously had been mistreated as he has some strange behaviors that are hard to resolve. I am sure his sensitivity to some noises happened due to his history. How is your dog with fireworks and other noises? I can help more with that as I know when they are coming. Luckily we don't have too many thunderstorms in Southern Ca, but we do live near Camp Pendleton, a marine base, and when they have bomb and gun training, the booms really upset my boy. Unhappily the boom booms happen quite a lot and at night too. Aaargh! |
Thunder Wow, that is great that he was calm on your trip......here, the ends surely justified the means:) I have had behaviorists in for my dog and his behaviors, but it was very expensive and time consuming, and I must admit not too successful. From what I saw with Cesar's treatment, desensitizing a dog from the sound problems is not an easy task. However, we have to try everything, and it may work for you....praying it does. Good luck and please let us know how it goes as I am sure we are not alone with this issue. |
I don't think it is the noise as much as something he senses/feels in the air when a storm is coming. Since he lived outside before we adopted him, we think he was probably left to fend for himself no matter what the weather conditions were. Most other noises don't seem to bother him. He sailed right through 4th of July (although the vet suggested I give him a Cerenia, and he slept right through it all) He also seems to work himself into a panic during car rides also. I've tried hard to sensitize him to at least short car rides without much success. Our vet is only four blocks from our house and he manages to work himself into a frenzy by the time we get there. It's funny because he always gets very excited to go in the car, but pants the whole time he's in the car, won't take a treat, won't settle and won't sleep. It's a hassle for us because we have a second home that is about a two hour drive, and we travel there quite often on the weekends. At least with the car rides though, he settles right away as soon as we get where we're going. He doesn't pant and tremble for hours afterwards. Honestly I don't have a lot of hope for the behaviorist either. At least, we don't have a long rainy season. It lasts a couple of months at the end of the summer and rarely rains during the rest of the year. We are about to the end of it now, thankfully. Diana |
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Gracie is good with storms. When she was a pup she used to look at me when she would hear the thunder and I would just pretend I didn't notice so she would settle down and ignore it too. Seems to have worked. She turned 5 this year and still has no interest in thunder.....now bears and racoon are a whole different story.:rolleyes: |
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