Scared of thunder.

[The Burpster]

This is an odd and individual subject. My oldest not Sprigandor is at 10 still a fantastic peg dog, does t bat an eye lid at gunshot and will sit/lie on a peg without a lead until told to retrieve.
Fireworks and Thunder when in the house have him in a state as a shaking wreck HOWEVER (and this is the odd bit for me), if we are outside (walking or working and there is Thunder, he doesn’t mind at all….

 

[Bowland blades]

As above, my older bitch has developed a real fear of thunder, one rumble and she’s in, sitting on my feet and whining. I wasn’t around yesterday and she ran, turning up at a neighbours in a right state and demanding entry.
When she was younger there was no issue but it’s definitely getting worse as she gets older, she’s 8 now.
She’s not gun shy and generally is pretty unflappable, just this one issue.

Its not the actual bangs its the pressure i think! How come she can run to the neighbours ? That could very well be linked, even a dog that is for protection should be protected itself within its pack i am sure early intervention bringing the dog in with the family in the house or other dogs in the kennel will help is its done before the symptoms occur .
Gun shy and electric storms are very different things.
I had a storm scared dog once , she never liked it from being a pup to old age but was a massive amount calmer if she was with us.

 

[Bowland blades]

This is an odd and individual subject. My oldest not Sprigandor is at 10 still a fantastic peg dog, does t bat an eye lid at gunshot and will sit/lie on a peg without a lead until told to retrieve.
Fireworks and Thunder when in the house have him in a state as a shaking wreck HOWEVER (and this is the odd bit for me), if we are outside (walking or working and there is Thunder, he doesn’t mind at all….

If your ok with it the dog is ok with it or should i say " a lot better when your with it and your cool about the storm "

 

[Dunwaters]

Its not the actual bangs its the pressure i think! How come she can run to the neighbours ? That could very well be linked, even a dog that is for protection should be protected itself within its pack i am sure early intervention bringing the dog in with the family in the house or other dogs in the kennel will help is its done before the symptoms occur .
Gun shy and electric storms are very different things.
I had a storm scared dog once , she never liked it from being a pup to old age but was a massive amount calmer if she was with us.

It’s definitely the bang that triggers her, and she doesn’t run with a destination in mind, she just runs, she turned up at random neighbours but it could have been anywhere.
I have 2 other dogs that aren’t affected.
If I’m around I can console her, but if I’m not around she’s likely to run if she can.