@aquadoodle Pretty sure my dog feels the low pressure from storms. When I see her start shaking and looking stressed, I'll check the storm radar map on my phone and there will be a lightning storm about 15 minutes away from reaching us.
@beslowtoanger I just have a corgi whose basic disposition is "stoked". we had an earthquake the other day and he thought it was awesome.
it's not advice, but he's pretty funny except for when he doesn't realise another dog is trying to kill him and it isn't just REALLY INTENSE (and maybe the best ever?) playing.
@themancalledv Kinda like boxers or wrestlers. To them, it is an exciting game, since they have seen it so much. To the rest of us, getting hit would be traumatic.
@beslowtoanger I got my rescue right before the initial lockdowns, for whatever reason Cambridge had a ton of fireworks going off at the time. We also lived near construction (big building construction) and had a bunch of noise from that... She's not a very confident dog and a we're working on that, but fireworks and lightning aren't a problem.
@michael972 Oh man the lockdown fireworks ... We also picked up our new-to-us dog right at the beginning of lockdowns. By the end of the summer she definitely didn't give a waaat about fireworks but, unfortunately, she also is pretty anxious around other unfamiliar sounds
@beslowtoanger We did this with ours unintentionally lol we happened to have renovations going on at our house when we got her at 10 weeks, and she slept through it daily. Now she’s hardly fazed by similar noises at 8 months!
@beslowtoanger We did this, as well as baby noises/ crying when we were expecting our little one. They don't react to anything anymore which is amazing! Except when we had someone wondering around our yard and they still didn't make a peep....
@beslowtoanger Wow this is really smart. I am super grateful that my dog is not afraid of any noises such as thunderstorms or fire works. All of my friends dogs are and it's so sad to see them so scared.
@beslowtoanger I am brought back to the memory of someone on here saying they did this, and now they have to play fireworks sounds for the puppy to fall asleep
@beslowtoanger We did have our girl around the motorcycle and dirt bike when she was a pup so sounds like these or fireworks don't bother her at all. But large garbage cans? Nope, those are too scary.
@beslowtoanger “Avenger” movies work for me. I have a new pup (10 weeks) and she’s already used to it. But, I think I’ll try the thunder videos too. I didn’t know they existed. Thanks for the tip.
@beslowtoanger What a great idea! My dog a little older, but we may be listening to fireworks YouTube videos today…..
My pup was a stray. I have been using thunderstorm sleeping sounds to sleep forever and I turned them on out of habit. His first night, he was a little apprehensive about the sounds, but was so truly exhausted he passed out. Now when he hears a thunderstorm, he tries to get me to go to bed!
@beslowtoanger This is off topic but I worked at a daycare and I'd vacuum/play music while the babies/toddlers were asleep. I got them so used to all my noise they'd sleep through the night for their parents.
@beslowtoanger They prohibited official and privat firework of any kind this year (especially because they don't want to deal with the extra patients in hospitals because COVID). So finally relaxed NYE for all the pups around here.
... We also picked up our new-to-us dog right at the beginning of lockdowns. By the end of the summer she definitely didn't give a waaat about fireworks but, unfortunately, she also is pretty anxious around other unfamiliar sounds