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My dog is frightened of bangs and fireworks and is refusing to go out!!
What would my answer bank friends recommend? She just gets terrified at this time of year. Many thanks in advance.
What would my answer bank friends recommend? She just gets terrified at this time of year. Many thanks in advance.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Melatonin. Its brilliant stuff and has helped my dogs no end. Its also worth trying a program of desensitisation, but its a bit late to begin this year. Basically you get a CD or download of firework noises and play it very very quietly at some distance from your dog while feeding her treats or playing her favourite game. She should not react to the noise at all if you have got the distance and volume right. VERY SLOWLY you increase the volume and decrease the distance and she should learn that the noises aren't scary. Unfortunately I have got one of the dogs for whom this won't work as he can tell the difference between real and recorded sound. He will sleep through a war film with his head on the tv stand but start to shake on hearing a firework that I can barely hear at all and may not have even noticed.
I am assuming you do all the usual things like making her a den close to you to hide in, playing music or the TV continually, taking her for the last walk of the day early and so on?
I am assuming you do all the usual things like making her a den close to you to hide in, playing music or the TV continually, taking her for the last walk of the day early and so on?
Woof's suggestion is unique… Haven't heard of it before, (I probably slept through it)… on the other hand we've used Benadryl… If you’re skeptical about using Benadryl for dogs make a call your vet which actually you should anytime you are starting a treatment for dog just like you would if you were many give your child a new medication.
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Good luck!
Some report good results with the "Thunder Shirts"… seen here:
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Good luck!
Which suggestion Clanad? the desensitisation or the melatonin? Melatonin is widely used for pet animals in the US....that's where I got my info from. Its clever stuff. used in dogs, it reduces anxiety without producing dopiness.
An interesting article here with some further links
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An interesting article here with some further links
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yup AlwaysConfused you have been very lucky. I used to love storms and enjoy fireworks and have had dogs who didn't give a damn, dogs like my current pair who are literally terrified and dogs who fell somewhere in the middle. Having to deal with dogs who are in blind terror because of thunder or fireworks is no fun at all. I hope your luck holds. If it doesn't please don't adopt the attitude that comforting the dog will make them more fearful, the research shows that it doesn't.
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