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I have a high strung JRT/Rat Terrier mix who doesnt even flinch with fireworks, thunderstorms, or anything else....
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We see this problem frequently at the vet clinic I work at---anything from destroyed furniture/walls/carpet to indeed jumping through closed windows to get into the house as well to get out of the house...if your dog is high strung enough to get ulcers, you may want to talk to your vet about behavioral therapy/meds as the problem tend to escalate as they get older.
Yup, you may wish for the days when it was just piss and poo! I've seen dogs on Prozac for continual anxiety disorders---our vets tend to use Xanax for the ones who only have issues with T-storms. Again, talk to your vet---there have been reports of dogs actually being scared to death due to cardiac collapse.
Good luck! 
We see this problem frequently at the vet clinic I work at---anything from destroyed furniture/walls/carpet to indeed jumping through closed windows to get into the house as well to get out of the house...if your dog is high strung enough to get ulcers, you may want to talk to your vet about behavioral therapy/meds as the problem tend to escalate as they get older.
Yup, you may wish for the days when it was just piss and poo! I've seen dogs on Prozac for continual anxiety disorders---our vets tend to use Xanax for the ones who only have issues with T-storms. Again, talk to your vet---there have been reports of dogs actually being scared to death due to cardiac collapse. Good luck! 
My border collie heads straight for the tub whenever there is a thunderstorm. Must have seen the PSA that said it was the safest place in the house. The cattle dog couldn't give a s***.
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We see this problem frequently at the vet clinic I work at---anything from destroyed furniture/walls/carpet to indeed jumping through closed windows to get into the house as well to get out of the house...if your dog is high strung enough to get ulcers, you may want to talk to your vet about behavioral therapy/meds as the problem tend to escalate as they get older.
No offense but I am not about to get into a dog that has to take tranquilizers and the like . I love my dog but I know personally where I seperate it in the scheme of things. The way I was brought up I guess with my pop having hunting dogs.
When he had the ulcer he managed to reach under his pen and scarfed down 2 quarts of leaves. He didn't eat or s*** for about two days. I was away on a hunting trip and my wife took him to the animal hospital. They cut him took out the leaves and removed an ulcer. About 3500 dollars later we brought him home. Spent about 550 a few weeks earlier on shots and the treatment of an anal gland absess. By all accounts he should be part bionic for goodness sakes.
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
We see this problem frequently at the vet clinic I work at---anything from destroyed furniture/walls/carpet to indeed jumping through closed windows to get into the house as well to get out of the house...if your dog is high strung enough to get ulcers, you may want to talk to your vet about behavioral therapy/meds as the problem tend to escalate as they get older.
Yep, and I don't think it's even breed specific, some dogs are just neurotic. Heck, Harley was a wiedo in some ways but was a great member of the family.
Just need to find a balance of the whackey behavior and adjust to try it to make it fit your home. (Sounds like you've been already doing this).
I feel what your going through, talk to your vet and good luck.
Iranian Schnouzer?
man reading this thread made me laugh out loud at work.
My Healer and old yellow lab flip the fawk out hard when the fire alarm has the quick chirp for low battery. Mine will chirp once and then not again for days and the lab will seek shelter in the closets and completely cover all clothes with hair and paw at them all as she is trying to make a pill box. we will find all clothes (dry cleaning) on the floor with all the hangers bent from being pulled off the rod.
The healer will hide in the down stairs bathroom or laundry room and will not come out until someone is home and then will never leave your side.
My lab pup will sleep through it all.
Shane
My red healer has a huge complex do to her size, she runs to the edge of the retaining wall at every crosser by growling and then snorts and breathes real heavy out her nose. Then at night if you don't have your thumb on her she will go walking the side walks looking for cats and if a neighbor finds her she comes running back like she does not want me to catch her.
My Healer and old yellow lab flip the fawk out hard when the fire alarm has the quick chirp for low battery. Mine will chirp once and then not again for days and the lab will seek shelter in the closets and completely cover all clothes with hair and paw at them all as she is trying to make a pill box. we will find all clothes (dry cleaning) on the floor with all the hangers bent from being pulled off the rod.
The healer will hide in the down stairs bathroom or laundry room and will not come out until someone is home and then will never leave your side.
My lab pup will sleep through it all.
Shane
My red healer has a huge complex do to her size, she runs to the edge of the retaining wall at every crosser by growling and then snorts and breathes real heavy out her nose. Then at night if you don't have your thumb on her she will go walking the side walks looking for cats and if a neighbor finds her she comes running back like she does not want me to catch her.
My cattle dog (Blue Heeler) is scared to death of thunderstorms. She doesn't s*** herself or anything, but she does whimper and need to be close to me to calm down. I wind up putting her in the kennel everytime. She quits whimpering that way..
Our last Shih-Tzu always freaked during thunderstorms. He would pant, whine and try to get out of the house. Our present Shih-Tzu could care less.
I had a yellow lab we adopted (she was nearly geriactirc when we got her) who would need to be pinned down and restrained during thunderstorms or drugged into an incapacitated state. If we were not home and a storm rolled through, we would come home to massive amounts of descruction. She'd eat anything and everything, including furniture. Once she squeezed past the door into our office where the litterboxes were (we would leave the door ajar with a doorstop keeping it from opening further and letting the dogs in to eat their s***), she panicked, could not get back out and ATE THROUGH THE DOOR to get out, like a shotgun blast. She shat splinter for a few days. Ouch. We tried crating her, she broke off teeth trying to escape. She would go into the closet, pull down clothes, make a pile, piss in it, and bury herself in it. Worst case we ever heard of. One bad storm, she stroked out. That was it for her. The Clomicalm didn't work.
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Argo never s***s in the house. He isn't afraid of anything except the Vet, getting brushed, and the vacuum cleaner. One night when I was living out on the farm, my fan up and died in the middle of the night. As I always do, with my old appliances, I took it out of the window and walked up the hill and set it on the fence. I blasted around twenty 12 gauge rounds right over Argo's head into the dead fan. He didn't bat an eye. Good dog. Too fearless for his own good though...But he is already ten and shows no signs of slowing down.
Actually, I did think of one time that Argo jumped. A few years ago we were living in a cool neighborhood on the East Side of Madison and in the middle of the night we heard the loudest bang that I have ever heard. Argo shot up out a full sleep and yelped, I did the same thing. Nothing came after it and we both fell back to sleep. Morning came around and my neighbor told me that a house up the road had exploded in the middle of the night due to a gas leak. It killed the guy living there and literally blew the house into matchsticks.
Actually, I did think of one time that Argo jumped. A few years ago we were living in a cool neighborhood on the East Side of Madison and in the middle of the night we heard the loudest bang that I have ever heard. Argo shot up out a full sleep and yelped, I did the same thing. Nothing came after it and we both fell back to sleep. Morning came around and my neighbor told me that a house up the road had exploded in the middle of the night due to a gas leak. It killed the guy living there and literally blew the house into matchsticks.
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My mutt couldn't care less about thunder. Lightning struck just outside a couple mornings ago and all she did was perk up and look around. Hell, it's thundering out right now and she's asleep next to me.
Fireworks, however, are a no go.
Saturday is going to be interesting..
Fireworks, however, are a no go.
Saturday is going to be interesting..
My Saint Bernard was a foster dog. He lived with me and we realized he was afraid of thunderstorms. He was adopted out 3 times and returned 3 times. All for damage done during storms. Last count he's been THROUGH 3 walls, 5 doors, and a window.
He's on Xanax. But that's cool, cause we always have Xanax in the house. One for him, one for me...
He's on Xanax. But that's cool, cause we always have Xanax in the house. One for him, one for me...
the only thing my dog doesn't like is bee's
she will hide in the deepest darkest corner if you even make a buzzing noise . other then that she could care less .
she will hide in the deepest darkest corner if you even make a buzzing noise . other then that she could care less .
I feel guilty about the fact that I am totally laughing. Is the dog also afraid of your vibrating dildo?
