Dog fears thunder!
Our 90-lb seven year-old Golden Retriever who is normally very mellow, will pant and whine and try to escape our TT if he hears thunder or a firecracker. What will calm him down? Tranquilizers? Thunde...
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Big Katuna wrote:
Thunder shirts need to be used correctly. If you put it on after the first bolt, it probably won't work at least on many dogs. They simply associate the shirt with thunder.
You should put t on them randomly when it's not stormy and they will associate it with being happy.
Also don't comfort them or treat them like their wounded when the thunder comes. Again, association and thinking something is really wrong. Act normally.
Rescue remedy helped our standard. Our rescue Morkie that was raised in an outside kennel is having a hard time.
I disagree with the statement in bold.
Patricia McConnell --You Can't Reinforce Fear; Dogs and Thunderstorms
Suzanne Clothier--Myth of Reinforcing Fear
