Dog Terrified of Smoke Smell
Hello! I'm new to these forums as we just got our truck camper on Saturday. We had a 5th wheel before that and a motorhome before that. Last summer, due to my work (which I have now left), we didn'...
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K9Intruder wrote:
Beautiful pack you have. My suggestion is to gradually make a very very small fire before you go camping and do something fun father away from it, so he relates it to something positive. Do that a few days, then slowly get a little closer but keeping it FUN ALWAYS. If you see him get scared, go further away, keeping it fun. DON'T force him...he needs to gain trust in you and when he's close to smoke it'll be fun. You want his camping trip to be just as fun as yours. Always leave off on a positive note with him and the smoke/fire. Is he a rescue? Maybe he was in a house fire. Just go slow. Trust is better than tranquilizers. Best of luck!
By the way, thank you...they think they're beautiful. :) I should also mention that the first time he got scared I was reseasoning some cast iron and it started to smoke and then all heck broke loose! The next time was when some neighbors had a fire in their fire pit. Now if something starts to smoke (it doesn't happen a lot, but...) I start to feed him whatever I'm making so he'll relate the smell to good food.
