My dog is very scarred of thunderstorms. What can I do for her?

hi there sodapop (57)! happy, my 7-year old japanese spitz is also very frightened of thunderstorms! even the sound of the rain scares her stiff. i keep her inside our bedroom whenever it rains and i let her listen to soft music, mostly classical to calm her. i also hug and talk to her so that she could not hear the sound of the rain. i find this technique effective.

There's nothing you can do,except for what you are doing,comfort and reassure her,keep her comfortable until it's passed

Never reassure a dog when he/she is scared. You are only teaching her/him that it's okay to freak out. My dog (now deceased)was terrified and I ignored him. Eventually he just followed me closesly which was better than having to drag him out from under the lamp table when the storm was over.

Well you have to divert your dog,thats all you can do. Closing all the doors,make her feel warm..Be beside her,so that she wont be scared..and yeah thats a good idea to switch on the music or tv. The most important thing is never leave her alone,even if the storms are strong and if you are besider your dog..it makes a world of difference :)

yeah, even I think that if u make ur dog listen to music , sweet music, it should work.... I hope everthing goed fine with the poor little thing, during the next thunder storm .

Hello My dog has seperation anxiety and I give him anxiety herbal stuff from the health food store or a petfood place. I forget the name of it, but it does work..so maybe it will work for thunderstorms too :)

My mom had a problem with of her dogs, a great pyrenees(140 lbs) & we lived in Florida at the time with almost daily thunderstorms. She would go nuts panting, pacing, trying to crawl and hide in places, just ruined the whole house. She got some "downers" from the vet. Then one of my dogs started acting like that during storms(she was older too), would potty in the house, pant, pace, hide, chewed door knobs trying to get outside of all places....I would just comfort her as best I could. Did try the downers as well for when I wasn't home or if a hurricane was coming, kinda worked, but you have to time it right. Sounds mean and bad, but fortunately for my house's sake and my sanity, she started going deaf....so now it's no longer a problem. There are some herbal remedies they sell that may help, a vet told my mom to try some melatonin-but don't remember the dosage on that, also you can try looking up Bach Flower Remedies(another herbal thing), just comfort her, turn the tv or radio up when it starts thundering, or try a prescription from the vet...not much else you can do. Good luck!!!

I think you are doing the best that you can do for her. She needs that comfort when she is frightened like that. You can call a veterinarian and see if your dog can be prescribed some kind of mild sedative to keep her calmer during the storms. A friend of mine has to do that for her 15 year old baby so that he doesn't get too wound up and end up having a heart attack. The sedative is mild enough that it doesn't harm the dog's system, but it is very effective....he just lays there in his house with a very happy smile on his face as if to say, "Life is good. Let the thunder roll, I could care less." It's pretty cute to see him like that.

hi there my dog too is frighten in a thnderstorm and i also dont know what to do for me i just told her that dont worry im here and it wont enter in our room dunno if she understand but i think when i say that she understand that im there for her and i hug her and kiss her...she hides under a small table so she could hide from the thunderstorm..