Do you have a dog that is scared of thunderstorms?

I have a female French Mastiff/ Dogue de Bordeaux that weighs 120 pounds and is just terrified of thunderstorms.. even when it starts to rain she becomes nervous... she will pant like crazy and follow me from room to room.. and sometimes she will even try to hide behind the recliner... I feel sorry for her, although when it is just raining it is kind of funny, bc she is such a big dog and is scared of a little rain!.. she is very sweet.. and we only just recently adopted her a few months ago from a kennel, so I am not sure exactly if she had some kind of thunderstorm related trauma when she was a pup or not... if you do find out any ways to help calm them down during the thunderstorms then please pass it on to me!! bd as i mentioned before she weighs 120 lbs and sometimes during particularly loud thunder it will scare her and she will run and knock over whatever is in her way including end tables, chairs, etc.

We currently have two chihuahuas and one cat,and while the chihuahuas are afraid of most everything,even their shadows,or at least one of them is,they seem to be afraid of really bad thunderstorms,whereas the cat goes about her business as if nothing is going on,and she always has,it is almost as if she does not know,or does not care, that we are having a thunderstorm.

Hi CharRay7! Rado, the bosses dog that lived with me, have been scare to anithing that sounds huge. Every time he hear thunder and fireworks he will run to my room and shakng LOL So cute dog.

My dog is not really scared of thundrstorms. He is pretty mellow as far as that goes. He will sometimes get scared if the thunder is extremely loud, but iif it is just an average storm it doesnt bother him. THe cat is afraid of loud noises but it is more like fireworks that bother him and not thundertorms.

Char,Wow, can I relate! We too had thunderstorms the night before last, and my lab/pitbull, Roxy, has always been very afraid of storms, and also fireworks! The forth of July was also a lot of fun. I have pills to give her, but I don't like giving them to her because she gets very wobbly, she acts like she's incredibly drunk and has a hard time navigating the stairs and jumping up on my bed. (not that she's spoiled or anything). I also bought her some ear plugs, but they don't really do much good because animals can "feel" and smell the storm long before it's close to home. Do you have any suggestions that I have missed? Sue (with...thehourglass)

Hehe,,,,my dog is very scared of thunderstorms,When it comes,they will hide themselves in a gap that we just can't reach to protect,and also they are afraid of the banger,maybe,i think,dogs are mostly hating such noises that make them feel dangerous,and it's a common for them.