Many dogs are afraid of thunder so never think you only when your dog climbs the walls, howls, paws to crawl on the doors or ties in the laundry room. Thunderstorms and the associated electrical energy disturbs dogs in most of us do not understand. They feel they come from miles away and begins to walk, before you even know that there is a thunderstorm in the distance.
But how do you help them? Most of the time it seems like they want to calm down, oralso understand your desire to help. Your efforts are avoided and degraded their fear.
Work your dog is frightened by thunder and lightning is not easy and it takes time. Part of the work is to desensitize your dog to the noise and the rest is to make it as comfortable as possible during the storm.
There are CDs and DVDs are available, which emulate the sounds of a thunderstorm. These can be played as often as possible with increasing time, the volume fraction of one.That does not help with the electrical fault, but every bit helps - after all, your dog will not be aversely affected by the noise of a storm.
During a storm, closing the two of you in a room with no windows and thick curtains to block the lightning bolt and turn on the TV or the radio to block the noise will keep the dog quiet. You can still whine and pace, but should miss moments, which are almost normal. Talking with them helps to clam voicesomething to distract them as their own - a bone or a chew. Distraction is an excellent opportunity to work with the fear of the dog, as they can still be a ball of nerves, but they can focus their energy on bone tissue compared to pacing or whining.
There are natural remedies on the market that can help with anxiety problems. Kava Kava is often used for dogs and "Rescue Remedy" is a homeopathic formula that helps with acute discomfort, such as anxiety or shock advised. Talk to your veterinarianNatural remedies are powerful and even though they may seem harmless, observe the side effects or a "kick" that before the administration should your pet.
If the anxiety is very high, this may be the most human thing to calm your dog. It may seem a little 'dramatic, but some of the dogs who suffer from thunder and lightning may hurt themselves or attempt to destroy a house in a place "safe". If you have a multi-dog home, the dogs are fed each other the fearLevel, the escalation of the stress level of the individual animal. Veterinarians often recommend sedation as a treatment for anxiety work by storm as the drug increases the sharpness of the stress and time should take the dog gets used to the storms or insensitive.
A combination of all of the above is really the best plan of action. Among the storm fronts, desensitizing the dog to the sounds of the storm with the Storm CD. If you know a storm front is approaching, will calm your pet, so you know, thatis not affected by an acute emergency situation. Take the dog as comfortable as possible during the storm, so that they realize that they are safe and the storm does not hurt to start.
More importantly, keep your dogs and cats in the house during a thunderstorm! Hospitals and emergency clinics to see the injured and stray animals during a storm (or Fireworks), then another time. Bolts animals in an attempt to move away from the storm and eventually lost, injured or worse. Keep them inside and safe until theStorm is over and the sun shines again.
