Dogs & storms (NBR)

austenfan919 · June 2013

Our dog is freaked out by thunderstorms (and any loud noise, really, but thunderstorms last longer, so it's more of an issue). He normally sleeps in the living room and the bedrooms are baby-gated off from him, but during a night storm, he whines and barks at the gate until DH goes and sleeps on the couch. We've had storms for like a week straight, so it's getting old.

Has anyone had any success in keeping calming a scared dog during storms? What did you do?

MrsWhipple · June 2013

My IL's dog gets like that during storms. Their vet told them to give him Benadryl if they know a storm is coming. It seems to help.

daniellelovesjacob · June 2013

We have two dogs. Our 5 year old golden retriever is terrified of storms. If she hears thunder she goes directly under our bed and doesn't come out until it's done. Friday morning it was storming and neither my husband or I could get her out to go to the bathroom before we went to work. She held her bladdar for 16 hours until I got home for lunch. Our golden doodle could care less about thunder. They are two completely different dogs.

DemoDoll · June 2013

Our dog is the same way but he sleeps in our bed so he sits there And uncontrollably shakes and he sticks his tongue out and drools all over from being nervous. We usually make him go in our bathroom and he lays in the shower, I think he feels protected there because the shower is small.

britvahok · June 2013

Maybe the thunder shirt will work. I've never used it for my dog but my coworker has . Her dog would freak out on car rides, storms, etc and now they don't have that issue anymore.

austenfan919 · June 2013

britvahok:
Maybe the thunder shirt will work. I've never used it for my dog but my coworker has . Her dog would freak out on car rides, storms, etc and now they don't have that issue anymore.

That was something I thought of...has anyone else used it? I want to know it is worth the price before buying it.

smile50208 · June 2013

austenfan919:
britvahok:
Maybe the thunder shirt will work. I've never used it for my dog but my coworker has . Her dog would freak out on car rides, storms, etc and now they don't have that issue anymore.
That was something I thought of...has anyone else used it? I want to know it is worth the price before buying it.

My dog is fine for storms just not new people. The shirt didn't seem to work for us.

My brother is a vet. He said he has seen 50/50 results on the thundershirts.