David C.Frost Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2002
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Several years ago, one of our handler's house was struck by a tornado. The dog kennel all but disappeared. The dog was found hiding under a concrete block porch several hours later. He was in his kennel when the storm hit. He was a bit dazed and confused but otherwise ok.
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Several years ago, one of our handler's house was struck by a tornado. The dog kennel all but disappeared. The dog was found hiding under a concrete block porch several hours later. He was in his kennel when the storm hit. He was a bit dazed and confused but otherwise ok.
I've seen dogs in the past that had a fear of thunder, yet no reaction to gunfire. I've often felt that fear of thunder is more than just the noise.
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I've wondered if there is a correlation to the barometric pressure associated with a thunder storm effecting a dog's ears. One of our dogs knows a storm is coming loonnng before we realize it.
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I've seen dogs in the past that had a fear of thunder, yet no reaction to gunfire. I've often felt that fear of thunder is more than just the noise.
DFrost
I've wondered if there is a correlation to the barometric pressure associated with a thunder storm effecting a dog's ears. One of our dogs knows a storm is coming loonnng before we realize it.
That's what I've always thought. Barometric pressure, the rumbling from thunder felt by dogs long before we do. The ozone released during lightening provides a olfactory clue to dogs long before we probably detect it. Those are among the reasons I've always felt responsible for some dogs fear. Like gunfire, I believe a dog, if trained early can be desensitized to the situation.
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Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003
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The weird thing is, most dogs afraid of thunder I know of are inside dogs. Ozone is not much of a factor, and the noise is muted somewhat by the walls of the home. How much of a barometric pressure change there is inside a tight home , I don't know. I agree that dogs can be desensitized to it though. I have CDs named "Scary Sounds" that I used on my pup when he was young. At 3 months of age he was out among the fireworks and gunfire without blinking.
I don't think he needed the CDs though because at 10 weeks of age he was in one hell of a lightning and thunderstorm under a tin roofed building that had industrial air compressors kicking on and off every few minutes. He never flinched, even while standing on a metal grate. I was real proud of him.
As far as a PSD afraid of thunder...that would bother me. There are other enviromental noises that sound like thunder. I'd hate to see the dog run from those as well.
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