When he was alive, pretty much any loud noise stressed him out. The Navy jet engines on Coronado, motorcycles, fireworks, sirens, gunshots, thunder—you name it.
He wasn’t allowed on the furniture, but one night I woke up to him crawling over me in bed. There was a thunderstorm, and he was terrified. I let stay with me, and we cuddled through the night. When the sun came up, he got down from the bed on his own.
My dog before him had terrible separation anxiety. It took about a year, and a whole lot of destruction, before we established a routine she was comfortable enough with that I could leave for work without her panicking. Even then, anything that disrupted her routine could stress her out.
Both were rescues, and both came with their own fears and anxieties. They just needed patience, consistency, and a little extra love.
Everything stresses Domino out. Especially wind. And it’s pretty much always windy here. Peanut is totally chill, nothing seems to freak her out. But both of them always want to be outside when there’s a thunderstorm, so they can run around and bark at the sky while getting soaked. Idiots.
@Fuzzalini@jitc One of the biggest differences between city dwellers and country ones is how they respond to gunshots and sirens. When I lived in NYC I ignored sirens (unless they were very close) and got worried if I heard gunshots; and living in rural Ohio I get worried about sirens and ignore gunshots (unless they’re very close). The dog, on the other hand, howls at sirens and hides from gunfire so he’s probably the smart one in the household.
@algae1221@Fuzzalini While I didn’t tune them out, sirens definitely became typical background noise when I lived in the city, but even after moving to the country, I’ve never been at ease with gunshots.
@algae1221@Fuzzalini@jitc Meh - living in the country I barely notice gunshots. (Especially now in the fall, during deer & elk hunting seasons.) And sometimes it’s me doing the shooting.
Sirens are much less common and cause for taking notice (especially fire trucks).
Currently without a dog but I’m looking for one to train for a service dog. Anyone know of someone who would donate a Labrador puppy whisper to me.
Any way, most of my dogs were trained for hunting so they were never bothered by sounds.
My foundling pitbull missed us and would whine for about 15 minutes after we left the house. I only know this from my neighbors reports; she thought it was funny that he didn’t bark the whole time but just complained he didn’t get to go too!
realizing that he’s a Cat…
who hates being home alone all day… My Fiancee and i just bought a house, moved in just over a month ago.
She was previously living with her parents, out in the Sticks 45 min away. she brought her 17 yr old outdoor/ Garage cat with her, and he’s now an Indoor house cat.
back “home” there was almost always someone there, her folks are retired, now, she leaves for work @ 3:30 am, and I Leave about an hour later. he’s all alone Until we get home as late as 2-3 PM.
We may have to go to the humane society and get him a friend… (he’s been grooming one of her little stuffed animals, that, while it’s a Dragon, it looks a fair bit like a Little Black Cat…then gets upset when it doesn’t groom him back…)
@earlyre
We had a similar cycle with our cat when we got him (or, more realistically, when he got us). Ended up getting a second kitten and that’s worked out well for us. We live in a rural enough area that we were able to put in a cat door that is chipped to the two cats so only they can use it. Of course, we’re both retired so around the house a good bit, but we also travel a lot. Just got back from 2 weeks leaf-peeping in Vermont/Canada. We have someone come and check on the cats every 3 days or so. Dry food and lots of outdoor water sources mean they don’t have to be tended to daily. There is an indoor litter box available to them but they haven’t used it in a couple of years.
We have friends who recently moved from 40 acres to a ‘house in town’ in a neighborhood. Their outdoor/barn cat went with them. Seems to be adapting pretty well so far.
Always thunder
@Sasha3398 That is one advantage to having a deaf dog - thunder, fireworks, etc. - do not faze him.
I don’t have a dog.
No dog, no dog stress
Yup, no dog.
All of the above.
Amazon….
When he was alive, pretty much any loud noise stressed him out. The Navy jet engines on Coronado, motorcycles, fireworks, sirens, gunshots, thunder—you name it.
He wasn’t allowed on the furniture, but one night I woke up to him crawling over me in bed. There was a thunderstorm, and he was terrified. I let stay with me, and we cuddled through the night. When the sun came up, he got down from the bed on his own.
My dog before him had terrible separation anxiety. It took about a year, and a whole lot of destruction, before we established a routine she was comfortable enough with that I could leave for work without her panicking. Even then, anything that disrupted her routine could stress her out.
Both were rescues, and both came with their own fears and anxieties. They just needed patience, consistency, and a little extra love.
The chickens
Everything stresses Domino out. Especially wind. And it’s pretty much always windy here. Peanut is totally chill, nothing seems to freak her out. But both of them always want to be outside when there’s a thunderstorm, so they can run around and bark at the sky while getting soaked. Idiots.
@Pony well if you had a Cat they would be smart enough NOT to go outside during storms.
That’s the reason Cats Rulz & Dogs drool.
@mycya4me Uh… yeah, I have five cats, thank you very much. The dogs are my husband’s, I pretty much have nothing to do with them.
When I leave…but not for work.
Well I did have a dog when I was kid 5-10. But NOW I am a cat person.
So I DON’T have a Dog, But I can tell you what stress out the cat…
but that is not the Question.
My dogs bark at thunder and fireworks. How dare they make noise!!
@Fuzzalini Mine is scared of both of those, and we live in farm country where it’s not unusual to hear gunshots and those are the worst of all.
@algae1221 @Fuzzalini not for nothin’, but I think it’s pretty understandable to be stressed out by hearing gunshots.
@Fuzzalini @jitc One of the biggest differences between city dwellers and country ones is how they respond to gunshots and sirens. When I lived in NYC I ignored sirens (unless they were very close) and got worried if I heard gunshots; and living in rural Ohio I get worried about sirens and ignore gunshots (unless they’re very close). The dog, on the other hand, howls at sirens and hides from gunfire so he’s probably the smart one in the household.
@algae1221 @Fuzzalini While I didn’t tune them out, sirens definitely became typical background noise when I lived in the city, but even after moving to the country, I’ve never been at ease with gunshots.
@algae1221 @Fuzzalini @jitc
Meh - living in the country I barely notice gunshots. (Especially now in the fall, during deer & elk hunting seasons.) And sometimes it’s me doing the shooting.
Sirens are much less common and cause for taking notice (especially fire trucks).
My dog is a statue. Best dog you could ask for! Never runs away, doesn’t eat too much, and never annoyingly barks at squirrels.
Currently without a dog but I’m looking for one to train for a service dog. Anyone know of someone who would donate a Labrador puppy whisper to me.
Any way, most of my dogs were trained for hunting so they were never bothered by sounds.
My foundling pitbull missed us and would whine for about 15 minutes after we left the house. I only know this from my neighbors reports; she thought it was funny that he didn’t bark the whole time but just complained he didn’t get to go too!
Knowing it doesn’t exist
The wind scares him like crazy.
For one it is pretty much everything except fireworks oddly enough. Car rides though… He has to be sedated for long rides.
The other one gets anxious about the normal things.
No dog
No dogs here
The only way I could do that was if you had to do a lot more work in your life than you do now because you don’t have the money for that kind of work
@bisc1234
Did i miss something?
realizing that he’s a Cat…
who hates being home alone all day… My Fiancee and i just bought a house, moved in just over a month ago.
She was previously living with her parents, out in the Sticks 45 min away. she brought her 17 yr old outdoor/ Garage cat with her, and he’s now an Indoor house cat.
back “home” there was almost always someone there, her folks are retired, now, she leaves for work @ 3:30 am, and I Leave about an hour later. he’s all alone Until we get home as late as 2-3 PM.
We may have to go to the humane society and get him a friend… (he’s been grooming one of her little stuffed animals, that, while it’s a Dragon, it looks a fair bit like a Little Black Cat…then gets upset when it doesn’t groom him back…)
@earlyre
We had a similar cycle with our cat when we got him (or, more realistically, when he got us). Ended up getting a second kitten and that’s worked out well for us. We live in a rural enough area that we were able to put in a cat door that is chipped to the two cats so only they can use it. Of course, we’re both retired so around the house a good bit, but we also travel a lot. Just got back from 2 weeks leaf-peeping in Vermont/Canada. We have someone come and check on the cats every 3 days or so. Dry food and lots of outdoor water sources mean they don’t have to be tended to daily. There is an indoor litter box available to them but they haven’t used it in a couple of years.
We have friends who recently moved from 40 acres to a ‘house in town’ in a neighborhood. Their outdoor/barn cat went with them. Seems to be adapting pretty well so far.