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Fear

Noise sensitive Labrador reacts to any sudden sound. Fireworks and bangs are the worst.

They have had Jake since he was a puppy. He’s now four years old.   The couple have theories about why he’s quite so noise sensitive. As a puppy a closed crate crashed down beside him and sent him running and hiding. It’s very possible this happened during a fear Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 3 monthsMarch 2, 2022 ago
Fear

PTSD caused by one loud bang in mid-afternoon has ruined walks

Laddie has always been a sensitive dog but he loved going out, he loved his walks and he also was happy to meet people and most other dogs. That has now all changed. It took just one careless firework set off behind their fence in an afternoon to terrify the Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 monthsJanuary 12, 2022 ago
Fear

Unexpected Fireworks. Panic. Destruction. Injured his Mouth

I have brought this story forward as it is very relevant at the moment with the approach of November 5th.

Unexpected fireworks have blighted the lives of so many dogs.

Poor Kenzo. (more…)

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsOctober 17, 2018 ago
Fear

Bang of Exploding Firework. Now Scared of Going Out.

.A big bang started it all. Millie is no longer the carefree and happy dog that she was.  Already sensitised last November, an unexpected and close firework explosion at New Year when out on a walk did the rest. Now the six-year-old Collie Corgi mix spends most of her time Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsApril 25, 2018 ago
Fear

Poo Indoors. Emotions-Bowels Connection?

To poo indoors once seemed the natural thing for the twelve-year-old Tibetan Terrier. Tipsy was a breeding bitch who had lived in kennels for the first five years of her life. It took them a year to house-train her, but that was now six years ago. Why poo indoors now? Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsDecember 12, 2017 ago
Fear

Spooked by Bangs. On High Alert.

I had a lovely greeting from Staffie Rio. Too lovely, really, considering he had never met me before. Exaggerated welcomes, particularly with people the dog doesn’t know, may not be pure pleasure but involve some anxiety. Rio went back and forth, wagging his tail and sitting between my legs. He Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsDecember 3, 2017 ago
Fear

Great Progress with Dog Scared of Bangs

Nearly two months ago I visited Poppy, a five-year-old Labrador who seemed constantly haunted by every sound she heard from loud bangs to things we couldn’t even hear ourselves. It probably started with a firework a couple of years ago. Click here for her story. Often Poppy would refuse to Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 7 yearsDecember 1, 2014 ago
Fear

Scared of Bangs and sounds

I could see immediately that Poppy was a very worried dog. After an initial uncertainty she was friendly, if reserved, but throughout the evening it was like she kept hearing sounds that no human could hear. She is constantly ill at ease, looking to hide or escape upstairs. Five-year-old Chocolate Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 8 yearsOctober 5, 2014 ago
Fear

Staffie Scared of Bangs

If Staffie Dudley were a human he would probably be on Valium! A person like Dudley would be on the go non-stop, never stop talking, chewing their nails, demanding attention all the time, unable to listen properly because so preoccupied, jumping into the air and screeching at sudden sounds and Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 10 yearsOctober 19, 2012 ago

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