Your pets and bonfirenight

[pad58]

Panic over she is a lot better this morning ,she rushed out the kitchen doors this morning after a
crane or whatever that big bird was,back to normal.

Ok i'm goneing to try that clapping thing.

[bexVN]

pad58 said:

Panic over she is a lot better this morning ,she rushed out the kitchen doors this morning after a
crane or whatever that big bird was,back to normal.

Ok i'm goneing to try that clapping thing.

Be careful with that. It's ok for getting a pup used to noises but it may have an adverse reaction to a dog that is already noise phobic.

My thread puts links to lots of things to help with this problem. You need to build them up slowly to loud noises.

Either that or try the ear muffs

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 09:55

[pad58]

bexVN said:

pad58 said:

Panic over she is a lot better this morning ,she rushed out the kitchen doors this morning after a
crane or whatever that big bird was,back to normal.

Ok i'm goneing to try that clapping thing.

Be careful with that. It's ok for getting a pup used to noises but it may have an adverse reaction to a dog that is already noise phobic.

My thread puts links to lots of things to help with this problem. You need to build them up slowly to loud noises.

Either that or try the ear muffs

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 09:55

She didn't want the earmuffs, But i thought because she's a lab she would be ok with the bangs as they
are used to being gun dogs,ie last year she give a crap about the noise ,now at three she does.
Strange!

[bexVN]

pad58 said:

bexVN said:

pad58 said:

Panic over she is a lot better this morning ,she rushed out the kitchen doors this morning after a
crane or whatever that big bird was,back to normal.

Ok i'm goneing to try that clapping thing.

Be careful with that. It's ok for getting a pup used to noises but it may have an adverse reaction to a dog that is already noise phobic.

My thread puts links to lots of things to help with this problem. You need to build them up slowly to loud noises.

Either that or try the ear muffs

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 09:55

She didn't want the earmuffs, But i thought because she's a lab she would be ok with the bangs as they
are used to being gun dogs,ie last year she give a crap about the noise ,now at three she does.
Strange!

Dogs can develop noise phobias up to the age of two. Something may have happened that you wouldn't even remember but upset/ scared her and she now associates boy loud noises with that memory.

Being a gun dog doesn't make them automatically ok unfortunately it's usually training as well. Were her parents working dogs? A lot of lab lines haven't had a working history for a long time.

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 10:14

[pad58]

bexVN said:

pad58 said:

bexVN said:

pad58 said:

Panic over she is a lot better this morning ,she rushed out the kitchen doors this morning after a
crane or whatever that big bird was,back to normal.

Ok i'm goneing to try that clapping thing.

Be careful with that. It's ok for getting a pup used to noises but it may have an adverse reaction to a dog that is already noise phobic.

My thread puts links to lots of things to help with this problem. You need to build them up slowly to loud noises.

Either that or try the ear muffs

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 09:55

She didn't want the earmuffs, But i thought because she's a lab she would be ok with the bangs as they
are used to being gun dogs,ie last year she give a crap about the noise ,now at three she does.
Strange!

Dogs can develop noise phobias up to the age of two. Something may have happened that you wouldn't even remember but upset/ scared her and she now associates boy loud noises with that memory.

Being a gun dog doesn't make them automatically ok unfortunately it's usually training as well. Were her parents working dogs? A lot of lab lines haven't had a working history for a long time.

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 6th November 10:14

To be honest i don't know about her parents,she was a rescue dog.
I did ask but. they wheren't very helpful in that direction.

[tenex]

bexVN said:

Being a gun dog doesn't make them automatically ok unfortunately it's usually training as well.

Today's Asylum of spaniels,( New collective noun), rattling around in a stock trailer at a shoot. 12 cockers,10 springers and a token lab. All are trained,noise adapted, working gundogs but the trailer can really spook young dogs.
They get over it very quickly because no other dog or their owner is showing any concern. They also learn that work happens when the trailer stops. That's what they live for.




Applying this to a domestic situation any noise training should be at feeding time initally and after that at random.

Owners shouldn't over fuss, or even possibly anticipate a potentially non-existant problem. It will only make matters worse.

Unfortunately with an older dog it's not so easy and in some cases impossible.

Edited by tenex on Saturday 6th November 20:23

[y2blade]

tenex said:

bexVN said:

Being a gun dog doesn't make them automatically ok unfortunately it's usually training as well.

Today's Asylum of spaniels,( New collective noun), rattling around in a stock trailer at a shoot. 12 cockers,10 springers and a token lab. All are trained,noise adapted, working gundogs but the trailer can really spook young dogs.
They very get over it quickly because no other dog or their owner is showing any concern. They also learn that work happens when the trailer stops. That's what they live for.




Applying this to a domestic situation any noise training should be at feeding time initally and after that at random.

Owners shouldn't over fuss, or even possibly anticipate a potentially non-existent problem. It will only make matters worse.

Unfortunately with an older dog it's not so easy and in some cases impossible.

that is a great picture (do I spot a couple of lovely looking field spaniels amongst the springers and cockers? or are they all springers and cockers?)

my boy was trained and raised by me to work in the beating line, aswell as being my best mate (not just a pet)....he is a real star, I couldn't wish for a better friend

some very good advice^^

[tenex]

All springers and cockers.
Just a typical beating squad.
The only lead in sight is the old granny in the foreground who keeps getting lost because she's "deaf".

[Morningside]

Our Cavalier snored his head off all night (typical). Our Corgi cross did prick hers ear up when the nuclear attack bangers went off but I found clapping my hands a couple of times distracted her. Vast improvement from last year where she spent all evening going frantic, panting and pacing all over the place.

My bassethound used to love fireworks and would watch them out of the window or sit in the garden totally fascinated by them.

[bexVN]

Went to friends house tonight. Bonfire and fireworks. Took Jimmy with us. He's not bothered by fireworks but still not right to leave him home alone during them.

She had mainly quiet fireworks but the last lot weren't and I didn't know this. He was in garden with us. Very loud squeals and bangs from fireworks! Jimmy was fine but that didn't stop the elderly neighbour going up to him and fussing him. I had to say to her that he was fine and didn't need comforting!

[ViperPict]

My beagle (Boris) was fine until I took him outside for a closer look at the local display. He's just 11 months and has not experienced fireworks before so thought I'd introduce him in a 'baptism of fire' sort of way. Even fairly close to the display he was OK until there was a prolonged sequence of loud bangs in quick succession and he ran back to the house (which he never does when he's outside). But once back inside he was back to himself again straight away(i.e., full of beans and wanting to play all the time).

[bexVN]

^^ Not the way I'd have suggested but understand your reasoning .

Hopefully no lasting damage. Ignore negative responses praise the positive.

[dudleybloke]

my old cat used to sit on the windowsill and look at the fireworks.

[HiAsAKite]

Our Greyhound is having a really bad time, despite a DAP collar (and yes you can but a DAP plug in in answer to a previous poster) and lots of rescure remedy both on his tongue and in his water bowl. I kinda feel sorry for him as he has panted for about 4 hours a night for the last 2 nights and has just started up again. One bang and he has become a quivering wreck and is trying very hard to hide under the sofa (which is currently shaking in time with his panting)

[littlegreenfairy]

The rabbits are fine considering what scaredy cats they are.

The lop couldn't care less, the sticky up ear one is having kittens, but he does that when it's raining and the wind is blowing. When they took his balls away, they took any form of logic and common sense too.

[andyroo]

My neighbours are as loud as anything - so the dogs just don't care. They're too lazy to care.

[bexVN]

HiAsAKite said:

Our Greyhound is having a really bad time, despite a DAP collar (and yes you can but a DAP plug in in answer to a previous poster) and lots of rescure remedy both on his tongue and in his water bowl. I kinda feel sorry for him as he has panted for about 4 hours a night for the last 2 nights and has just started up again. One bang and he has become a quivering wreck and is trying very hard to hide under the sofa (which is currently shaking in time with his panting)

Aww poor thing. There's lots more you can try. I think I put a link to a previous thread earlier in this one. It's worth looking into what else you can try.