Hi, my Talitha is living proof you don't want to take any notice of what they are afraid of. When she was a pup she was no bigger than a minute and when she would hear thunder crack she would run to me and she was so cute (all 2 lb of her) that I would pick her up & love her, well she is 7 now and progressed one event to another (thunder, rain, wind and now when she sees the trees moving in the back yard she is afraid .... and there is no going back. I did learn and have not repeated that mistake with the other 5 but it is really sad to watch her shake and be so fearful knowing if I had been a little smarter she wouldn't be this way.