Reggie has always been scared of noises and strange things....thunder, fireworks, balloons, plastic bags, and well, basically anything that looks or sounds odd. Most of it is probably because of my sister teasing him when he was a puppy or something. I don't think there is much help for him now, he's too afraid, I don't think we could break him of it. But we love the little chicken anyway. Oh, and he is a 9 year old schnauzer.