**Warning... long post!!**

I know all too well about thunder phobia.

Buddy jumps on doors and windows, bites door handles, barks his FULL head off, pants and drools like a gooney and cries all while also running around both floors of my house. If I put him in his crate he barks and tries to break out of his crate, if I leave him loose in the basement he pees on the furnace and hot water tank. He's broken out several windows already, luckily only one resulted in stitches.

I started using Acepromazine but the vet upped his dosage to the max, so we switched to Valium. I have to give him 2 1/2 10mg Valium at LEAST 2 hours before a storm. If he gets his pills in time, he's one LOOPY dog!
And isn't bothered too bad by the storm. He'll still pace and bark, but only when there is a clap of thunder or if he sees the lighting.
I've tried Rescue Remedy, numerous types of flower essence, the pheromone plug in, thunder on TV doesn't bother him at all, so there's no use in using the Cd's. He reacts more to the change in air pressure; he'll start panting hours before a storm rolls through.

If a storm rolls through at night, when it's dark outside, I close all the blinds in the house and turn on all the lights so the lighting isn't noticeable. Then I turn on all the tv's in the house as well to drown out the thunder.
But even after all that, he won't go outside for at least 2 hours after a storm has passed.

If a storm catches us off guard during the night and he hasn't had his pills, I'm up with him all night long. We go down into the basement and I turn the lights and TV on and he barks, and barks.. and barks. Till it's over.
He calms down quite a bit if he's down the basement, but I have to watch him otherwise he lifts his leg on just about everything! (even my pool table once )
All of this goes on while Sierra is still sleeping.

I've had TONS of people tell me that I'm crazy for keeping him, he's nuts, he is ruining your life, etc. But he's my baby boy and I'll keep doing whatever I need to do for him.

Next going to try an anxiety wrap!
http://www.anxietywrap.com/
(I've heard people say that just a snug t-shirt works as well)