What is your dog afraid of?

[WWFanz]

My "smaller" dog is afraid of almost everything. My other dog isn't scared of anything....except for one of my dad's friends.

[wolf_Q]

Smokey is afraid of NOTHING. Fireworks? No problem. Hairdryer? As long as it stays away from the face, no problem. Sticking your head in a bowl of food belong to a dog 5 times your size while he growls at you? No problem, eat away!!

Reggie is afraid of EVERYTHING. Fireworks are horrible, or anything that sounds remotely close to fireworks. He will jump in the shower with me if he hears them. During July we find Reggie in very odd places. Strange objects and sounds are also terrifying. Balloons are among the ultimate evil, the vacuum cleaner is rather scarey also.

Nebo is the in-between dog.........he's afraid of the vacuum cleaner. That's the only object I can think of. He doesn't mind hair dryers at all....and I use the big strong (and loud) force dryer on him. I don't think he's really experienced fireworks yet. He is afraid of random people on a random basis. He'll be fine with one person, and terrified of the next (for no apparent reason) within minutes. He's ok with most people, and rather friendly to some. Others he hides behind my legs. Of course, nobody is as scarey as my friends brother, Craig....I've never seen a dog so afraid of a person (there's no logic to this either).

[Tonya]

Raven (kitty) is afraid of everything, including us. We can't make sudden movements around her. Her litter was tortured, so it's taken years for her to warm up to us.

Dusty (aussie-husky) and Roxy (husky) are fearless. Well, Roxy gets really upset if I yell at her. I have to be really careful with how I discipline her.

Ron's only fear is an empty food bowl.

Teddy's is my son's pony on a stick. He thinks it's alive.

[Fuzzy317]

Eli is afraid of a B-A-T-H. He even knows how its spelled.

Sassee is afraid she won't get feed or treats.

Ginger is afraid she will miss out on something.

[cloverfdx]

Absolutely scared my poor Cisco out of his skin!!(he was sleeping). I didn't see it coming and couldn't avoid it. Now Cisco is afraid of anything that makes a similiar sound.

awww that is just awfull poor lil cisco


clover is afraid of some people (moslty men which is good) i like her to be cautious, oh and fireworks that she witnessed on the weekend (had left the dogs in the caravan to got to a dinner just near where the caravans were and a whole load of fireworks were being set off and clover freaked and nearly crashed down the caravan door) so she ended up joining us and quite a few other terrified dogs in the function room ohh the cat (yumi the tabby) lmao

penny isnt afraid of much, just the bathroom (sink, and bath tub) ahh water say puddle's and lake's creeks, ponds (but enjoys her baths) overly excited large dogs thats about it

theodore is afraid of alot more , strangers (90% men), overly excited big dogs, the vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, lol the cat sometime's, the dog obedience club (club rooms only, where puppy pre school was and he did not enjoy puppy pre school)


Cameron is afraid of old men who wear hats (sad story about that dog)

[ParNone]

Maddie and Murph aren't afraid of anything, if they're in the
house. They don't like fireworks or big storms, if they're
outside though. I was painting inside one day and they were
both outside. All of a sudden they went nuts, scratching and
whining at the door to come in. Very unlike them. I wasn't sure
what the deal was. Couldn't see anything out of the ordinary,
but I let them inside, since their behavior was definitely out of the
ordinary. Not 2 minutes later a whopper of a hail storm came
through. Next time I'll listen to them even better and get the
car in the garage too.

Oz is a lil' more wary of things. He's overcome a lot of fears
through socialization, like walking through doorways, taking
a bath, riding in the car, vacuum cleaner, walking past manholes,
etc. He hasn't shown any fear towards storms or fireworks yet,
but anything new he encounters, he's usually initially timid.
Except people and noticably friendly dogs, those he universally
loves and hasn't shown any wariness towards.

I bought these dog toys the other day... a monkey that eeee...
eeee...ahhhh...ahhhs... a rabbit that boing... boings... and a
sheep that baaaaa...baaaahhhs... The monkey sound was
a lil' too much for him, so if he squeezed it and it made the noise,
he'd jump back from it... He didn't really like playing with it, until
after Murph broke the sound mechanism. With Murph and Maddie
new sounds like that just make the toy more enticing vs scary.
Never consciously ever had to socialize them to new things.

Par...

[Pam]

Originally posted by wolf_Q
Smokey is afraid of NOTHING. Fireworks? No problem. Hairdryer? As long as it stays away from the face, no problem. Sticking your head in a bowl of food belong to a dog 5 times your size while he growls at you? No problem, eat away!!

I love everyone's comments! Amy, do you think there might be a possibility that Smokey is losing his hearing? My Pumpkin, toy poodle who went to the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 17, was increasingly *brave." On day when he was sleeping, I walked right up to him and clapped about 5 inches from his ear. No response.... I don't remember how old you said Smokey is, but I think you said he is a 'senior doggie' and it could be that his sudden braveness is due to lack of hearing.

[Kfamr]

Simba- Too many things. Fireworks, bags, people in hats, vacuum, water, loud voices, people fighting, he gets really scared when i'm sick and throwing up... lost more

Nala= Bags of any sort, she hates them.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Fuzzy317
Eli is afraid of a B-A-T-H. He even knows how its spelled.

Simba too!

[wolfsoul]

Timber is a total chicken. It makes me angry, cuz guard dogs are what I want lol.

She's afraid of the vacuum, electric toy cars, masked people, and a few other things. She sleeps through thunderstorms, even outside. She barely notices loud noises

Leather is my brave fierce guard dog! The only time I've ever seen her afraid was actually a funny story...Great, now I'll have to tell it

There was a bunch of noise going on behind the house. None of us knew what it was...Leather went to investigate and we just stayed on the front porch, watching. The end of the porch is about 2 metres away from us. Took her atleast ten minutes to walk that amount, because she was so scared. She was slowly going to go down the steps and over to the back where the noise was...Slooowly...Still hadn't made it to the first step....She starts to growl...My dad creeps up behind her quietly, and PUSHES her off the porch lol, it was hilarious, to see that huge german shepherd yelp and run away. lol. Well, int the morning, she had tore all the linoleom off the bathroom floor from trying to get under the house to where the noise was. Blood from her paws everywhere Turned out it was a couple of raccoons

[Gone Doggin']

my dog, Maple, is afraid of firecrackers, like on new years or halloween or something. She runs around crazily and tries to dig holes in the carpet, and if no one's home, she might pee

[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by Pam
I love everyone's comments! Amy, do you think there might be a possibility that Smokey is losing his hearing? My Pumpkin, toy poodle who went to the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 17, was increasingly *brave." On day when he was sleeping, I walked right up to him and clapped about 5 inches from his ear. No response.... I don't remember how old you said Smokey is, but I think you said he is a 'senior doggie' and it could be that his sudden braveness is due to lack of hearing.

He's 17. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he can't hear much.......he hasn't been able for a long time. Honestly though, things didn't scare him when he was younger and could hear well either. And stealing food from Nebo has nothing to do with hearing, lol, that's a pretty brave act! Poor Nebo just stands there looking at me when he eats his food like, "Moooooom, do something!!"

[Pam]

Originally posted by wolf_Q
Poor Nebo just stands there looking at me when he eats his food like, "Moooooom, do something!!"

Awww Nebo!

Smokey ~ Ripley says he likes your 'tude!

[babolaypo65]

Owen's afraid of bubble gum bubbles and lit matches. For some reason fireworks don't bother him.... He's also a little afraid of dogs that are smaller than him.

[Adge Gibbs]

Seven only shows aggression towards caucasian males that are around 6ft tall and up. He growls and barks and tunes me out completely. Women, kids whatever, he is completely fine, but these guys get a reaction from him even when they are friendly or I greet them.

Craig is my height and caucasian and Seven loves him to death, so I think his former owner (he was abused before I adopted him and still had the scars when I brought him home) must resemble they guys he gets aggressive with.

Other than that, he's afraid of cats. He always starts out wanting to play, but after the first swat by a cat, he's done and won't go near them.