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[lizzielou742]

Aww, poor Buddy. My doggie Dixie (lives w/my parents back home) shakes like a leaf at thunderstorms or firecrackers. She always did it when she was younger, but it's worse now. Maybe they feel more vulnerable and therefore more scared because of their age? I don't know, just an idea.

I think this is a good time to beg for some Buddy pics!!
Pleeeeeze?

[chrissycat21]

Poor Buddy! Snowy gets so scared during storms and the 4th of July because of fire works. She even gets scared if you stomp on the floor really loud!

Make sure to watch Buddy well when there are loud noises. Snowy took off once when she was a puppy but since Buddy is older (and probably better trained) he might not. (I don't know him, so you have to use your judgement.)

-Chrissy

[K9soul]

I was going to suggest that maybe it is BECAUSE he can't hear the thunder as well but feels the vibration of it and that could be frightening him, but then saw where you said he can still hear really well. I know my RB boy Cody developed anxiety in his senior years, which he never had as a young dog. He would get frightened and cry if he woke up and found himself in a room alone. As a younger dog, he had always been the really self-assured one of my two collies. My vet explained that it is fairly common for older dogs to develop anxieties and quirks, the same way people can, as they get older. Cody's wasn't severe enough to medicate but there are medications out there for canine senior dementia, although I think they are very expensive. My vet just had me give Cody St. John's Wort.

Tasha is afraid of storms and I let her hover near me but try to act casually and speak/act normally. Nothing on earth will distract her from her fear of a clap of thunder, but I have gotten so I lead her downstairs in the basement where she curls on the couch and can't hear the thunder as well or see all the lightning down there. She usually settles down then and she seems to consider that her safe spot.