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Dog sitting while daughter's in London (Original Post) Heartstrings May 2018 OP
Awwwww frogmarch May 2018 #1
Thanks! Heartstrings May 2018 #7
Adorable puppy! And you might be interested in this thread: Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #2
Thanks! Heartstrings May 2018 #4
I had a dog who would freak out at thunderstorms, so I can identify! Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #5
I've watched Bailey before Heartstrings May 2018 #6
Oh, I've been there - there was no consoling my dog, Rags. Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #9
He sure led a long life! Heartstrings May 2018 #10
He was everyone's favorite, but he especially loved my father, though he was my dog Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #12
LOL@#shesfakingit.. Cha May 2018 #3
I can't prove it, Heartstrings May 2018 #8
She looks so Cha May 2018 #11
poor baby...glad you were there to comfort her.... samnsara May 2018 #13
Dog sitting pamdb May 2018 #14
Good advice re: the thunder jacket. Duppers May 2018 #15
Ah, give the kid a break, Gma. Duppers May 2018 #16
They are a very superstitious people. Mc Mike May 2018 #17
Aww, an Eskie. sinkingfeeling May 2018 #18

Rhiannon12866

(204,494 posts)
5. I had a dog who would freak out at thunderstorms, so I can identify!
Wed May 2, 2018, 06:01 AM
May 2018

I wish I had this information back then!

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
6. I've watched Bailey before
Wed May 2, 2018, 06:13 AM
May 2018

But apparently escaped having any thunderstorms previously...we’re in between storms so she’s resting now...poor pooch.

Rhiannon12866

(204,494 posts)
9. Oh, I've been there - there was no consoling my dog, Rags.
Wed May 2, 2018, 06:22 AM
May 2018

He was a Cairn Terrier, adopted him at age 6 so I don't know if he'd had a bad experience or it was just a fear he had. He'd totally panic and rip up the house trying to escape, so if he was home alone and there was a storm, everyone would rush home. And he wasn't a big dog, he was a terrier like Toto. He must have been very sensitive, there was one time he reacted to the one earthquake we experienced here before I noticed anything. The good news is that I had him until not long before his 19th birthday. He was a special pup.

Rhiannon12866

(204,494 posts)
12. He was everyone's favorite, but he especially loved my father, though he was my dog
Wed May 2, 2018, 07:04 AM
May 2018

My Dad was an animal lover and they had quite a bond. Rags also had a thing for men with beards, there must have been someone that he loved in his past with a beard. I sometimes brought him to work with me and one time I lost track of him - but it didn't take me long to find him, I knew that Dennis who worked in the back of the building had a beard...

pamdb

(1,332 posts)
14. Dog sitting
Wed May 2, 2018, 08:07 AM
May 2018

We had a dog like that. You could try a thunder jacket. Available at most pet stores. Run about $20/$25 depending on size of dog. Also ours would go down the basement ( we kept rugs by the furnace) and between the noise from the furnace or air conditioner and a dehumidifier, the noise helped with the thunder and lightning. Sometimes we would put towels in the bathtub in the master bath and put her in the tub with a towel over her and close the curtains. Same when the local yahoos would set off fireworks. I hate the 4th of July anymore.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
17. They are a very superstitious people.
Wed May 2, 2018, 08:21 AM
May 2018

Think the great sky dog is displeased, during the t storm.

I always ask them, how did you guys get by, back in the cave dog days, when the storms hit?

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