I’ve seen this question asked in a couple places but nothing works… every thunder, every firework, she barks like the house is under siege. As you can imagine this is only a major problem at night.
I adopted my dog years before I entered a relationship, so I’m pretty stern about the things I want for her. But my partner wants to try putting her in our dark basement by herself to calm her anxiety because we were up late last night until the storm stopped. She already has separation anxiety and I’m pretty sure putting her by herself will make it worse. We sleep on the top floor of our house (there’s a top, main, and basement) and we’ve read that the top floor is the worse place for dogs with thunder anxiety.
Things I’ve tried: Positive reinforcement, such as praise and treats after every boom A thunder shirt Calming music Calming treats/essential oils Just ignoring it
One thing I noticed maybe kinda made it better was the other night, when we had another storm, she only barked a couple of times at the first big ones then just growled a bit. That night she was absolutely exhausted, she’d played fetch and swam for hours that day. Last night she barely had any exercise as it was raining all day. The thunder last night was also worse though so I really don’t know if that made a difference or not.
I wanted to make sure I included details so sorry about the length. I guess I just wanna know what people have tried and if what my partner is suggesting could work or is it cruel?
I’m crying laughing at the lynel getting pummeled as it kneels on the ground
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Lynel farming has never been this efficient 💚
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