Articles FeedIs your dog terrified of fireworks?
With November the 5th only weeks away this can be an anxious time of year for many dog and owners.
The loud, unpredictable noise and bright displays of light to your dog truly frightening. Even a seemingly confident dog can tremble and drool at the load bangs and unfamiliar sounds
The joy of ‘Amichien Bonding’ is that we can dismiss the reason for the fear in our dogs, as any fear is based on the dog failing to understand the cause of the noise, all that we need to concentrate on is removing all confusion and fear by removing the problem of decision making from our dogs and address the fear with the calm confidence of a knowing leader.
For anyone who is dreading the season of fireworks you can confidently know that if you adopt this method and by ‘trading places’ with your dog, become the leader of your dog’s choosing. Then when the noise happens your dog will be able to look to you for your reaction to the sounds and smells of the evening and most importantly be able to trust that your calm dismissive attitude to the whole thing is the example that they will be able to copy. This will make firework fear a thing of the past by treating it as just another area of ‘perceived danger’ and even if your dog barks at the sound, you must respond in the AB way, with a grateful ‘thank you’.
If you were to begin the process of becoming leader in this calm, quiet and successful way in the next couple of weeks then you and your dog will be able to actually enjoy watching the exploding colour display that decorates the dark winter skies.