Is Your Dog Or Cat Afraid Of Thunderstorms?

We have 4 dogs, 3 are not bothered a bit by thunderstorms but 1 (the physically biggest and strongest) lays between the coffee table and couch and puts her head under the couch. every now and then she'll poke her head out to see if all is clear, if it thunders again she hides away again..... she does this even if there's a thunder storm in a movie or programme on TV.......stupid dog

I have 3 dogs, two are older, and one is about 2 years old, and all 3 go absolutely ballistic during thunderstorms. The one dog always tries to go under my legs when I am sitting in a chair, or under the blankets if I am in bed.

One of my dogs is very nervous and afraid of any noise including thunderstorm. She needs to be very close. Usually she is hiding behind my legs, or during the night she is cuddling with her head laced on my head.

No not really I have a cat and he dosent seem to bothered by the thunder probably becuse hes an indoor cat and never go's out side, but he dose have a natural curiosity about the thunder but hes not really afraid at least not as far as I can tell, well you have nice picture of your dog he or she looks really sweet awww cutey.

My dog is also afraid of thunderstorms. This is because she hates loud noises (I'm still clueless as to why). Whenever she hears thunder or heavy rain, she would stand up on her hind legs and scratch me or one of my family. This means she wants you to carry her (she's a little dog so it's really no problem carrying her) or put her on the bed.

my dog gets a little nervous when the rain comes, but not too nervous.when the rain falls and the thunder comes near, she will sit closely to me with her ears pointed, and i will pat her on the head and gently whisper to her:"that's all right,nothing"etc to comfort her. then she always falls asleep by me on the sofa where I would like to sleep too.

Hello dfinster. My dog, Footlong who is a bassethound is afraid of the thunder. Whenever she hears a thunder, she pushes through our door to let herself inside. She stays at the garage. I sometimes accompany her there when there is a thunder. She hides under a table until the sound is gone.

This is a really good discussion,and I am sure that a lot of people out there have pets,because pets make our lives better,and if you do not have pets,than things are too quiet if you ask me,and I am sure there are a lot of people who have dogs,and then I am sure there are a lot of people who have cats,and out of those I am sure there are some who have dogs or cats that are afraid of thunderstorms,and then I am sure there are ones who have dogs and cats who are not afraid of thunderstorms,and I can understand that different breeds of cats and dogs,can make them fear different things,and act differently toward different things,my family has two chihuahuas and one tabby cat,the two chihuahuas are afraid of thunderstorms and they always seem to pace around when they hit,and it seems every chihuahua we have ever had has been afraid of storms,so I wonder if it is in their breed,but the cat never seems bothered by thunderstorms and she will lay around and sleep without even giving much notice to the storm,and I do not think I have ever seen a cat who was afraid of storms,have a great day,good luck with your life,and all of your mylotting goals,and Happy Posting.

My 3 idiot cats are scared of nothing except me when i find a pile of dodo where it shouldnt be.

I have 4 dogs and they are not afraid of thunder storms. But my moms dog she had was. He was an outside dog but when it thunders he runs to the house to hide.

I don't think that I've ever had a really nervous pet! Our dogs hid underneath our back deck when it rained (it was turned into an addition when I got older so it was very nice and dry!) Our cat somehow go into our ventilation system because he was afraid of the dogs and the dogs couldn't reach him in the vents. Of course my mom had a cow when she started to sneeze up a storm every time the AC or the heater would turn on!

My pug was not afraid of thunderstorms before, but he started being afraid of it last year. This is quite confusing me, last year in summer time, he was so nervous looking at me when there was thunderstorms outside, sitting by my bed and looking at me without blinking and breathing heavily. That's quite strange, as he was 8 years old when it happened. I don't know why he started being afraid of thunderstorms while he was okay with it when he was younger. And I didn't have a good sleep last year during summer time, he disturbed me so much but I couldn't comfort him as he felt so nervous and kept making annoying noise. He is not afraid of thunderstorms now, the beginning of this June, there's thunderstorms here and he was fine. When a long roll of thunder started, he was looking at me again, but this time I just threw him his most favorite ball and played with him for a while, after we played the ball he went back to his bed and fell asleep. That proves my hubbby's words correct, he told me don't let the dog focus on negative things, the better way is to draw his attention from the negatives and he finally doesn't mind the negatives at all.

Oh yes, my dog will whine and hide under the table or couch everytime he hears the sound of thunderstorms. I feel sorry for him, it feels like he thought that the sky might fall on him. I usually reach out for him and hug him, it would help to calm him. I also give him some water or milk to drink, and tell him that everything will be alright. He's frighten by the thunderstorms and usually to have me close to him will make my dog feel a lot better.

my whity is afraid of thunderstorm when she hears it she will hide while my Yna she is not afraid. and guess what when she hear it she starts barking. she becomes angry to the thunder. but now they are both gone. and i really do miss both of them

Hi dfinster, while during thunderstorm, I find my pet cat would stand still once listening to the loud noise causing by the thunder. She would stand still and stares at the same direction for quite a moment. I wonder whether the dreadful noise has really made her feeling frightened. I pity her and usually would like to embrace her in my arms and pat her softly. She stays comfortably and calmly in my cuddle without any fear anymore My old pet dog seems to have nothing happened to it totally. He just sleeps quietly and enjoyably as usual under the dinner table. The lightning and thunder just like water off a duck's back. may be he is a male and brave dog, as well as he has experienced lots of thunderstorms days before. Happy posting

A few years ago, we had a dog that was petrified of thunderstorms and lightning - he would pace up and down just like yours, although he didn't whine, but he would pant like crazy with a wierd look in his eyes. The only thing that would kinda calm him down was if my hubby cuddled him and sang to him! Honestly. He was still nervous, but not at much. They do say that you should just ignore your pet and not make a big deal of it, but it's very hard to ignore when they carry on like that!

Not so much, our dog stays pretty calm during storms. It's our neighbors motorcycle that scares her. He likes to rev it. Sometimes that makes her pee on the floor.

We have cats and they seem annoyed with stormy weather rather than afraid of it.

Yes. My Jack Russell Terrier is totally terrified of thunderstorms. I think it is the loud thunder that scares her. Whenever a thunderstorm approaches, she'll stick close to me and once the first thunder sounds, she'll try to leap onto me. She'd have to sit on my lap to make her feel better. I don't know why, but that's the only way to calm her down. I was thinking, thank goodness she's a small dog. I mean, imagine a huge doberman or husky sitting on you.

I had a pet dog that gets frightened of thunderstorms. My dog's name is brandy but unfortunately he pass away last October 2007. Brandy also pace the house and whines, he even scratches the door to let him in while whining. As if he was saying, Please let me in! I'm scared of the thunderstorms. I remember brandy when we let him in, he hides under the sofa or hides at the back of our television set. He covers her face beneath the furniture. There is nothing we can do about it. He just stops hiding when the thunderstorms disappear. :-)