Is your dog afraid of the wind?

@toolfan (305)
United States
March 20, 2007 4:07pm CST
I have a dog that would do anything to protect us if someone tried to break into the house. Yet, when it gets windy outside, he has to jump into bed with my wife and me. Does anyone have a dog like that, and do you have any idea why they are afraid of it??? Is it that the dog is afraid of the noise, or is there something that they can sense or hear that we can't? I'd love to know this, because my dog takes up the whole bed. Thanks in advance!!!
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20 responses
• United States
21 Mar 07
im not sure if my dog is afraid of wind, but he does always bark whenever there is a big windstorm at night... he does however love to hang out the window and bite and the wind as we drive at high speeds. i dont think i have the real answer to your question, but i do know its pretty funny to watch them freak out about the wind.
@NDVDNYK1 (53)
• United States
21 Mar 07
hello. Sorry, but I have no dogs.
@rainbow (6761)
21 Mar 07
wind is bad and she runs for home but thunder and lightening, my goodness my poor newty-dog wobbles like a jelly on an moped, ppoor little girl, even in our arms she still doesn't feel safe, bless her.
@weemam (13372)
21 Mar 07
our rough collie Shep hated the rain , he didn't like getting wet and in Scotland it rains A LOT , he kept his legs crossed lol for hours before he would go out. we use to laugh at this , but he must have had many a sore tummy poor thing xx
@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
21 Mar 07
My dog likes to be with me if there is thunder and lightening. I don't help much but I am also afraid. We have a cat that goes into high speed reverse when we open the door and cold air comes in. The funniest thing was the other day when he decided it was nice enough to go out and he turned around again and BACKED OUT the door.
@neglitex (347)
• Latvia
21 Mar 07
lol...that's pretty funny that your dog is afraid of wind. My dog in my country side is very scary as he is but most things he is afraid of is thunder, chainsaws and he gets pissed when he sees rubber boots :) i do not really think you can get rid of your digs fears but I wish you luck :)!!
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
21 Mar 07
my dog not affraid of the wind, but as soon as a storm is coming he goes silly and hides. and wont come out til the storm has completely gone away, but i have seen him go silly an hour or so before the storm even looks like coming. they are such smart animals
@miryam (6505)
• Italy
21 Mar 07
My dog has fear of the thunderstorms like all the dogs, and the gale, it is in house with me, and tries to come to me in arm, if I can I take it in arm and it is calmer.
• India
21 Mar 07
Sorry to say but i do not have a dog.. i have seen my frnds dog fear heavy breeze
21 Mar 07
When we walk Kai and it is really windy, he will sit down. He doesn't like the wind blowing up his backside. He gets very stubborn, digs his feet in and just won't budge. When he is inside, he is fine. Tara on the other hand, will howl all night if it is windy. But she is not as bad as Amani was. He would run into the bedroom and try to hide. He would sit there and shake. He wouldn't climb into our bed, but he just stood there and shook. I really felt sorry for him. He was afraid of other noises as well but he never heard some of them when we lived in Alaska. Try Bach remedy, they should have something for your pooch. There is also something that you can get from your vet. I just can't seem to remember the name of it. I'll let you know when I find it.
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
21 Mar 07
it is a little bit with my dog..yes he is affraid of the wind..of thunderstorms, of water..my dog is affraid of most of the things a better question to ask is what is my dog not affraid from..and that is me..:0 he is always in bed, and he is always hidding when anyone moves in the house if to tell you the truth i barely see him cause he is always under somthing but i do love him very much:)
• United States
21 Mar 07
i don't have dogs,but i do have cats that are afraid. i think it's the "sudden noise from nowhere" factor. they seem like they can't figure out where it's coming from,or what's making the noise.
@McSNIPER (16)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
Maybe its like a trauma... my dog is affraid of rain, he start shaking when he heard the rain falling to the roof. Its like he saw a monster. he tried to hide in any places even in our bathroom. Im not sure what goin on with him but im sure he's very affraid
@harvie (130)
• United States
21 Mar 07
no ......strange
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
21 Mar 07
That's pretty cute actually..hehe! I've never heard of a dog being afraid of the wind, maybe he's afraid that it's gonna blow him away somewhere. Our dog has never thought twice about the wind, but when it comes to snow falling he gets a bit silly. He'll start snapping at it and letting out weird noises, usually this only happens at the beginning of winter until he becomes used to it, though.
• United States
21 Mar 07
My dog at our other house used to freak when the wind would blow our mail box. She hated that. Now she freaks when the wind blows stuff at our new house. So the whole wind in general doesnt really scare her but the affects do. She freaks out about ALL kinds of things! Shes a little dog though and she tells me when afraid. She makes me hold her really sad.
• United States
21 Mar 07
Some dogs fear the silliest things. One of my dogs, Berkeley, is terrified of her own shadow and her own relection. She barks at them relentlessly and growls at them. She will even try to run from them. She will do pretty mcuh anyhing to protect us, but she is a wimp about her shadow and reflection! By the way, i effing LOVE Tool.
• United States
20 Mar 07
My dog is afraid of the wind and loud noises and music. She can't hear the wind when she's inside the house. But if I take her for a walk and it's windy she would pull towards the house and won't do her business. If you don't want your dog to get on the bed when she's scared, you tell him to get off and push him off the bed if he won't try rolling up a newspaper and hit him with it. That's what I do when my dog tries to dig in the trash.
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
I don't actually have a dog but our neighbors have 4 or 5 dogs. Whenever they hear something loud they will all bark at the same time. It's really irritating most of the time because they won't stop unless the sound they're hearing would stop. I really think they're afraid of some things. I have read that they can sense things a lot better than human so when they feel threatened or scared they will make noise or hide somewhere.
@nitindx (283)
• India
21 Mar 07
no friend's i have a [greatden]breed type of dog & it never afraid of the wind