Post by AnnaAmber on Apr 11, 2013 10:13:03 GMT
I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to help stop Amber being scared/reactive to loud noises.
So, Bernese can naturally be a wary breed. But Amber is quite scared of loud noises and busy environments sometimes and I'd like to change that (if I can...)
OK, so one of the things she hates is the sound when you open a bottle of fizzy drink, and then the fizzy sound it makes. Whenever she sees you take a bottle out of the fridge she runs to the front door to try and get out the house. She won't come back into the kitchen until about half an hour after the bottle is gone.
She has other noises she is scared of, loud and sudden crashes, bangs and loud noises (luckily we are out in the country so don't have any fireworks at Halloween because they would freak her out)
Once she is scared, she ignores any treats to try and settle her. She just tries to bolt.
Sometimes she's scared of stuff that I don't even know what it's about. It's something, I know, but hardly anything....!
And I think she's beginning to become more wary of stuff generally.
One day we tried to walk her in town and she hated it, got spooked and tried to run across the road. So it was dangerous.
I thought of getting a CD to play her the noise quietly, and then build up to louder noises. What do you think?
Thanks in advance
So, Bernese can naturally be a wary breed. But Amber is quite scared of loud noises and busy environments sometimes and I'd like to change that (if I can...)
OK, so one of the things she hates is the sound when you open a bottle of fizzy drink, and then the fizzy sound it makes. Whenever she sees you take a bottle out of the fridge she runs to the front door to try and get out the house. She won't come back into the kitchen until about half an hour after the bottle is gone.
She has other noises she is scared of, loud and sudden crashes, bangs and loud noises (luckily we are out in the country so don't have any fireworks at Halloween because they would freak her out)
Once she is scared, she ignores any treats to try and settle her. She just tries to bolt.
Sometimes she's scared of stuff that I don't even know what it's about. It's something, I know, but hardly anything....!
And I think she's beginning to become more wary of stuff generally.
One day we tried to walk her in town and she hated it, got spooked and tried to run across the road. So it was dangerous.
I thought of getting a CD to play her the noise quietly, and then build up to louder noises. What do you think?
Thanks in advance
