Dogs and Fireworks

Dogs are pack animals. You need to be calm and in control in order for your dog to calm down.
Take some deep breaths, imagine how you want the situation to go and let go of the dogs and your own fears.

Don't try to calm it as you would a child, that will only heighten the notion that there is something to be afraid of. Take control by showing through body language that there is nothing to fear. This means leaving the dog alone and focus on something else, it's the hardest part for any dog owner.

Give him treatsies and try to play.

>>17734603
No, don't do this. This is how you comfort a child. If you do this you are rewarding the dog and it will connect being afraid with getting rewards. In the long run that will create a neurotic dog.

Ignore the dog and let its emotion go through while being sound and safe at mind. Dogs are perceptive to moods, and right now you are feeding off the dog instead of the other way around.

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>>17734614
This guy knows his stuff!

>>17734601
>>17734614
>>17734646
Hi vet student. Do not listen to these people, they don't know a single shit.
DO confort your dog as you would a child. The idea that it ''reinforces the idea that there's something to fear'' is COMPLETELY false. You cannot for the life of you reward an emotional state. Your dog will really be conforted by your presence.
>>17734603
Do this. Get his mind off the scary sounds. Deep pressure on his body via petting or cuddling will also be beneficial. You can tie a shirt around him too. There's special ''thunder jacket'' as well.
Remember, your dog is NOT ''behaving badly'' he is AFRAID. Reassure and distract.