DESENTITIZING SOUNDS
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You can help get your dog used to noises by slowly exposing them to low-level noises. Play videos of your dog’s triggers, such as fireworks or thunder, on your phone quietly. Then, slowly increase the noise to the point that your dog isn’t exhibiting fearful behaviors but tolerating the noise.
Do this over many sessions. This may take months to achieve. If at any moment the dog acts fearful, stop the recording. Then, the following session, start playing the recording again on a lower volume.
According to the Pet Health Network, “Keep going until the sound is booming through your home and your dog (or cat!) could care less. This can work with doorbells, thunder, truck engines, clippers, crying babies, or any sound that triggers any reaction in your dog.”
LOOP THESE SOUNDS AND VIDEOS STARTING AT A LOW VOLUME, AND INCREASE VOLUME DAILY UNTIL THEY ARE AT FULL VOLUME (BLARING). PLAY AT LEEAST INCE A DAY UNTIL YOUR DOG DOES NOT REACT TO THE SOUNDS AT ALL
- Firework Sounds
- Fireworks with crowd sounds
- Thunderstorm sounds
- Car engine sounds
- Traffic – City sounds
- Traffic – Country road sounds
- Airplane sounds
- Crying baby sounds
- Dog sounds
- Cat sounds
- Washing machine sounds
- Vacuum cleaner sounds
- Hair dryer sounds
- Hair clipper sounds
- Door knocking sounds
- Doorbell sounds
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