Random shit you dog is scared of

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The living room door and squeezy bottles that make fart noises.
Try and find anything more terrifying! Bet you can't

Have just read thru these and am cracking up. So glad it's not just Russell who barks at black people, anyone with disabilities, or the very fat bloke over the back. Goes ballistic when he spots him. The most un PC dog ever.

the moon
the sun through clouds looking like the moon
things in the sky, especially hot air balloons

things being put into bags, because it reminds her of people packing, which she absolutely loathes.

Neighbours guinea pigs, walks past quivering. She's a chunky collie...

One of ours is scared of the hoover.
The other one attacks it in a 'are you looking at my mate?' stylee.

We bought our springer a meerkat in a santa suit for Christmas.

She actually screamed and ran and hid when it was unwrapped! (It's only 8" tall ffs!)

However, it is now her Favourite Thing and she has buggered up the squeak playing with it.

Our DD has a great dane, and ANYTHING that he doesn't recognise immediately sends him into a panic. Only inanimate things though - e.g. if there is a cupboard door open as he comes through the kitchen he'll back up barking at it; put a new plant in the garden and he will circle it warily, huffing and skittering. Animals or people he doesn't know he launches himself barking furiously to let them know they'd better not try anything (only for a few seconds - but no-one ever messes with DD )

Sheep

I kid you not. Nothing more evil than fluffy white sheep.

OMG, New one on this morning's walk - never seen him so scared. Pensioners' walking group. I kid you not! About 30 of them, led by man in high vis jacket. Dog went MENTAL, barking at them, trying to run in opposite direction.......their low hum of chatter was obviously menacing. We had to sprint to get round them, then he spent rest of time with his tail between his legs, looking back and barking at the large group of white hair and gilets advancing up the hill......

Whole pumpkins - our 2 year old is terrified of them and whines/cries/barks and hides behind the kitchen table when we've got one on the kitchen floor!

Ddog1 was incensed backed down a meadow by a field mouse. She is a big Labrador, and this mouse was about half an ounce, soaking wet.

Both dogs are afraid of the cat - but as he is affectionately known as CatBastard, for good reason, I don't think this counts as an irrational fear!

DDog1
full black bags not in a wheely bin
snowmen
black people
motorcyclists (known as power rangers in my house) unless they have their visor up/no visor
diggers in the dark (discovered that when they re-did the paths on our walk route)
hedgehogs
the hoover
he also has a very "healthy respect" for the cat, any other cat is fair game.
he gets very woofy at people fishing in his river
swans
He LOVES hamsters, fireworks and cows though.

DDog2
anyone he doesn't know coming into the house
things falling over
men (he's a rescue, we know why)
the cat (definite fear, she left a claw in his nose last time they "exchanged words")
He's fine with the hoover, horses and he adores children, he turns into a different dog if there's a toddler present.

both are fine with loud noises, working springers, would've been excellent gun dogs if DDog 1 didn't like eating pigeons and DDog 2 tolerated men.

anything remotely dog shaped e.g a really quite abstract piggy bank

a large bronze bear statue (ok it is big)

a doll we put in my baby car seat to try it out/freak out my bf. furious at this she was. couldn't care less about the actual baby

My dog finds the land rover in the opening credits of Emmerdale very distressing. He throws himself at it, barking, almost every weekday evening

The back door. Seriously, he will not step over that threshold either to go out or come in. Weird weird dog.

Mice. The cat brought one in and had cornered it on the bottom of the stairs. The dog went to investigate and then was literally picking his paws up to avoid being near the mouse!

Oh, and chickens! If I let our chickens out into the garden, our big, 38kg GSDX drops his eyes as if to say 'oh, they're here, I'll just go inside then....' and he turns around and walks inside the house.

Love this!
Popcorn popping (cries and shakes for HOURS afterwards. Don't have it anymore)
The toaster
Electronic cigarettes/vapes
Tall people

And the usual, doorbell, post, noises outside, some specific other breeds, the Hoover.
Also, as some pp's have mentioned, he also barks at black people.

The hoover - growls at ot
Big dogs making unexpected movements - shes fine if she sniffs one but if it responds, it startles her and she growls, am sure it is flight or fight response but we pick her up. Some big dogs shes fine with, others not. Big bouncy dogs - springers, retrievers etc - shes wary of.
Generally is a fearless thing though. On fireworks night she wants to be outside barking, rather than having cuddles like previous dogs. Her first year she looked about in wonder and we fussed her etc, but since then wants to bark at them

Our rescue Staffy is a total PITA. Hates other dogs, especially other terriers and border collies. Barks like crazy at horses even if it's distant hooves. But is petrified of cows. We live in a rural area so cows get moved from field to field and she totally freezes, glues her paws down and will not walk past.
She's also scared of the sweeping brush and footballs. And water. Bathed her twice in her 7 year life and seriously thought she would expire from fear. She's just dirty and smelly now.
The Labrador hates the spray floor mop. I have to clean the kitchen floor with the back door open so she can stand in the garden looking pissed off. Twice a day every day.

The staffy is also racist and barks through certain adverts which she recognises on the first couple of notes even if fast asleep.

Hedgehogs.
The hoover.
Really obese people (think he was previously badly treated)

Dog:-

Dinosaurs - which makes watching anything with them in a little challenging. He cries and grumbles when we won't change the channel.
Farting - he lumbers, at speed, into the next room if someone passes wind... I have a pre-teen son and a daughter in thrall to a sense of humour which I can only assume she kidnapped from a teenage boy and forgot to give back, so it happens a lot more than I'd like.

Pup:-
Me going upstairs - she cries, and screams (she's just turned 5 months), and tries to jump the barrier... it's as though she thinks I'm not ever going to come back down the stairs again
Footballs - which, as I have a football mad Dog and a pre-teen boy who loves playing with them, could get a little awkward if it continues.
Water - if it's not in the water bowl, then it's worth screaming about. Even if she's not in it. My son went paddling last weekend, and she jittered about on the edge of the pond he and his friend were wading into, her hackles up and her ears flicking between up and down - and then she started to bark, and howl, and scream. Fortunately, no one else was around, else they might have thought I was trying to drown her instead of trying to keep an eye on two 12 year old boys in water!

They're both absolutely shit-scared of my son's cat, too. We have two others, and roosters, whom they don't bother being afraid off... but my son's cat? Nope, he gets right of way through the house, every time. He's not even a nasty cat, but a big (literally) softie. Still doesn't stop them from cowering away from him, though.

The hoover
Ironing board
Hairdryer
Newspaper

The moon, hot air balloons and lampshades.

Things that hang above your head can't be trusted because you never know when they're going to swoop down and get you.