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

Really random stuff, they put in a new bench once, that was apparently terrifying, cars parked where he thinks they shouldn't be, a moshi monster gift bag once freaked him out for half an hour...

He's also had meltdowns because DD put a shirt she wanted ironed on the tv unit, because the tumble dryer hose was on the floor oh and outdoor Christmas decorations require actual howling.

He once banged his crate door shut with his tail as he walked past it, he gave himself such a fright that he jumped into DS' lap... he's a Rottweiler, not really a lap sized dog, lol.

He's not scared of exactly, but is highly suspicious of me if I put on sunglasses to drive.

Parents had a dog that was scared of feathers. No idea why. Meant he didn't go anywhere near the chickens though.

My own dog, not fussed about storms and fireworks but will flee at the sound of a wheely bin lid flapping in the wind!

Men on bicycles
Great Danes - she is a big lab so not small, but a really lovely Great Dane (who did nothing) scared her so much she wet herself.

Random piles of snow, snowmen not a problem suspicious mounds of snow there for no reason goes mental.

Things being where they shouldn't be, whether that's a car parked on the road instead of a driveway or bins being out etc.

The tree across the way blowing in the wind.
Falling leaves.
short Grass blowing in the wind 🙈
The next door neighbour... Although that might be hatred instead of fear as he's an arse.

Oh being in specific cars (only certain ones, others are fine).

My dog is scared of shadows.
After story time before bed I turn off the light and play shadow shapes with my 2yo, each time my dog gets petrified and jumps between the two of us, of course this spurs DS on as he finds it hilarious to watch the dog trying to bury himself under the covers between us whilst simultaneously growling at the shadows
I do try to keep the dog out at bedtime now but he gets upset at not being in the same room as us for half an hour

Those collars the vet puts on to stop them biting their stitches. It's not pain that causes the howling, it's being stuck in the scary, scary collar.

One of my dogs is afraid of walking sticks, she will hide behind me if she sees an elderly person walking with one, will bark and then try and run away.

The youngest is afraid of the brush and also the hoover.

The other 2 don't bother with anything.

Another one has just come to me definitely not because it has literally just happened
To set the scene - dogs in living room, with lamps etc nice and bright. Human enters hallway which is dark and terrifying. Momentarily cannot see humans face because the hallway is dark so dog must bark so hard that he simultaneously farts and run away when human is proclaiming "it's only meeeeee shhhhhhh"

Mud - makes for some interesting walks

Nancy that's got me giggle snorting a treat

My daft dog is terrifief of 99 ice creams, i shit you not. When DS brought one home GhostDog was so terrified of it he backed himself off the sofa, woofing pathetically as he fell. (He was perfectly ok but my evil kids now tease him gently with all sorts of frozen dairy treats. Lollies are fine, it's just the Mr Whippy that sends him a bit trippy)

Is it wrong to laugh at the racist dog? Because i laughed a lot. And at all the other ridiculous reasons why dogs behave the way they do.

Oh and i forgot that he'll bark hysterically if anyone gets up for a wee in the night but actual strangers coming to the door? He'll launch himself at them, trying to slip a bit of tongue in whilst attempting his French kisses

Me sneezing
The red ball wanger (fine with the blue one)
Swingball
My son in his baseball cap

Hoover
Ironing board
Being out in the utility room
Going in the boot of the car

The hoover, a metal tray I have in the kitchen, gas lighter when 'clicked', any spray bottle or aerosol and surfers on the beach!

LOVE this thread!!!

Balloons
Bubbles (when the kids blow them)

All other labradors - they get woofed at, then he'll hide behind my legs

Suitcases

The Hoover
The mop
The squeaky cupboard door where the Hoover lives
Ironing board
The wind
The window cleaner
The post man
Her own reflection

Used to have a setter who was terrified of open 35mm film canisters.

And white vans. Fun trying to hoof a dog almostvas big as me past one of those, every single time wevseevone.

She was a rescue, too

she lives at my mum's but I'll see her all the time when I visit and I l grew up with her.

Hedgehogs
The doorbell

Probably weirdest ones are:
Tweezers. She's not a rescue,. No bad experiences, but if anyone plucks their eyebrows she'll howl. We try hiding in the bathroom, but if she spots the doors unlocked she'll seek you out and come and howl at you.

The underside of any table. Not the table, just underneath. If you pick it up she'll nearly knock herself out trying to get to the other side, and growl at it. She doesn't mind lying underneath, but if she looks up and sees the underside she'll go nuts again.

Feathers
Lego robots
Men on their own who try to speak to me on walks. Absolutely fine if they have their own dog with them, it validates their presence.
Any frying food, in case it sets off the smoke alarm (not as frequent as it seems - I am not a terrible cook!)
Bin lorries.

The vacuum
Suspenseful music. He either runs off to the den to hide on the sofa or cuddles up to me and sticks his great big head behind my back. He's a 40kg German shepherd.

Ceiling fans. Utterly terrified.

Very bloody inconvenient when you live in Australia!