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Location: Victoria Canada
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 1
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German Wirehaired Pointer has Noise Anxiety
Hello!
I'm the proud owner of a ten year old GWP.
In the past few months she's started to develop some significant noise related anxiety characterized by her NEEDING to jump on top of her owners, heavy panting, refusing to take instruction etc.
Her triggers are electronics noises (eg phones), 'loud noises' (construction noises), or high pitched noises. I believe this stems from a few months back when a fire alarm went off in a nearby apartment. Sadly the issue was not treated properly and appears to be spreading to other 'like' sounds.
She is an older dog, and has had significant change in the past few years (moving a few times) but is reaching a point where its very difficult to handle her (she has separation anxiety as well). We need to find a solution to this issue - which may be difficult as I work full time.
One of the areas she is often is has heavy construction going on around it and this appears to set her off (and will likely continue for some time).
Any feedback/advice you can provide to help us would be appreciated.